April 21, 2008 Issue

Superpower Play
By Luke Coppen
China’s Olympic quest isn’t just for gold medals but for global prestige.

He is Penn State
by Scott McConnell
Barack Obama is the big man on campus.

The Case for Recession
by Nelson Hultberg
When the economy is ailing, federal cures can be worse than the disease.

Surging to Defeat
By Andrew J. Bacevich
The Petraeus strategy buys time but not victory.

The Ron Paul Evolution
By Daniel McCarthy
The Ron Paul revolution looks to the future.

Trailing Hillary
By Michael Brendan Dougherty
Millionaire Hil plays working-class hero.

Bitter Pill
By Tom Cairney
Down and outsourced

The Democracy Business
By Ivo Mosley
Freedom rhetoric, corporatist reality

McCain: More Enemies, Please
By Daniel Larison
McCain plots Bush’s third term.