ARCHIVED ARTICLES by James Hall

ARCHIVED ARTICLES
by James Hall, Senior Associate Editor

The American Partisan thanks all its authors for these works and for their contribution to the free and open exchange of opinion on current issues.

2009

A Nobel Prize for Barack (October 12)

Claiming The Middle (February 18)

2005

What, No Up or Down for Harriet? (October 31)

2004

Against Bush or For Change? (October 21)

Summer Simmers (August 20)

Trading Away Our Future (February 25)
Defense of Marriage or Prohibition, Part II (February 11)

Left Out of the Immigration Argument (January 9)
Hey, Big Spender! (January 7)

2003

Terri's Tragedy (December 4)

Character Doesn't Count After All (October 17)
The Clown Princes of Conservatism (October 7)
General Dismay (October 6)

Wrong Target (September 22)
Post-9/11, Stuck in Iraq (September 11)

Moore Heat Than Light (August 28)
California Circus (August 19)
Marriage and Civil Unions (August 6)
Tax Cuts for All? (August 1)

Big Government is Back (June 25)
Shell Game (June 3)

Beating Bush (May 24)
A Problem with Judges (May 13)
Being Anti-Bush (May 1)

Money for Millionaires, Red Ink for Our Children (April 22)
Winning the Peace (April 14)
Fox News: Fairly Unbalanced (April 2)

The Costs of War (March 28)
With the Destination in Sight, A Road Map is Consulted (March 20)
Beware the Ides of March (March 17)
Acting Up (March 10)

Short War, Long Peace? (February 28)
Boycott French Fries! (February 25)
Blood on the Frontier (February 4)

Emptying Death Row (January 17)
Twins From Different Mothers (January 9)
Clone Circus (January 6)

2002

The Ghost of Racism Past (December 20)
A Principled Withdrawal (December 19)
Science Fiction Soldier (December 12)
Exploring Mars: Are Humans or Robots Best? (December 4) Second of Two Parts

Exploring Mars: Are Humans or Robots Best? (November 27) First of Two Parts
Going on Defense (November 21)
All Out of Excuses Now (November 13)
Seniors Make a Difference For Democrats (November 6)

Reasons To Vote Democratic (October 30)
The Little Guy's Little Man (October 28)
Clipping a Bush in Florida (October 23)
A Sniper Shoots Down Objections to Gun Regulation (October 16)
Running to the Supremes (October 9)
Becoming His Father (October 2)

Fine in Florida (September 25)
The Faulty Logic of War (September 18)
Remember 9/11; Forget Iraq (September 11)
Earth Summit Leaves Bush Behind (September 4)

Fixing the Economy in Waco (August 14)
Contain, Don't Attack Iraq (August 7)

Dave Gibson's Racial Arguments (July 31)
The Running of the Bears (July 17)
Vanilla Republicans? (July 10)
Crooked Capitalism (July 3)

Border Line Hysteria (June 26)
Warming to Climate Change (June 19)
Homeland Security Should Be a Goal, Not a Bureaucracy (June 12)
Bush's New Energy Policy--Drilling for Votes (June 5)

Making My Axis Your Axis (May 29)
A Memorial Day Defection (May 24)
Lifting the Veil (May 22)
Taxation without Representation (May 15)
The Exception to the Bush Doctrine (May 8)
The Dishonest Tax Cut Argument (May 1)

Going to Ground on Earth Day (April 24)
Gore in 2004 (April 17)
The Hard Road to Peace (April 10)
Smallpox and the Bioterrorism Threat (April 4)

Whitewater Under the Bridge (March 27)
A Living Wage Works (March 19)
Forget the Bickering Over Pickering (March 12)
Carter's Convictions (March 6)

Valuing Conservation (February 27)
Countering Kyoto (February 21)
Going After Evil (February 13)
Unfinished Business (February 6)

Secrecy as a Principle of Government (January 30)
Justice, Not Body Counts (January 23)
Today's NRA Paradise - Afghanistan (January 16)
Happy Partisan New Year (January 2)

2001

Dickens' A Christmas Carol - A Lesson In Giving (December 20)
Disney's Magic Becomes Stockholder's Profits (December 19)
Mr. Bush's Two Hats (December 5)

Send In The Clones (November 28)
Secret Military Tribunals, An Un-American Idea (November 21)
To Our Veterans, Present and Future (November 9)
Partisanship Rears Its Ugly Head (November 8)

To Defeat bin Laden, Defeat His Ideology (October 17)
Afghanistan for the Afghans (October 10)
Ending the State Sponsorship of Terorism (October 3)

Crisis Challenges Conservatism (September 26)
Doing bin Laden's Work (September 19)
A New Kind of War (September 12)

Immigration, A Source of America's Strength (May 28)
Ending the War on Drugs (May 8)
Fetal Follies (May 1)

The Toxic Texan Celebrates Earth Day (April 25)
Quebec City Questions (April 24)
The Ambiguity of Language (April 17)
Going It Alone (April 10)
The Horrid Wit of Horowitz (April 3)

Getting Soft on Campaign Finance Reform (March 28)
Kids and Guns (March 27)
Bush's Broken Promise (March 20)
Tax-Cutting, Texas-Style (March 13)
The Bush Blueprint for Success (March 8)

America's Conservative Quandary (February 28)
Pardoning the Unpardonable (February 27)
Gulf War II, The Sequel (February 20)
Monkeying With the First Amendment (February 14)
Joining the Tax Cut Party (February 6)

Educating George (January 30)
First Things First: Pass Campaign Finance Reform (January 23)
Hoist Ashcroft With His Own Petard (January 16)
Seeing the Forest for the Trees (January 9)
Scrap the Electoral System (January 2)

2000

A Supreme Folly (December 22)
Bush's Dilemma: Right or Center? (December 19)
Preferring Courts to Counts: Bush's Ballot Phobia (December 12)
Count On It (December 5)

Staying the Course (November 28)
Courting Legitimacy (November 21)
Every Vote Counts--And Recounts (November 14)
The World Environment According to Gore (November 9)
Gore Wins! Democrats Gain Seats! (November 7)

Trick or Treat, Mr. Bush? (October 31)
Midwest Mellow (October 24)
Walking the Middle Eastern Tightrope (October 17)
A Day in the Battle for a Battleground State (October 10)
Who Will Be the Next President? - It's Debatable (October 3)

The Politics of Oil (September 26)
Laboring for Victory (September 19)
The Billionaire Blues (September 12)
Ralph Nader and the Third Party in America (September 5)

Defending America (August 29)
Fluff and Stuff (August 22)
Stepping Out on His Own (August 15)
Hey Al, You Can Win (August 8)
Bush's Conservative Choice (August 1)

America's Foreign Policy Future (July 25)
Relief for the Rich (July 16)
Drug Wars: A Capitol Prescription (July 11)
The Welcome Death of Stealth PACs (July 4)

Southern Baptists Take a Step Back (June 27)
Is the End of the Cuban Embargo Near? (June 13)
Bill's European Sales Trip (June 6)

Arms Control or Arms Race? (May 2)

Death and the Lucky Thirteen (April 25)
Creationists Talk Back (April 18)
Culture War Waged in Waco (April 15)
Civil War, Tradition and Tragedy (April 11)
Now It's (the other) Washington's Turn (April 8)
The Money Chase Becomes a Campaign Issue (April 4)
The Secular Public School: A Christian Legacy (April 1)

China: Opportunity or Problem (March 28)
Bush's Education Plan DOA in Florida (March 25)
Safety and the Second Amendment (March 21)
GOP Turns Fuel-ish (March 18)
Bill Clinton: The Not-So-Lame Duck (March 11)
'Republicans for Clean Air' - Smells Rotten (March 7)
Who is Playing "the Religion Card?" (March 4)

The Republicans' Candidate Dilemma (February 26)
A School Reformer With What Results? (February 22)
John McCain's Fire (February 19)
A Framework For a New Foreign Policy (February 15)
Who Has Your Health Records? (February 12)
Soft Money Takes a Hard Hit (February 1)

1999

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