DAVID CORN, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones, reviews the year in politics – and considers the future of the Republicans.

JUAN COLE comments on Arab suprt for the journalist who threw shoes at Bush, and the secret government report on the failure of the US reconstruction effort in Iraq.   Juan’s indespensible Iraq blog, “Informed Comment,” is at JuanCole.com.  Juan’s book Napoleon’s Egypt is out now in paperback.

ROBERT REICH was Clinton’s Secretary of Labor; now he argues that “What we most lack. . . are the things we use in common – clean air, clean water, public parks, good schools, and public transportation, as well as social safety nets to catch those of us who fall.” His book Supercapitalism is out now in paperback.

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