The Democrats, drafting their own Contract With America, have a golden opportunity in 2006. Will they blow it?

The Bush administration will continue. But, almost certainly, the Cheney administration is over.

Joel Klein says dealing with the teachers and their union is like “working in a rice paddy,” while their leader’s allies whisper that he’s a loser on the way out. And this is supposed to be a good time for public education in the city. The contentious reign of the school czar.

Google, shmoogle. Barry Diller thinks he can outsmart the Web’s superpowers. And he’s done it before.

He was as divisive a Supreme Court nominee as can be imagined. But Democrats should hope they get a pick like him. Here’s why.

The flood in New Orleans gives a sharp new focus to Bill Clinton’s New York conference—and a boost to Hillary’s presidential hopes.

Think Wal-Mart is just going to pack up its box and go home? Think again.

Mario Batali, the man behind Babbo, sets out to feed 75 million race-car fans. “They’ll cook literally anything,” he says admiringly.

Think Karl Rove is losing on Social Security and Schiavo? Those are mere tactical skirmishes—he’s got a grander prize in mind.

The Republican right is desperate to implement what’s called the nuclear option, ending filibusters. There may be blowback.