Washington Monthly articles by Nicholas Thompson:

• July 2003: Science Friction
  The Growing and Dangerous Divide between scientists and the GOP.
  
  
• June 2003: Star Search
  A million federal jobs are about to open up for young Americans. Will the government lure the best--or the rest?
  
  
• December 2002: Bright Light, Small Villages
  Why helping Africa get solar power is good for America.
  
  
• July 2002: May the Source be with you
  Can a band of biologists who share data freely out-innovate corporate researchers?
  
  
• May 2002: Machined Politics
  How the Net is really changing elections.
  
  
• October 2001: Publisher Perish
  The coming battle over putting all scientific journals online for free.
  
  
• September 2001 (with Amy Graham): Broken Ranks
  U.S. News' college rankings measure everything but what matters. And most universities don't seem to mind.
  
  
• September 2001: Besting the Brightest
  A review of David Halberstam's "War in a Time of Peace."
  
  
• July/August 2001: Dick Cheney's Dick Cheney
  Meet Mitch Daniels: The most powerful man in the Bush administration you've never heard of.
  
  
• June 2001: Civilizations and a Malcontent
  A review of Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's "Civilizations."
  
  
• May 2001: Extremism in Defense of Moderation is No Vice.
  The moderate Republicans are likable and often right. Why aren't they more influential?
  
  
• April 2001: Gene Blues
  Is the Patent Office prepared to deal with the genomic revolution?
  
  
• March 2001: This Ain't Your Mamma's CIA
  The Agency didn't play a lead role in ousting Milosevic. Thank God.
  
  
• January/February 2001: Locking Up The Vote
  Disenfranchisement of former felons was the real crime in Florida.
  
  
• December 2000: Bill's Excellent Adventure
  The hits and misses of our protean president.
  
  
• November 2000: Finding the Civil Service's Hidden Sex Appeal
  Why the brightest young people shy away from government.
  
  
• October 2000: Downsizing
  Nanotechnology: Why you should sweat the small stuff.
  
  
• September 2000: Playing With Numbers
  How U.S. News mismeasures higher education and what we should do about it
  
  
• July/August 2000: Sex in the Digital City
  Why it's so alluring on AOL and the Internet and why it's so addictive
  
  
• June 200: Gingrich? Gipper? Gates?
  Republicans can't bear to give Clinton credit for the economic boom. But they should.
  
  
• May 2000: One Eye On The Exit
  A guide to moving from the West Wing to the real world.
  
  
• April 2000: Overdose
  Why Clinton's Colombian Drug Policy Needs Rehab
  
  
• March 2000: Reboot!
  How Linux and open source could change the way we get things done
  
  
• January/February 2000: Presidential Aptitude Test :
  What you really need to know to pick a president
  
  
• December 1999: Snake Eyes
  Even education can't save state lotteries
  
  
• November 1999: Harlot's Web
  How and why the government should regulate the Internet