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Glenn Beck: Crazy of the Year!

2009 will be remembered as the year that one man's craziness gripped America with fear
Healthcare Reform

Drug bust

BigPHarma kills the competitive drug provision from healthcare reform
Thomas Schaller

OFA rallying troops behind HCR

The Obama mega-list is tapped to help push health care across finish line
Thomas Schaller
Global warming

Weathering the storm of stupidity

Climate change deniers arm themselves with ignorance and fight bravely against science
Gene Lyons
Healthcare Reform

White House as victim?

Nonsense. The administration is getting the bill that it -- more or less -- wanted all along Video
Glenn Greenwald
Arlington National Cemetery Investigation

Senator presses for Arlington answers

Grassley says "troublesome issues" need coordinated investigation
Mark Benjamin

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Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 20:20 EST

Your picks for the Year in Crazy

We couldn't fool you: Salon readers picked Beck and Taitz, too -- and some intriguing others
Joan Walsh
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 18:01 EST

Birther in chief

2. The only thing crazier than this dentist-lawyer is the prevalence of Birthermania in the GOP
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 17:29 EST

A deficit of responsibility

Who is responsible for the projected future deficits?
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 15:01 EST

Crazy's rising star

3. Minnesota gave us Al Franken as well as this moonbat, who promised to slit her wrists to stop healthcare reform
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 13:25 EST

Sick lunch

School cafeterias around the country get low grades for food safety
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 12:51 EST

The Senate is stalled

Republicans insist the entire text of a single-payer healthcare amendment be read out loud, which would take hours
Mike Madden
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 12:35 EST

On the meaning of asymmetrical majorities

Why, indeed, are some majorities seemingly more effective than others?
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 12:01 EST

Nutty as trail mix

4. The disappearing governor became a role model for how not to have your midlife crisis
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 11:17 EST

Why is Obama still protecting Lieberman?

He's not your friend, Mr. President Video
By Darren Hutchinson
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 10:20 EST

Pop quiz time!

See if you can guess who authored these words and where
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 09:17 EST

Bernanke Time's Person-of-the-Year

Usain Bolt, Nancy Pelosi, Gen. McChrystal and "The Chinese Worker" are runners-up
Thomas Schaller
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 03:01 EST

Time names Bernanke "Person of the Year"

Embattled Fed chair earns honor
Associated Press
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 02:16 EST

Should the Democrats start over on healthcare?

Lefties who oppose a reform compromise remind me a little bit of Nader voters in 2000 who spurned Al Gore Video
Joan Walsh
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 21:01 EST

Stone cold Truther

5. The "Two and a Half Men" star staged an imaginary conversation with Obama to sell his 9/11 theories
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 20:16 EST

Don't mess with Christmas

It's a Christian holiday, dammit, and it's plain wrong to rewrite "Silent Night." Unitarians, I'm talking to you!
By Garrison Keillor
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 20:16 EST

President Lieberman's bitter pill

The erstwhile Democrat throws yet another monkey wrench into healthcare reform plans. Can progressives recover?
By Mike Madden
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 18:24 EST

Obama defends the compromise

President says differences over details can't get in the way of insuring 30 million who lack coverage
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 17:01 EST

Snake oil saleswoman

6. The red state Oprah makes the real talk show host's medical advice look reliable
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 15:35 EST

Reid's sick numbers

He carried the healthcare bill through the Senate and may be paying the price for it
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 15:16 EST

Welcome to Gitmo North

What's the point of moving the essential elements of this detention camp to Illinois?
Glenn Greenwald
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 12:16 EST

Senate healthcare bill: Time to kill it?

Is reform without public option worth it? Markos, Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Howard Dean and others weigh in Video
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 12:01 EST

Grammy for going bananas?

7. Hip-hop's eccentric threw one too many tantrums -- and turned Taylor Swift into a household name
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 11:16 EST

A Teachable Moment (Lost?)

Climate change and the domestic economic climate in tension
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 10:16 EST

Going Rahmbo

Progressive group runs ad attacking the White House chief of staff in his own backyard Video
Thomas Schaller
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 09:16 EST

China wins struggle for Pipelinestan

While the U.S. is stuck in Afghanistan, China sneaks off quietly with the resource prize
By Juan Cole

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