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The $1 trillion game of chicken
Andrew Leonard
The day of the stress test results cometh. We know the banks will need more capital. But how are they going to get it?
The Wingnut explains how the GOP can win back moderates
Glenallen Walken
Our undercover conservative columnist answers a question from a voter who wants to know when it will be OK to pull the lever for Republicans again.
The need of the most powerful to turn themselves into victims
Glenn Greenwald
Whatever motivated the prosecution of two AIPAC officials, unfair oppression of that group in the U.S. wasn't it.
What the White House knew about Souter
Mike Madden
Justice David Souter's upcoming departure wasn't entirely a secret in Washington. The administration had already started planning for a Supreme Court vacancy before the news broke.
Supreme Court Justice Anita Hill?
Tracy Clark-Flory
The law professor is a Vanity Fair author's top pick.
Getting all Hugo Chavez on the hedge funds
Andrew Leonard
Wall Street investors are moaning and whining about President Obama's attack on speculators. For supposed smart guys, they're not too hip to what's happening.
The Supreme Court pick of Obama’s dreams
Joe Conason
Sonia Sotomayor, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals judge who comes from working-class Puerto Rican roots, is everything the president could desire.
America’s necessary dark night of the soul
Gary Kamiya
We need to investigate the Bush years, even if it means tearing the country -- and ourselves -- apart.
Are you scared yet, America?
Mike Madden
House Republican leader John Boehner gets a little carried away with a new Web video designed to freak you out about President Obama.
Obama: Chrysler’s bankruptcy forced by hedge fund speculators
Andrew Leonard
"I don't stand with them," the president says of the lenders who refused a deal. "I stand with Chrysler's employees, management and suppliers."
Yes, Virginia, it was a hate crime
Joan Walsh
GOP Rep. Foxx calls the gay-bashing murder of Matthew Shepard a "hoax." Is she lying or just ignorant?
Mr. Calm
Mike Madden
With swine flu now added to the many challenges confronting his 100-day-old administration, President Obama displayed a reassuring competence.
Cheney’s painful war for torture
Gene Lyons
President Obama must fight back against the former vice president by launching investigations into the Bush administration's interrogation policies.
Farewell to the American Century
Andrew Bacevich
Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant.
Obama versus the hedge funds
Andrew Leonard
The game of chicken over Chrysler's future is going down to the wire. The endgame will tell us a a lot about how the White House and Wall Street match up.
Obama reframes the torture debate
Alex Koppelman
In his prime-time press conference, the president moved the argument away from whether torture works to whether it's un-American.
Even after 100 days, Obama’s still popular
Alex Koppelman
Some conservatives see a president with a historically low approval rate, but for now Americans largely think the new administration's doing well.
One last 100-days thought
Joan Walsh
Watching Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton honor Sojourner Truth, you could see the real strength of the Democratic Party -- with or without Arlen Specter.
Obama’s 100-day report card
Mark Schone, Vincent Rossmeier, Gabriel Winant
Bloggers, activists, economists and writers grade the president's performance so far. Featuring Sen. Russ Feingold, Dan Savage, Markos, Michael Pollan, Gloria Feldt and many others.
Obama and race: Silence is golden
Gary Kamiya
The president has dramatically improved race relations -- by not talking about race.
FDR’s stimulus was too small, too
Andrew Leonard
How do Obama's first 100 days rank compared with those of the man who masterminded the New Deal's extraordinary charge out of the gate?
100 days of Barack Obama
Salon Staff
When does he sleep? We take a look back at the president's busy schedule, accomplishments and gaffes.
The Specter of a shrinking GOP
Mike Madden
Arlen Specter's defection likely means a filibuster-proof Democratic Senate majority. Choose your metaphor -- rats, ships, small tents -- but will the last Republican to leave please turn out the light?
The right floats off to Neverland. No girls allowed!
Michael Lind
In Texas and elsewhere, conservatives soothe the pain of electoral rout with dreams of secession -- and of magical nerd kingdoms.
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