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Obama’s Middle East moment of truth
Gary Kamiya
His diplomatic moves are a good start. But does he have the will to challenge Israel?
Michelle Obama, woman of limited ambitions?
Rebecca Traister
The most depressing part of New York magazine's dispiriting cover package on the first lady.
Real socialist on Obama: He’s not like me
Alex Koppelman
In an op-ed, the editor of Socialist magazine says charges against the president are overblown, and that he might not even be a liberal.
Obama’s “enemy combatant” policy: following a familiar pattern
Glenn Greenwald
In the realm of civil liberties and executive power, symbolic gestures of reversal are followed by embraces of Bush policies.
Caught in a Steele trap
Joe Conason
Affirmative action, Republican-style, doomed party Chairman Michael Steele to failure before he ever took the job.
Should Obama have a guilty conscience?
Alex Koppelman
Former Education Secretary Bill Bennett goes after the president for Democrats' vote against vouchers that send two students to the school the Obama children attend.
Barack Obama is an evil human-race-enslaving robot
Andrew Leonard
New Deal critic Amity Shlaes compares the president's healthcare plan to "The Matrix."
The mission of the Beltway journalist
Glenn Greenwald
Thomas Jefferson envisioned the press ensuring that "light" be shined on our government officials through "investigations." Today, they explicitly devote themselves to the opposite.
The agenda of Chuck Schumer
Glenn Greenwald
The Democratic Senator was a key supporter of even the most radical Bush appointees, and then led the way in sinking an Obama appointee who made "statements against Israel."
Why is Jim Cramer shouting at me?
Gabriel Winant
Is CNBC as bad as Jon Stewart says it is? Yes, and a full day in front of the network will have you longing to return to the real world.
Heads should roll
Camille Paglia
President Obama's clumsy, smirky staff is sinking him -- and resurrecting a deflated GOP! Plus: Lay off Rush! And a Brazilian diva, up close and electric
I was a teenage socialist!
Joan Walsh
Sort of. And I still don't understand the media's sudden, silly fixation with Obama and that lost ideology.
Here comes socialism
Mike Madden
Some kind of bank nationalization is probably inevitable. The Democrats don't want to admit it yet. The Republicans just want you to be scared.
John Yoo is sorry for nothing
Gary Kamiya
Sneering with contempt, the unrepentant Bush attorney has challenged "Obama's antiwar base" to read his infamous memos closely. So I did.
The right responds to Obama’s stem cell decision
Alex Koppelman
Two commentators talk eugenics, and congressional Republican leaders come out to oppose the move.
Obama has a new fan — Joe Lieberman
Alex Koppelman
The Connecticut senator, a big supporter of John McCain's during the presidential campaign, says he's come around.
Britain’s bizarre reaction to war crimes allegations: investigations needed
Glenn Greenwald
Surveying debates in other countries can reveal how vapid and corrupted our own political class is.
Obama’s Bush league decision
Jon B. Eisenberg
The president's lawyers continue to block access to information that could expose warrantless wiretapping. Is this change we can believe in?
Harry and Louise, meet Thelma and Louise
Mike Madden
Private health insurers helped kill Bill Clinton's healthcare reforms with a famous series of TV ads. Now the situation is so dire they're on board with Obama's reforms.
Obama’s timid liberalism
Michael Lind
Once, even Republican presidents like Eisenhower and Nixon believed in the public sector. Now, during a national crisis, a Democrat opts for inadequate, neoliberal, private-sector remedies. What happened?
The stupidest attack on Obama so far
Andrew Leonard
A right-wing blogger suggests the president believes "that what the government does has little impact on the economy."
Bachmann: “This is really the final leap to socialism”
Alex Koppelman
The Minnesota congresswoman is back, and this time she's talking about the Democrats implementing "radical ideas [from] college campuses."
Why is John McCain being such a jerk?
Mike Madden
The post-election lovefest is over. The defeated senator has even learned Twitter to attack Obama. But don't call him jealous.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
One prominent conservative says Rush Limbaugh knows exactly what he's doing, and that the resultant damage to the GOP is helpful to him.
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