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Watching Republicans grieve
Mark Schone
Filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi journeyed into the heart of the GOP for her new HBO documentary. She discusses what she found there: Denial, depression and a whole lot of anger.
David Brooks reveals the mentality of the Beltway journalist
Glenn Greenwald
The NYT columnist excoriates Obama for criticizing Washington sleaze and, worse, for failing to treat his own campaign commitments as empty, meaningless "blather" designed to pacify the citizenry.
A big green cheer for the stimulus bill
Katharine Mieszkowski
Billions to boost energy efficiency and clean up toxins? After eight dark years of Bush, environmentalists can hardly believe their eyes.
A wake-up call for Barack Obama
Joan Walsh
Will Judd Gregg's treachery and zero GOP votes for his stimulus package convince the president bipartisanship is dead?
Barney Frank, Bible scholar
Mike Madden
The Massachusetts Democrat uses a Purim analogy to put Republicans in their place.
How would Lincoln vote today?
Michael Lind
Everyone, from President Obama to the GOP, wants a piece of Honest Abe on his bicentennial. Here's where Abraham Lincoln really stood on the issues.
Obama’s winning ugly, but he’s winning
Mike Madden
The White House is making policy in public, and it's messy.
Breaking news: Barack Obama, Soviet mole
Alex Koppelman
The latest rumor about the president? He was trained and programmed by the Communists, who told one American the story back in the 1990's.
Party on, GOP
Joan Walsh
Let Republicans act clueless while Obama rallies the country around school construction and aid to locals, and wins back higher ground.
Marc Ambinder grants anonymity to “officials” to defend the Obama DOJ
Glenn Greenwald
Bush-era reporting practices are used to justify the new president's embrace of the prior president's main secrecy weapon.
A rocky first few weeks
Camille Paglia
Obama sputters out of the gate -- but don't fear yet. Plus: Buxom foodies, frocks for the ages, and the eternal appeal of Mary McCarthy and Justin Timberlake.
Ari Fleischer on “the grid in front of” the President
Glenn Greenwald
Bush's former Press Secretary explains how he managed press conferences by ensuring that only favored reporters would ask questions.
Salon Radio: Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Israeli elections
Glenn Greenwald
The former presidential candidate for the Palestinian Authority speaks about Israel's elections, the aftermath of the attack on Gaza, and prospects for a peace agreement.
“I won’t return to the failed theories of the last eight years”
Mike Madden
In his first press conference, the president dismisses his opponents on the stimulus package as out of touch.
The 180-degree reversal of Obama’s State Secrets position
Glenn Greenwald
Democrats long objected to exactly the power that the Obama DOJ yesterday expressly advocated be vested in the new president.
Obama’s Reagan problem
Gary Kamiya
Why did the president make the mistake of thinking he could work with the GOP? His mealy-mouthed support for the Gipper provides a clue.
Obama holds first press conference
Alex Koppelman
The prime time event, intended to bolster public support for the stimulus, offered lots of long answers and few surprises.
Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully
Glenn Greenwald
The Obama DOJ today embraced one of the most abused Bush weapons -- the "state secrets" privilege -- in order to block torture and rendition victims from their day in court.
Israel’s elections and U.S. policy
Glenn Greenwald
Polls show that Israel is likely to elect a right-wing government with an uber-nationalist component. What implications should that have for U.S. policy?
Sex with the Obamas
Tracy Clark-Flory
Women are reportedly fantasizing about the first couple's hot and steamy love life.
Republicans take a swing at Obama
Vincent Rossmeier
The latest message from the House GOP: "What happened to bipartisanship?"
Great achievements in American socialism
Mark Schone
A slide show of two dozen excellent things the federal government bought with your money.
Michael Phelps: Puppy torturer!
Joe Conason
Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers.
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