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Fox News on inauguration: “Gay America prepares to party”
Alex Koppelman
The network's Web site claims there'll be "a slew of gay parties and inaugural balls," and notes that some conservatives are hopping mad.
Bourgeois like me
Amy Benfer
Michelle Obama's ordinariness may be her most radical feature, argues Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Get money into the economy now
Michael Lind, Phil Angelides
Is there danger that the stimulus could become nothing more than an appropriations bill? And can green jobs save the economy?
Why the U.S. has already lost in Afghanistan
Ann Jones
Rampant corruption by U.S. contractors has left the country in shambles.
Conservative Kudlow dishes on Obama dinner
Alex Koppelman
Though the meeting was off the record, the CNBC host offered details of his discussions with the president-elect, and sounded very impressed.
Obama meets with liberal pundits
Alex Koppelman
Following close on the heels of his dinner with conservative columnists, the president-elect talked with Frank Rich, Rachel Maddow and others.
To Hillary, with love
Mike Madden
Hillary Clinton's Senate confirmation hearing to become Barack Obama's secretary of state turns into a group hug.
Why Gene Robinson is too little, too late
Nancy Goldstein
Inviting an openly gay bishop to Obama's inauguration does not make up for the offensive blunder that is Rick Warren.
Obama dines with Will, Kristol, Brooks
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect had dinner with the three conservative pundits Tuesday night -- there's speculation Rush Limbaugh was invited as well.
Revealed: Obama used to support same-sex marriage
Alex Koppelman
Today, the president-elect favors civil unions instead of full marriage rights for homosexuals, but that reportedly wasn't the case in 1996.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super-feminist!
Tracy Clark-Flory
Ms. Magazine pictures Barack Obama as women's undercover hero.
The amazing shrinking Citigroup
Andrew Leonard
Oops! Can we have a do-over on that whole decade of mega-banking mergers?
Geithner hit with tax, housekeeper immigration issues
Alex Koppelman
Barack Obama's nominee to be Treasury secretary reportedly neglected to pay certain taxes and to check whether his housekeeper was legally able to work.
The right responds to Gitmo closure news
Alex Koppelman
One group, Move America Forward, is organizing a petition in favor of keeping the prison open.
Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama
Glenn Greenwald
The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.
What can Obama learn from FDR’s first 100 days?
Mark Schone
The author of "Nothing to Fear" talks about the striking parallels -- and differences -- between the president-elect and another who took office at a time of economic meltdown.
Obama will order closure of Guantanamo prison
Alex Koppelman
The Associated Press reports that, as one of his first official acts, the president-elect will issue an executive order closing the facility.
Obama: “We need to look forward”
Alex Koppelman
The president-elect plays down the possibility of large-scale investigations into the Bush administration's conduct.
Bush holds final press conference
Alex Koppelman
The outgoing president wishes his successor well, and discusses some of his mistakes, but maintains that history will be the final judge of his performance.
Obama’s economic team: “A joy to argue with”
Andrew Leonard
More details emerge on the stimulus, via YouTube and elsewhere. Paul Krugman is critical, but happy at the lack of outright dishonesty
Obama v. the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran
Glenn Greenwald
Last year, the NIE famously concluded with "high confidence" that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Why did Obama say yesterday that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons?
What mandate for change?
Mike Madden
Barack Obama is already facing pushback from Congress about his economic stimulus plan. But it's coming from Democrats.
Obama’s allegedly “new” centrism and his ABC interview today
Glenn Greenwald
How have people become convinced that the decades-old Beltway platitudes of "centrism," post-partisanship and non-ideological "competence" are now new and transformative?
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