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Today’s coverup of surveillance crimes and Barack Obama
Glenn Greenwald
The Democratic nominee's support for this bill speaks volumes about what he is and isn't.
Who are you calling a “coot”?
Camille Paglia
Incoming! Readers demand answers about WASPs, Tim Russert and Obama's teleprompter skills.
John McCain’s radical tax plan
Justin Jouvenal
He voted against Bush's tax cuts, but now, despite a ballooning deficit, he wants to slash taxes even further -- with most of the benefits going to the rich.
At 96, he says he’s ready to go
Garrison Keillor
But I sense he wants to hang around until November, to see for himself whether Obama wins the White House.
One nation, not just speaking English
Andrew Leonard
Barack Obama wonders what's up with all those "English-only" whiners. Learn Spanish, already
Edwards opens door wider to veep bid
Ed Kilgore
John Edwards said today he'd accept an offer to run with Barack Obama this November.
Maliki’s timetable and McCain’s double bind
Ed Kilgore
Iraqi Prime Minister's call for a U.S. troop withdrawal timetable exposes Bush and McCain to the flip side of surge-o-mania.
Obama hires HRC women’s outreach director
Ed Kilgore
In another sign of Obama-Clinton reconciliation, the Obama campaign today announced it had hired Dana Singiser, Clinton's Director of Women's Outreach.
Obama proposes bankruptcy relief
Ed Kilgore
On Day Two of the presidential campaign trail's latest Economy Week, Barack Obama proposes changes in a controversial 2005 bankruptcy law.
The other “other woman” for veep
Ed Kilgore
If Barack Obama wants to choose a woman other than Hillary Clinton as his running-mate, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano commands some real attention.
Blurring the lines on Iraq
Ed Kilgore
Republicans are attacking Barack Obama on the war, claiming he's flip-flopped, but that allegation doesn't hold water.
Big speech, big venue
Ed Kilgore
Barack Obama's campaign has officially announced that the presumptive Democratic nominee will accept the nomination not at the convention site but at a 76,000-seat stadium nearby.
Barack by the books
Laura Miller
The works that have influenced Obama illustrate that he would be the most literary president in recent memory -- and one likely to govern from the center.
Obama veepstakes: The other woman
Walter Shapiro
She's no Hillary Clinton, but Kathleen Sebelius, the popular governor of Kansas, may have a shot at being Barack's running mate.
Are Democrats backpedaling on abortion rights?
Kate Michelman
As feminist Obama supporters, we believe Clinton voters will come around -- but not if the party adopts an abortion reduction strategy.
Apocalypse now
Mike Davis
In a devastating global climate of our own making, how will humans survive?
The unbearable whiteness of being
Katharine Mieszkowski
The author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris.
The political establishment and telecom immunity — why it matters
Glenn Greenwald
Congress this week will take another major step toward creating a two-tiered system of justice whereby the elite have license to break laws -- exactly what the Founders warned against.
Obama will “continue to refine” Iraq policy
Steve Benen
In North Dakota, Obama reiterates his support for a flexible withdrawal timetable in Iraq.
The religious right warms up to McCain
Steve Benen
Evangelical leaders swallow hard and embrace the Republican they vowed to oppose.
The Al-Haramain ruling and the current Congress
Glenn Greenwald
Another federal court's ruling reveals how false and extreme is the case for warrantless eavesdropping and telecom immunity.
Losing the mullet, angling for veep
Mike Madden
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has a shot at being John McCain's No. 2 -- and it's not just because of the snazzy new haircut.
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