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Bush’s favorite historian
Gary Kamiya
British author Alistair Horne explains what Pinochet, Sharon and Bush have all taken from his work, why peace means getting rid of the priests, and why Iraq is the wrong war in the wrong place.
Don’t worry, be Mike Gravel
Alex Koppelman
No job, no money, no problem -- after personal setbacks, the quirky Alaskan returns to his first love as a long-shot contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Jews on ice
Sarah Goldstein
Michael Chabon talks about Jewish identity, Chassids as hobbits, his love of Barack Obama and the joys of writing a Yiddish-Alaskan detective novel.
Obama enters the bubble
Walter Shapiro
The presidential candidate is put under Secret Service protection.
Polling snapshot: President Giuliani?
Tim Grieve
For a moment in time, America's Mayor leads Clinton, Obama and . . . Gore?
A new low for Giuliani
Joe Conason
The braying ex-mayor claims a Democrat in the White House will mean more terror attacks, but he's just trying to hide from his own 9/11 mistakes.
Democrats strike up the show
Walter Shapiro
Obama promises not to nuke anyone, Hillary repents on healthcare, Biden puts Putin on notice, Gravel tees one up for Fox News, and more from the '08 curtain raiser.
And the winner is?
Joan Walsh
Hillary didn't lose. Nobody else won. Plus: Did she say the M-word? And wild Mike Gravel gets off the best line of the night.
The front-runners get along, almost
Michael Scherer
How Clinton, Obama and Edwards treated one another in the first Democratic debate.
The fun begins!
Joan Walsh
MSNBC's Chris Matthews on "a subject I love to talk about, gender." Fasten your seat belts, everybody!
The war, the vote and the Republicans’ priorities
Tim Grieve
The House approves a timetable for withdrawal. The RNC asks about Clinton's accent, Edwards' hair.
Are political consultants getting rich off your money?
Walter Shapiro
The 2008 presidential contenders have raised an unprecedented amount of campaign cash -- and strategists, pollsters and media consultants
will reap the monetary rewards.
U.S. soldiers used “comfort women,” too
Tracy Clark-Flory
Plus, Maureen Dowd chastises Barack Obama's wife for publicly teasing the presidential hopeful.
The 2008 election, explained by Yogi Berra
Walter Shapiro, Rick Ridder
Everything you need to know about the presidential race has already been predicted by baseball's greatest sage.
King Kaufman’s Sports Daily
Salon Staff
There must be a way to stop NBA teams who have clinched their playoff spot from tanking or "resting their starters" in games that still have meaning.
Anatomy of Beltway conventional wisdom
Glenn Greenwald
From Drudge/Politico to right-wing outlets to CNN and the New Republic, how petty and cheap personality attacks dominate our political discourse.
Profiles in Journalism
Glenn Greenwald
The Boston Globe's Charlie Savage is awarded a much-deserved Pulitzer Prize, illustrating what real political journalism is about.
New Walter Reed questions
Mark Benjamin
Democratic senators ask why the government failed to respond to 2004 warning about hospital conditions.
And now, for news that really matters
Joan Walsh
Another great scoop by Salon's Mark Benjamin has Barack Obama asking the White House about its Veterans Affairs leadership picks.
Why’d you nominate this guy?
Salon Staff
Responding to a Salon report, Sen. Barack Obama sends a letter to President Bush questioning his choice for a key VA job, saying the nominee knew of problems at Walter Reed.
Black rappers made him do it!
Joan Walsh
Joe Scarborough and John Ridley peddle the dumbest Imus excuse of all: He learned his racist misogyny from hip-hop!
Firing Imus was the right thing
Joan Walsh
Years of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic jokes took their toll, and MSNBC finally saw the light.
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