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Feminists face off over the veil
Tracy Clark-Flory
Naomi Wolf and Phyllis Chesler go head-to-head and conservatives rush into the ring
Lessons from a virtual bank run
Andrew Leonard
When is a fake financial panic more real than the real thing? How about in an online sci-fi role-playing game?
The real reason for Obama’s speech to public school students
Alex Koppelman
An innocent address, or a nefarious attempt to hide the truth?
Paul Krugman’s biggest “I told you so” ever
Andrew Leonard
The Keynes disciple strikes back against a generation of Friedmanites, and explains how they blew it
Perez Hilton, child pornographer?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The gossipmonger gets in a dustup over his teen-themed potshots. Isn't it time to dethrone the Queen of All Media?
Wikipedia: It’s a man’s world
Sady Doyle
What's keeping women from contributing to the free encyclopedia?
Levi Johnston: Stud
Amy Benfer
While born-again virgin Bristol Palin shills for abstinence, her ex courts fame and Playgirl. Double standard much?
Ashley Dupre: You’re a prostitute, too
Tracy Clark-Flory
Eliot Spitzer's call girl says most women want to be pampered, she just happened to be more honest about it
The baseball star who would be senator
Alex Koppelman
Curt Schilling is considering a run for Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat, but there's a big obstacle in his way
Does the Prius have an Achilles heel?
Andrew Leonard
Hybrid technology depends on rare minerals currently produced mostly in China. The Saudi oil sheiks must be pleased
She is anchorwoman, hear her roar
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Diane Sawyer may not be "perky," but in taking over "World News Tonight" she's still facing a notorious boys club
Ted Kennedy… the deregulator?
Andrew Leonard
The icon of big government liberalism also knew when to unfetter the market. If only the GOP was equally flexible
Can conservatism be saved from the Birthers?
Gabriel Winant
Republican blogger launches attack -- possibly quixotic -- on his party's crazy wing
The paleolibertarian war on Herbert Hoover
Andrew Leonard
When the starting premise is that the State is evil, every politician becomes a meddling New Deal interventionist
Is it ever OK to tar your kid in print?
Amy Benfer
The sordid back story of Julia Myerson's new memoir, "The Lost Child," should give every parenting writer pause
Beltway culture, checks on journalists and secrecy obligations
Glenn Greenwald
Excessive secrecy is one of the prime afflictions of Beltway culture, for politicians and, especially, journalists.
Norway’s Iraqi ace-in-the-oil-well
Andrew Leonard
If not for a case of cerebral palsy, would the course of North Sea oil development be radically different?
The NYT’s Chicago economist: Wrong again
Andrew Leonard
Casey Mulligan said the commercial real estate market wouldn't melt down. That wasn't his first mistake
Ridge walks back terror alert politicization claim
Alex Koppelman
The former Homeland Security chief now says he wasn't pressured to raise the alert level for political reasons
How many oil speculators do we need?
Andrew Leonard
Too few, and futures markets don't function. Too many, and prices go berserk. Maybe government has a role?
Who’s laughing now?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
A mother-in-law sues over mother-in-law jokes -- but does she have a case?
Is Jaycee Dugard’s tormentor mentally ill?
Kate Harding
Sex offender Phillip Garrido held a girl captive for 18 years but says people will find the story "heart-warming
Limbaugh: You’ll pry my foreskin from my cold, dead hands
Gabriel Winant
Circumcision -- tool of the coming fascist, penis-hating regime
The panic of 1857
Andrew Leonard
A lesson from past financial crises. Fingering the villain is never as easy as it looks
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