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Distorting public opinion on torture investigations
Glenn Greenwald
A representative of a leading Democratic group falsely claims that "nobody is interested" in torture.
Watching Farrah’s public suffering
Kate Harding
All the attention surrounding 1970s icon's terminal illness shows how little we acknowledge death as a natural part of life.
We tortured to justify war
Joe Conason
Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
Terry McAuliffe is Barack Obama
Mike Madden
The ultimate Clintonite reinvents himself to win over young voters and black voters in Virginia -- and becomes the favorite to win next month's Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Did the White House just declare climate change war on itself?
Andrew Leonard
A mysterious memo supposedly prepared by the Office of Management and Budget savagely attacks the EPA's finding that greenhouse gases are a pollutant.
Double X comes out swinging
Tracy Clark-Flory
A new women's Web magazine premieres with an attack on lady-blog Jezebel.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Would you rather lose your memory or your money? HBO's "The Alzheimer's Project" and Frontline's "The Madoff Affair" unearth your worst nightmares.
The funny thing about mothers
Sarah Hepola
The authors of "Love, Mom" talk about the unintentional comedy (and cringes) of maternal correspondence.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele explains his judicial philosophy.
Obama crushes the Chrysler hedge funds
Andrew Leonard
The dissident bondholders have been routed. Was justice served, or is Big Government running amok?
Puzzle: to whom might the NYT be referring in its Editorial?
Glenn Greenwald
The more light that is shined on the tactics and mindset of the Respectable Intellectual Center, the more their influence will erode.
Jeffrey Rosen and TNR’s response to critics
Glenn Greenwald
The author of the slimy hit piece on Sonia Sotomayor purports to address criticisms while ignoring most of them and distorting the rest.
Screw inner beauty
Sarah Hepola
Broadsheet contributor Kate Harding talks about her new book, why diets don't work and learning to love yourself at any size.
The worst parents in the world
Rebecca Traister
Screw Gymboree and breast-feeding! New confessional memoirs by Ayelet Waldman and Michael Lewis join an ever-growing genre lashing out at our expectations for today's mommies and daddies.
Obama’s dinner with Stiglitz and Krugman
Andrew Leonard
We know they ate roast beef and discussed the banking system. The rest is a mystery.
China: What world recession?
Andrew Leonard
Forecasts for economic growth in the Middle Kingdom are getting some big revisions upward. That global meltdown? Just a speed bump.
Bad mommy? Bad society!
Kate Harding
The latest imperfect-mother confessional says more about how the entire culture screws up our kids than how one woman did.
Miss Anti-Gay Marriage
Tracy Clark-Flory
The National Organization for Marriage uses pageant loser Carrie Prejean in its new ad.
The political benefit of taking on the hedge funds
Alex Koppelman
President Obama is likely to take some heat for so directly criticizing some of Chrysler's lenders, but it's likely that his stance will ultimately help him.
Is “rape” the new “gay”?
Amy Benfer
One writer says the word is becoming way too common as a casual slang term.
Understanding the deadly flu virus
Katharine Mieszkowski
Scientists are scrambling to figure out just how alarmed we should be over the swine flu outbreak from Mexico.
Don’t blame Chicago!
Andrew Leonard
Pinning responsibility for our current economic woes on Milton Friedman is just so 1970s. Can't we just move on?
Limbaugh to Specter: Take McCain with you
Alex Koppelman
The radio host says further contraction of the Republican Party would actually prove to be a good thing for it.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
One conservative blogger wonders if the Obama administration is trying to hurry along the next terror attack in order to blame former President Bush.
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