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Light blogging through the holidays
Joan Walsh
But even on vacation, I couldn't miss the story of the Iraqi who threw his shoes at President Bush.
President Obama’s first 100 days
Thomas Schaller
He will inherit the kind of problems that few new presidents have had to face. Where should he start?
Orgasmic childbirth on 20/20
Tracy Clark-Flory
A documentary argues that sexual pleasure during labor is "a neglected human right."
The cheapest sex change in town
Judy Berman
Players of the online role-playing game "World of Warcraft" can now change their characters' gender for only $15.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
One conservative blogger asks what the Republican Senators who killed the auto bailout could be thinking.
BBWAA votes in Prospectus, Neyer, Law
King Kaufman
The baseball writers finally acknowledge that some of the game's best analysts work online -- and not just for megasites.
I had a nomadic childhood; now I can’t maintain ties
Cary Tennis
I seem to have lost some part of myself and wish I could get it back.
Hideous sexism or harmless party pranks?
Sarah Hepola
Broadsheet writers sound off on the controversial picture of Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter groping a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton.
Finding peace on the road to Mecca
Andrew Leonard
Islamic pilgrims are gathering in Saudi Arabia this week -- and making the world a better place.
What do the Clintons have on Obama?
Camille Paglia
What experience does Hillary have to run State? Plus: Avoiding the Muslim issue on Mumbai, and anti-Proposition 8 activists threaten to set back gay rights.
Retail porn
Judy Berman
Sex and shopping -- together, at last, on a blog called the Clothes That Got Me Laid.
Alex Kuczynski is a dish best served cold
Amy Benfer
Why did the New York Times allow a longtime style writer to look like a jerk in its own magazine?
Books we love
Compiled by Abby Margulies
Some of our favorite authors weigh in on the best reads of 2008.
Don’t blame new media for the deepening recession
Andrew Leonard
The New York Times' David Carr complains about the impact of too much bad economic news, too fast. But he's giving us far too much credit.
The CIA and its reporter friends: Anatomy of a backlash
Glenn Greenwald
The coordinated, successful effort to implant false story lines about John Brennan illustrates the power the intelligence community wields over political debates.
A Democratic insider’s call for a new presidential secrecy power
Glenn Greenwald
Matt Miller of the Center for American Progress wants to crush one of the few remaining means by which Americans learn about their government: disclosure by presidential aides
Three candles for How the World Works
Andrew Leonard
From an idiosyncratic blog on globalization to a 24 by 7 chronicle of economic meltdown. Who would have guessed it?
Salon Radio: NPR’s Tom Gjelten and ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
Glenn Greenwald
What accounted for NPR's inaccurate reporting on the John Brennan controversy? And: will a federal court invalidate telecom immunity as unconstitutional?
Has Obama broken his first campaign promise?
Vincent Rossmeier
Barack Obama promised to institute a windfall profits tax on oil companies, but the policy was quietly removed from his Web site.
Let’s beat up on Britney Spears!
Katharine Mieszkowski
Round 15,687, now with anorexia, bulimia and diet pill abuse.
Chris Matthews on Senate rumors: “Absolutely not true”
Gabriel Winant
The host of "Hardball" denies that he's staffing up for a campaign; former Clinton spokesman says Matthews should quit TV if he's planning to run.
Conservatives band together against nonexistent threat
Alex Koppelman
A prominent right-wing media watchdog announces the formation of a group dedicated to fighting against the Fairness Doctrine.
The ongoing disgrace of NBC News and Brian Williams
Glenn Greenwald
Another story from the NYT further exposes the corruption of NBC's reliance on Gen. Barry McCaffrey as an "independent military analyst."
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