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In-flight reading
Andrew O'Hehir
I'm en route to Cannes, to watch movies, drink wine and blog like crazy. Poor me!
Republicans twist Obama’s statements about Israel
Alex Koppelman
In an interview, Barack Obama referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a "constant sore," and GOP leaders took that out of context.
McCain: “Facts of global warming demand our urgent attention”
Alex Koppelman
In a speech, the presumptive Republican nominee laid out his views on global warming and the environment, prompting criticism from left and right.
Bob Barr to run for president
Alex Koppelman
The former congressman, who left the GOP in 2006, will try to win the Libertarian Party's nomination at a convention later this month.
John McCain’s Vietnam-based view of war
Glenn Greenwald
An outdated belief in the unconstrained use of force and less domestic debate is the centerpiece of the GOP candidate's national security worldview.
How the military analyst program controlled news coverage: in the Pentagon’s own words
Glenn Greenwald
"We develop a core group from within our media analyst list of those that we can count on to carry our water. They become the key go to guys for the networks and it begins to weed out the less reliably friendly analysts by the networks themselves."
McCain defends comments about Hamas, Obama
Vincent Rossmeier
John McCain justifies his statement that Hamas wants Barack Obama to be president by saying he's only discussing what's of interest to voters.
MySpace frees your data. Will Facebook follow?
Farhad Manjoo
When you put data into a social network, you ought to be able to easily pull it out, too.
RNC debuts attack against Obama
Alex Koppelman
In a new video, "Can We Ask?" the Republican National Committee previews some lines of attack against Barack Obama.
CNN, the Pentagon’s “military analyst program” and Gitmo
Glenn Greenwald
A detailed look at the documents produced by the Pentagon reveals just how corrupt the media's behavior was and, even more so, continues to be.
Condoms: Sort of like crack?
Catherine Price
Abstinence Clearinghouse's blog claims that giving out rubbers is like passing out crack pipes. Meanwhile, June 7 is "Protest the Pill Day '08."
A salute to Anacharsis Cloots
Andrew Leonard
So what if imagining that there were no borders got the 18th century "Orator of the Human Race" a date with the guillotine? His heart was in the right place.
The general election and the economy
Andrew Leonard
If a down economy spells doom for the incumbent party, why is McCain doing so well in national polls? Paul Krugman has a possible explanation.
Deep Democratic dissatisfaction
Alex Koppelman
Exit polling out of Indiana and North Carolina contains bad news for Democrats looking to the general election in November.
Give the “drunken pirate” teacher a break!
Farhad Manjoo
Putting embarrassing pictures online isn't a firing offense. It's a way of life.
Now, Paul Krugman throws economists off the bus
Andrew Leonard
His colleagues are making too big a deal about Clinton's gas tax holiday proposal, he says. Where's the solidarity, Paul?
Fact of the day
Alex Koppelman
The end of the Democratic presidential race may be approaching sooner than you think.
No victory: Yahoo feels the heat after Microsoft walks away
Farhad Manjoo
Everyone's searching for YHOO, waiting to see how low the stock can go.
Death and the D.C. Madam
Susannah Breslin
Call girls speak out about the suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey and the complicated truths it reveals about their lives.
Who needs Dana Perino when you have the NYT’s Michael Gordon?
Glenn Greenwald
Yet again, Judy Miller's former co-reporter mindlessly repeats provocative, war-provoking government claims.
Hillary Clinton’s big, brass … fortitude
Joan Walsh
She battled Bill O'Reilly (and won) while hammering away on her gas-tax holiday plan, critics be damned.
Luxury community of “conscience”
Fred Haefele
When the locals cried green-wash, the elite developer cried class envy. Welcome to Paradise Valley.
Voter suppression in North Carolina?
Alex Koppelman
Allegations have been flying about robo-calls supposedly intended to suppress votes for Obama, but the incident appears to be about incompentence, not malice.
Did Sidney Blumenthal cross the line?
Joe Conason
Some bloggers accuse Blumenthal, a Hillary advisor, of spreading right-wing lies about Obama. But I get his e-mail blasts and the charge isn't fair.
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