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The definition of a “two-tiered justice system”
Glenn Greenwald
Ordinary people who commit petty, nonviolent crimes rot for decades in inhumane prisons. High political leaders who commit serious felonies receive full-scale immunity
The 60 Minutes report on growing West Bank settlements
Glenn Greenwald
Bob Simon deserves credit for an unusually probing examination of Israeli extremists who are, by design, preventing a Palestinian state.
Hard times call for desperate egg donation?
Tracy Clark-Flory
The recession is leading more women to consider parting with their ova.
Obama’s call to arms
Gary Kamiya
By rejecting Bush's torture tactics, the new president is urging Americans to reclaim their principles -- and their courage.
Sexual perversity in America
Sarah Hepola
Author Daniel Bergner talks about extreme erotic behavior and why we have more in common with sadists and fetishists than we might like to believe.
Did Israel commit war crimes in Gaza?
Thomas Darnstädt, Christoph Schult
The immense number of Palestinian civilian casualties suggests that the country violated international law. But do the laws of war really govern asymmetrical conflicts like this one?
Real science comes to Washington
Joseph Romm
Myopic conservatives and the media still don't get global warming. But if anybody can preserve a livable climate, Obama's amazing energy team can.
Obama’s Vietnam?
Juan Cole
Friday's airstrikes are evidence Obama will take the hard line he promised in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But he should remember what happened to another president who inherited a war.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
The scrappy rockers of HBO's "Flight of the Conchords" are back, while A&E also tries its hand at comedy with Patrick Swayze in "The Beast."
Kirsten Gillibrand. Really?
Joe Conason
Why New York Gov. David Paterson chose a senator with conservative views that clash with his own.
Study shows social rejects don’t want your damn jack
Kate Harding
A new study finds that people who expect social rejection are preemptively nasty to others.
GOP embraces Obama, fingers crossed
Thomas Schaller
The strategy is to not obstruct while hoping he and Democrats self-destruct.
Let’s beat up on the Oscars
Stephanie Zacharek
The Academy's nominations offer a few exciting surprises amid a raft of obvious prestige picks.
Not Bush’s White House anymore
Mike Madden
In his first day at his new job, Barack Obama puts his stamp on the presidency.
Who killed Flipper?
Andrew O'Hehir
The filmmakers behind "The Cove" discuss the shocking Sundance documentary that may forever change how we feel about dolphins in captivity.
Don’t you want me, baby?
Andrew O'Hehir
After Obama, it was back to the '80s at Sundance, from the hideous Bret Easton Ellis nightmare "The Informers" to Greg Mottola's delightful rom-com "Adventureland."
One potential inauguration tragedy, narrowly averted
Alex Koppelman
Thousands of people waiting to see Barack Obama were stuck in a tunnel for hours; whoever was responsible is lucky no one was hurt, or worse.
A day at the Mall
Rebecca Traister
Two million came to D.C. to brave the crowds and the cold -- and to see their country change.
A new America emerging
Garrison Keillor
Six-block lines, Arctic weather, packed trains -- none of it mattered. We can believe in our country again.
With the real celebrities
Joan Walsh
Denzel, Diddy, Jay-Z and Beyonce are left alone while inauguration crowds flock to history makers like the Tuskegee Airmen.
The impact of Obama’s latest excellent DOJ appointments
Glenn Greenwald
Two of the most vehement critics of Bush's executive power abuses are named to high-level positions, joining "outrage"-advocate and new OLC chief Dawn Johnsen.
Obama and the spirit of Hawaii
Gary Kamiya
On this day when we vow to begin again, a prayer for a sea change in America.
Are we there yet, Martin?
Joan Walsh
MLK helped pave the road to the White House for Obama, but it will take more than Tuesday's inauguration to fulfill King's dream.
Your Sundance gigolo report
Andrew O'Hehir
Ashton Kutcher sells body but not soul in dark, sexy "Spread"; Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere and Don Cheadle play good-cop, bad-cop; Anna Wintour, human being!
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