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The meaning of Starbucks
Andrew Leonard
The coffee company announces plans to close 600 stores, while simultaneously watering down its primary house brew. As if we needed any more evidence that the economy is in the dregs.
Could be Biden time
Walter Shapiro
He's got experience, foreign relations chops, and a moving personal story. Is Joe Biden near the top of Barack Obama's veep list?
No peace for Obama on Israel
Gregory Levey
He's facing nervous Jewish voters in Florida, attacks by Joe Lieberman and smear tactics in a political war that threatens his campaign.
I survived — now how do I survive my survival?
Cary Tennis
Cancer changed everything. I need a new paradigm.
DeLay pushes his Coalition for a Conservative Majority
Steve Benen
The former House majority leader takes time from his criminal defense to plug his activist organization.
The Obama campaign’s past two weeks
Glenn Greenwald
It matters what Obama says and what tactics he uses in his attempt to win the election.
Dalai Lama’s time bomb
Salil Tripathi
Some Tibetans have had it with the spiritual leader's nonviolence. But as Gandhi showed, patience can be the deadliest of weapons.
Why Obama will soon land in Europe
Gregor Peter Schmitz
Many Europeans would like to see him as the next U.S. president. But a transatlantic trip to burnish his credentials will be a balancing act.
We are family
Robert Burton
Are humans unique in the animal kingdom? Neuroscience pioneer Michael Gazzaniga thinks so. He is not convincing.
Auto-replace is not always your friend
Steve Benen
The American Family Association finds out why misusing auto-replace can be embarrassing.
Bush’s plans falter, al-Qaida establishes new base of operations
Steve Benen
"Operation Cannonball" can't get off the ground as al-Qaida establishes roots in Pakistan.
See? See why I get hysterical?!?
Kate Harding
Research shows that subtle sexism is more damaging to women's self-esteem than glaring examples.
Of all the attack dogs McCain could have picked …
Steve Benen
To go after Clark and Obama, McCain campaign taps member of '04 Swift Boat group.
Good to the last drop
Monica Bhide
What makes a perfect pot of joe? Is Fair Trade really fair? "God in a Cup" author Michaele Weissman talks about the history, and our continuing love affair, with that divine drink -- coffee.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
TV's dance marathon rages on, from the inspired kids of "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America's Best Dance Crew" to the inspired jackasses of "Dance Machine"!
Washington state Dems agree to change “Sopranos” ad
Alex Koppelman
After a complaint from a local Italian group, the party apologized for an attack ad directed at a Republican candidate that featured the theme song from "The Sopranos."
Bad ethanol economics
Andrew Leonard
Industry capacity hits a new high, even as a dozen companies file for bankruptcy.
E is for ennui
Table Talk
Feeling cynical? Members of Salon's community, Table Talk, redefine the word this week.
What’s so wrong with a pregnancy pact?
Amy Benfer
The media is apoplectic about the knocked-up Gloucester girls, but as a former teen mother, I think there was some wisdom in their plan.
Prominent evangelical group attacks Obama on abortion
Alex Koppelman
The Family Research Council is going on the air Friday with a new ad that targets Barack Obama's position on the right to abortion.
Is the Pill “outdated”?
Tracy Clark-Flory
A lead reproductive health researcher says hormonal birth control pills don't "work well enough."
McCain advisor: Politicians “putting politics first and country second”
Alex Koppelman
In a memo that seems to presage the campaign's message to come, Steve Schmidt positions his candidate as patriotic and Obama as interested only in himself.
Dalton Trumbo and American evil
Andrew O'Hehir
How the legendary screenwriter of "Roman Holiday" and "Spartacus" defied Congress, broke the blacklist and raised his family.
So you think they can break-dance?
Jeff Chang
Forget the Bronx and South Central. If you want to find the best hip-hop dancers in the world look farther east, to South Korea.
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