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Chicago is Barack Obama’s kind of town
Edward McClelland
The city has a unique history of launching the careers of powerful black politicians -- which is part of the reason Obama moved there.
Mike Huckabee gets serious in a big way
Walter Shapiro
The former Arkansas governor has finally found the idea maven -- Jim Pinkerton -- to add heft to his just-folks shtick.
Trading preschool for passports
Amanda Eyre Ward
What if the best thing for my sons turned out to be uprooting them from everything they know?
Hillary without tears
Camille Paglia
Why it's time to close the book on the Clintons -- and herald the Obamas! Plus: Iran war hawks, Russian drag queens and the genius of Zeppelin.
Wind turbines for Mongolian nomads
Andrew Leonard
A visit to the World Bank's Google Maps mashup is an exercise in obscure development project serendipity
How to solve America’s water problems
Edward McClelland
Hey, Sun Belters, move to the Great Lake states. You can have all the water you want and stop worrying about droughts. Besides, we're not piping our water south.
Women are “worst drivers”?
Tracy Clark-Flory
So proclaims the U.K.'s Telegraph in response to a study on spatial navigation.
Worthless chatter
Glenn Greenwald
The endless horse-race obsession isn't just petty and substance-free but bereft of all insight.
The case of the gassy ghost
Laura Miller
Nicola Barker's smart, rude novel "Darkmans" is part Zadie Smith and part David Foster Wallace -- with just a dash of Stephen King.
Just follow the map
Garrison Keillor
Stranded, unloved or unsure, the cure is to drive west with the window rolled down, the radio playing -- the whole deal.
TV Daily
Salon Staff
Monday: Watch the ball drop on "Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008." Plus: What did you think of "Jesus Camp" on Sunday?
“The Great Debaters”
Andrew O'Hehir
Denzel Washington gives an eloquent performance in this hackneyed -- yet terrifying -- story of a black college debate team in the Jim Crow South.
The fallout for Bush on Iran
André Anwar
Former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix assesses the latest U.S. intelligence and whether Bush could still launch a military strike.
World to America: Cool down
Katharine Mieszkowski
The Bali global warming talks ended with a stubborn U.S. finally making promises that other countries could live by.
The atheist delusion
Steve Paulson
Theologian John Haught explains why science and God are not at odds, why Mike Huckabee worries him, and why Richard Dawkins and other "new atheists" are ignorant about religion.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
Is "The Kite Runner" worthy of all the fuss? Plus: What's Woody Harrelson doing in an upsetting, innovative and decidedly Oscar-worthy documentary about WWII?
Desperate times, desperate scientists
Joseph Romm
Fed up with politicians and the media, scientists are pleading to the world to wake up to the imminent threats of global warming.
Are you there, God? It’s me, Rudy
Thomas F. Schaller
An unholy trinity of issues -- abortion, immigration and his messy personal life -- could hurt Giuliani's chances with his key constituency, Catholic voters.
What would we see if we were behind your eyeballs, Cary?
Cary Tennis
A reader asks a pressing question of quite another sort altogether.
American bummer in Bali
Katharine Mieszkowski
The Bush crew is a total drag on the climate conference in Indonesia. But on our shores, a political wave of resistance to global warming is rising.
An Iran bombshell for Bush
Mark Follman
The White House knew months ago about Iran's stalled nuclear program. But Bush and Cheney have kept up the war rhetoric.
Craig Venter is the future
Jonathon Keats
The most groundbreaking science is being done outside academia and government. And the egomaniacal geneticist is leading the way.
The emperor’s new peace plan
Gary Kamiya
Barring a miracle, Bush's Annapolis charade will make matters in the Middle East much worse.
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