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Tuning out the brain-dead megaphone
David Sirota
Pundits claim we're a center-right nation -- but polls show voters elected Obama to enact his progressive agenda.
Where did all the wealth go?
Andrew Leonard
A YouTube trip down memory lane with one economic forecaster who got it all exactly right.
R.I.P. Playgirl
Tracy Clark-Flory
Goodbye to the only nudie mag for women -- it seems we hardly knew ye.
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
Three cheers for ordinary people! "Friday Night Lights" shines on brilliantly in its third season, while the fifth season of "Grey's Anatomy" proves its staying power.
How can I not know what I am feeling?
Cary Tennis
If I'd been more honest with myself and with her, maybe we wouldn't have broken up.
What Obama’s arrival means for Washington
Thomas Schaller
It's not just about policy and politics but the town, too.
My father’s vote
Andrew Leonard
From Adlai Stevenson to Barack Obama, a life of writing, voting, disappointment and triumph.
Can this marriage be stopped?
Cary Tennis
My pot-smoking waiter friend who lives with his mom is about to make a boneheaded move.
Barack Obama’s epic win
Walter Shapiro
The culmination of a brilliant campaign, Obama's unequivocal defeat of John McCain marks a political and generational transformation.
Barack Obama 2.0
Joan Walsh
Compare two speeches Obama gave in Ohio, nine months apart, and you'll hear a good candidate become a great one.
The Post and “the most disliked president since polling began in the 1930s”
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post documents the incomparable failure of the Bush Presidency, while its ombudsman urges that the Right be more accommodated.
Why Obama may triumph in working-class Pennsylvania
Robert S. Eshelman
Returning to my home in Bucks County, I saw how the utter bankruptcy of the Bush years has transformed the region's political landscape.
Dreams of John Adams
Kevin Berger
Saturn rockets, Wagner in the Sierras, 9/11 voices -- the renowned composer discusses the visions and emotions behind his acclaimed and controversial music.
Another laugher from Arthur Laffer
Andrew Leonard
The brain behind supply-side economics goofs again.
Sarah Palin’s latest swat at science
Kevin Berger
Fruit fly research is helping a booming new food industry in America -- not that the vice-presidential candidate is aware of it.
Smells like middle-aged spirit
Darin Strauss
Your 20th high school reunion is a reminder that you actually can go home again. But as you suck in your gut, ask yourself this: Do you want to?
Disabled veteran speaks in stunning ad
Alex Koppelman
A powerful new spot features a man who speaks using a computer, because of injuries he received serving in Iraq.
John Lewis: McCain, Palin “sowing seeds of hatred and division”
Alex Koppelman
Discussing the Republican campaign, the civil rights icon invokes the memory of George Wallace's rallies.
Sean Hannity, Robert Gibbs and anti-Semitism: How to go on Fox News
Glenn Greenwald
Over the weekend, Sean Hannity hosted a "documentary" on Obama in reliance on a notorious, deranged Jew hater -- a fact that an Obama spokesman puts to good use.
Nobody’s dummy
Camille Paglia
Liberals underestimate Sarah Palin's vitality and -- yes -- smarts at their own peril. Plus: Obama's presidential air, Biden's condescending mugging, feminism's lost sisters.
The low road to the White House
Walter Shapiro
As the gloves come off in the presidential race, John McCain seems ever more willing to dispense with past claims to personal honor.
A wild day on Wall Street
Andrew Leonard
While stock prices gyrate, Lehman's Richard Fuld tells Congress no one expected housing prices to fall so fast and so far. Oh really?
Wall Street shudders, again
Andrew Leonard
What bailout? The Dow drops 740 as a financial panic sweeps the world.
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