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The case against apps
Christopher Butler
Why the Web itself is a much better way of accessing, appreciating and creating content
Meet the “Pea Party”
Michael Lind
They're more upset over Grandma's Social Security than bonuses for bailed-out bankers -- and they have Obama's ear
Secret cash: The worst political scandal of all
Michael Winship
A constitutional amendment may be our only prayer for stopping the total usurpation of government by Big Business
Why is it so hard to raise taxes on the rich?
Alyssa Battistoni
As budget solutions go, almost nothing polls better than asking the wealthiest to pay more
Chris Dodd shows how Washington works
Glenn Greenwald
After emphatically vowing not to lobby, the former five-term Senator becomes Hollywood's chief lobbyist
The five worldviews that define American politics
Michael Lind
Did you ever wonder why there are so few fundamental differences between Obama and Bush?
Party time for Bush and Cheney!
Joan Walsh
Obama extends tax cuts for the rich that the GOP passed with chicanery and Cheney's vote. How did we get here?
Barack Obama: The oligarchs’ president
Charles Ferguson
The director of "Inside Job" writes about Obama's depressingly rational decision to give in to Wall Street
A foreclosure mess of their own design
Andrew Leonard
How the real estate finance industry wrecked itself: The sorry tale of the Mortgage Electronic Registration System
The misguided reaction to Tea Party candidates
Glenn Greenwald
The condescension toward these new right-wing standard-bearers seems more cultural than ideological
Various matters
Glenn Greenwald
It derides the debate without mentioning its corporate stake. Plus: Snooping into your drugs; U.S.'s No. 1 problem
In defense of Alan Simpson
Glenn Greenwald
He deserves gratitude for his candor about the goals of Obama's Deficit Commission and Social Security
Are the American people obsolete?
Michael Lind
The richest few don't need the rest of us as markets, soldiers or police anymore. Maybe we should all emigrate
Why has the Post series created so little reaction?
Glenn Greenwald
Living under a secret, unaccountable National Security State is now accepted as an inevitability
The American people want more government spending
Michael Lind
The public isn't nearly as worried about the debt as the bipartisan elites in Washington are
Obama won’t live up to his word on immigration
Jenn Kepka
The president's speech today called for reform, but the administration's efforts won't address the real problem
Why won’t the Iran hawks admit they’re Iran hawks?
Alex Pareene
Their rhetoric sounds frighteningly similar to what we heard in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq
Texas textbooks and the truth about the Confederacy
Michael Lind
Texas is right: We should teach kids about Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy. But let's tell the whole story
Crocodile tears on Wall Street
Bill Moyers
In the spirit of the original tea party, activists should be demanding accountability from Wall Street
Why I plan to move my money
Andrew Leonard
Maybe switching my checking account from Chase won't topple the bankster oligarchy. But it will make me feel better
The distracting benefits of ACORN hysteria
Glenn Greenwald
Wall Street, defense contractors and the insurance industry v. the poor and dispossessed
Glenn Beck is the future of literary fiction
Steve Almond
A handful of right-wing bestsellers have recast mundane cultural dislocation into riveting epics of paranoia
Will Ecuador’s Indians bankrupt Chevron?
Andrew O'Hehir
Documentarian Joe Berlinger on the amazing Amazon pollution case in "Crude" -- and its link to the West Memphis 3
Pynchon lights up
Laura Miller
The famed author is back with a tale of drugs, hippies and paranoia -- and you don't need a decoder ring to read it
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