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Should Obama retake the oath?
Vincent Rossmeier
Some constitutional law experts say that Obama should, just to be safe.
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.
“And the Lord said, ‘Let there be Mahjong tiles'”
Andrew Leonard
New details emerge of the apocalyptic showdown between Pope Benedict XVI and the former prime minister of Japan.
Fox News on inauguration: “Gay America prepares to party”
Alex Koppelman
The network's Web site claims there'll be "a slew of gay parties and inaugural balls," and notes that some conservatives are hopping mad.
Political play of the decade?
Alex Koppelman
In Tennessee, at least, Democrats know how to stay in control of the legislative branch.
Blago: impeachment because he “[fought] for families”
Alex Koppelman
In one of the stranger press conferences in recent memory, the Illinois governor defends himself, attacks his enemies and quotes Tennyson.
Is Obama deliberately snubbing Dean?
Alex Koppelman
Despite the outgoing DNC chair's successes, the incoming administration hasn't been very welcoming, and people close to him reportedly aren't happy.
Lay off those not-so-glamorous teen moms
Amy Benfer
The teen birthrate may be up, but you can't pin it on Juno, Jamie Lynn and Bristol -- yet.
Burris: “We don’t need this distraction”
Alex Koppelman
Roland Burris tells Rachel Maddow that he is legally a senator, and says, "I just hope and pray that we don't keep stringing this out."
The Israel rules
Gary Kamiya
America's support of the Gaza attack proves once again that our mythical image of Israel has blinded us to its faults -- a myopia with devastating consequences for both countries.
Will Vicki Iseman’s lawsuit stand against the N.Y. Times?
Kevin Berger
A WSJ interview with a First Amendment scholar offers some provocative clues.
Not so fast, Sen. Kennedy
Mike Madden
Aides to New York Gov. David Paterson are bristling over pressure to appoint Caroline Kennedy to fill Hillary Clinton's Senate seat.
The “new” feminism?
Kate Harding
Funny how the "new" feminism of 2008 looks exactly like the early-'90s version -- Katie Roiphe, Courtney Love and all.
Melissa Etheridge meets Rick Warren
Alex Koppelman
In a blog post about the conversation, Etheridge's wife comes to the controversial pastor's defense.
If criminal penalties are removed, what will deter lawbreaking by political officials?
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post's Ruth Marcus advocates the ultimate self-contradictory claim: we need to forget about prosecutions in order to "ensure it never happens again"
Vilsack: Big Agriculture has a man in the White House
Andrew Leonard
Monsanto likes the former Iowa governor and ethanol booster. Is that enough of a reason for greenie food activists to despair?
“Serena”
Laura Miller
A lumber baron, a ruthless sexpot and a one-handed henchman star in this wildly entertaining tale of passion, murder and deforestation set in Depression-era North Carolina.
Senate report links Bush to detainee homicides; media yawns
Glenn Greenwald
While the media fixates on the low-level, ultimately irrelevant crimes of Rod Blagojevich, a Senate report all but declares Bush and Rumsfeld to be war criminals
The hunting of the president resumes
Joe Conason
The right is trying to link Obama to Blagojevich and corruption -- and the mainstream media is playing along. The Clinton rules are back.
I’m sooo wasted off feminism
Tracy Clark-Flory
An article links the pursuit of equality to women's binge drinking and alcoholism.
“I’ve got this thing and it’s f—ing golden”
Salon Staff
The federal complaint that details Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged attempt to trade Barack Obama's former Senate seat for personal gain.
The CIA and its reporter friends: Anatomy of a backlash
Glenn Greenwald
The coordinated, successful effort to implant false story lines about John Brennan illustrates the power the intelligence community wields over political debates.
Salon Radio: NPR’s Tom Gjelten and ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
Glenn Greenwald
What accounted for NPR's inaccurate reporting on the John Brennan controversy? And: will a federal court invalidate telecom immunity as unconstitutional?
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