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Joan Didion on “Election by sound bite”
Joan Didion
Obsessed by "lipstick on a pig" and "great stories," America has failed to see the real problems it faces
Our diverse and vibrant democracy
Glenn Greenwald
How did a blatant falsehood -- that Russia's attack on Georgia was "unprovoked" -- become unchallenged orthodoxy in the U.S.?
China and the bailout: Happy to help
Andrew Leonard
The People's Republic will assist in the nationalization of the U.S. financial sector. Because the Chinese have no choice.
Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska
Nick Jans
Amid "Troopergate" and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, an Alaskan writer explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state.
Major shock: Eavesdropping powers abused without oversight
Glenn Greenwald
Two NSA linguists disclose that hundreds of innocent Americans had their private, intimate telephone calls recorded and transcribed by Bush's illegal spying program.
Return of the Long Depression
Andrew Leonard
Risky mortgages, a rising new industrial power across the ocean, and banks unwilling to lend to each other. In 1873.
Juicing up the ticket
Garrison Keillor
Dishonest, cynical men put forward Sarah Palin for national office, but the truth emerges: The lady is talking freely about matters she has never thought about.
Krugman: “We are all Brazilians now”
Andrew Leonard
Balance sheet contagion rules the global economy. "Interdependence" is becoming a dirty word.
Palin’ around
Table Talk
Can you talk like a V.P. candidate? Members of Salon's Table Talk community take a crack, and do a heckuva job.
The big veep showdown
Walter Shapiro
She was outmatched by Katie Couric, but how will Sarah Palin fare against Joe Biden? The debate comes at a crucial time for the struggling McCain campaign.
McCain: I’ve gone to Palin for foreign policy advice
Alex Koppelman
That whole being able to see Russia thing really is invaluable experience, apparently.
The Sarah Palin pity party
Rebecca Traister
Everyone seems to be oozing sympathy for the fumbling vice-presidential nominee. Please. Cry me a freaking river.
Sarah Palin is ruining my life
Cary Tennis
I rant about her; I can't stop thinking about her; I cannot stand to look at her; I'm possessed by her!
Obama and McCain face off
Walter Shapiro
Friday's debate was no decisive showdown. But for undecided voters watching, did Obama look too green or McCain too mean?
Palin’s mysterious trade missions
Gabriel Winant
Sarah Palin claims to have earned foreign policy credentials through trade missions with Russia, but evidence that they actually happened is hard to come by.
Palin digs herself in deeper
Alex Koppelman
Katie Couric asked the vice-presidential candidate to explain her claim that Alaska's proximity to Russia is a foreign policy credential; the answer didn't go well.
Obama goes over the top in bashing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Juan Cole
Once again, U.S. politicians, including both Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, pile on the Iranian president. Why does Larry King (!) sound like the adult in the room?
Thomas Friedman wants a revolution
Nathalie Gorman
Only an uprising in green technology will revive America and promote world democracy, the New York Times columnist now argues.
An open letter to independent and undecided voters
Gary Kamiya
You're sick of politics as usual and just want results. Should you pick Obama or McCain?
What small-town America thinks of Sarah Palin
Dan Hoyle
From Minnesota to Mount Rushmore, the coffee shops and bars are buzzing with talk of whether the moose-hunting mom is fit to be vice president.
Fear and loathing on Wall Street and the campaign trail
Andrew Leonard
Economic chaos, internecine warfare in the GOP, and the bailout to end all bailouts? Just another day.
The pastor who clashed with Palin
David Talbot
Baptist minister Howard Bess, who wrote a book Palin wanted banned and who fought her on abortion and gay rights, says the country should fear her election.
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