Monday, September 22

Barack Obama, John McCain and the Language of Race

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The New York Times September 22, 2008 Editorial Observer Barack Obama, John McCain and the Language of Race By BRENT STAPLES It was not that...
Sunday, September 7

$1 billion to Georgia or Georiga Tech?

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Georgia on My Mind By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN On Wednesday, The New York Times on the Web flashed a headline that caught my eye: “U.S. to Unveil ...

The Vanishing Republican Voter

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By DAVID FRUM NYT Magazine I LIVE IN WASHINGTON, in a neighborhood that is home to lawyers, political consultants, television personalities ...
Friday, September 5

The Mirrored Ceiling

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Judith Warner, NYT It turns out there was something more nauseating than the nomination of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate this pa...

Why Christian conservatives have only admiration for Sarah Palin.

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What Scarlet Letter? By Hanna Rosin Posted Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at 1:15 PM ET When I first heard about Sarah Palin's, uh, domestic i...
Wednesday, August 27

Sorry, Pal, but You're Rich

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The deluded business pundits and Obama critics who think $250,000 is a middle-class salary. By Daniel Gross Barack Obama's tax plan, lai...
Sunday, August 24

Melting Pot Meets Great Wall

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By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Olympics may just be a sporting event, but it is hard not to read larger messages into the results, especially whe...
Saturday, August 23

At this point, Racism is the only reason McCain might beat Obama

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By Jacob Weisberg Posted Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, at 12:02 AM ET What with the Bush legacy of reckless war and economic mismanagement, 2008 ...
Monday, August 18

Hitchens on Georgia

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By Christopher Hitchens Posted Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at 12:00 PM ET While it is almost certainly true that Moscow's action in the Osset...
Sunday, August 10

Honey, I Plumped the Kids

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By OLIVIA JUDSON LONDON Suppose you have two groups of pregnant female rats. Rats in the first group can either eat as much reg...