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Friday Capitol Letter | This week's legislative run-down from Washington.
Te-Ping Chen
» Campaign 08
McCain Had Better Hope Voters Think He's a Liar | It won't hurt the GOP contender if Americans are reminded that he and Bush were never close.
John Nichols
» ActNow!
Cluster Bombs Kill Kids | The US is working to undermine an international cluster bomb treaty.
Peter Rothberg
» Passing Through
America 2.3 (Million) | Modern America through the lens of one number.
Zephyr Teachout
» The Beat
One in Four Republicans Reject McCain | In Indiana & North Carolina, GOP candidate had a bigger problem with his base than Obama did with wavering Dems.
John Nichols
» Editor's Cut
Newt Gingrich to GOP--Wake Up or Perish | The architect of the Contract ON America warns his party of looming disaster.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
» The Notion
Who Really Lost the Cold War? | Is the US finished as a superpower just as Russia rides a wave of energy back to great power status?
Tom Engelhardt
» And Another Thing
Preachers and Politics | Secularism looks better and better.
Katha Pollitt
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The Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership recognizes that women are underrepresented as non-fiction authors and opinion writers. This retreat provides women with the skills to enter public debate and get their voices heard. For more information, please visit the website or call 646-435-0837.
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Keynote speakers: Helen Thomas, the noted news service reporter, Hearst Newspapers columnist and veteran member of the White House Press Corps, was the first woman officer of the National Press Club, as well as the first woman member and president of the White House Correspondents Association and the Gridiron Club. Haifa Zangana is a novelist and former prisoner of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime. She is a weekly columnist for al-Quds newspaper and an occasional commentator for the Guardian, Red Pepper and al-Ahram Weekly. She lectures regularly on Iraqi culture, literature and women issues. At MIT’s Stata Center. More information online.
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