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September 1, 2008 Issue

Chris Bowers on the end of backlash politics, David Cole on the Hamdan verdict, Stuart Klawans on cinema.

Cover art by: Cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels from the poster by Shepard Fairey

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Editorial

Media Gone Mad

The national news narrative from Denver is completely nuts: consider the unsourced myth of the Clinton-Obama feud.

From King to Obama

Barack Obama stands on the shoulders of many as he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. One set of those shoulders belongs to Jesse Jackson.

The Illusory Middle

Undecided voters don't care about left or right: they simply want a candidate they can trust. As he shifts to the center, Obama risks losing his greatest asset--authenticity.

The Hillary Diehards

If there were any real news here, 15,000 journalists would be reporting it. Instead, they gather soundbites from a few nut cases who consider politics a form of therapy.

For a New Economics

The tepid platform Democrats will adopt in Denver isn't a new social contract, but it does go places Republicans never will. Let's hope Obama does better.

Column

The Cold War President

He lacks the chops to deal with our economic crisis, so McCain's best strategy is to run as the President who'll fight the next cold war. Scary thing: he might win.

Letters

Letters

Readers write back on the subprime crisis, affordable housing, E.L. Doctorow and more.

Feature

Sex and Violence

This Week: Things get all twisty as Kang makes some moves her own damn self, and her slacker brother contemplates the Big Wave.

After Musharraf

Pervez Musharraf is history, but his opponents seem unable to agree on what to do next. After so many disappointments, can Pakistan rise to the occasion?

Obama and King

As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.

Books & the Arts

From King to Obama

Barack Obama stands on the shoulders of many as he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. One set of those shoulders belongs to Jesse Jackson.

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