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It is remarkable to what extent almost anything having to do with the Middle East in this country--be it political, cultural, historical or even personal--is permeated by the triumphalist vision

Like countless parents, Cynthia Stewart of Oberlin, Ohio, is an ardent amateur photographer who loves to take pictures of her child.

In Growing Up Absurd, his classic polemic on shortchanged youth, Paul Goodman remarks, parenthetically, that "the problems I want to discuss in this book belong primarily, in our society,

Whenever Gide wrote or spoke about himself directly, which was not infrequently, he would insist that his wars within were to be traced to his very genes.

When the Clinton Administration privatized the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) last year, critics warned that the new company would seek to back out of a historic but unprofitable dea

When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened the opulent new Staples Center in LA on October 17, the Jersey Troubadour had a few choice words for those watching from the luxury skyboxes.

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's factual findings in United States v. Microsoft, released November 5, spell the doom of Microsoft as we have known it.

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has created enormous consternation and publicity in his attempts to censor an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

This article is adapted from Robert W. McChesney's Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Illinois).
Three charts accompany this article: "Global Media Moguls," "Who Owns the Movies?" and "Who Owns the Music?"

If you combined the political roles of Republican front-runner George W.

Blogs

That most exotic of baseball specimens—the perfect game—was yanked away from Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga by first base umpire Jim Joyce. As if the city of Detroit hasn't suffered enough!

June 3, 2010

The abortion rights cause has suffered by being cut off from the larger story of reproductive and sexual life, which is much more complex than can be captured by either "choice" or “freedom.”

June 2, 2010

Nation writer Corey Robin discusses Ayn Rand's kitsch philosophy.

June 1, 2010

Your morning cheat sheet, with afternoon updates, this edition featuring latest on aftermath of Israel's attack on aid ship, DOJ launches criminal probe of BP,  Glenn Greenwald vs. Eliot Spitzer, a response to Hirsi Ali, Dennis Hopper and his rubber ducky, and much more.

June 1, 2010

Dennis Hopper was an easy and uneasy rider. He never stopped living an original life--rough, tough, dangerous, defying the odds--and on his own terms.

May 29, 2010

Like the 1 million gallons of chemical dispersant that BP has now dumped in the Gulf, media can make any gush of oily lies less visible on the surface, though more toxic in the long run.

May 28, 2010

On the New York Times's double standards, Obama's oil spill press conference yesterday and destroyed guitars in Nashville.

May 28, 2010

Today's hot links and commentary featuring latest on oil leak and passage of DADT, a grim milestone in Afghanistan, M.I.A. vs. "NYT,"  trailer for upcoming anti-nuke film, and much more.

May 28, 2010

Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Ed Show to discuss whether the GOP will embrace or turn their back on Rand Paul.

May 25, 2010

All you need to know today, featuring BP and DADT on the run, John Fogerty on baseball, Greenwald on Hiatt, Conan on Twitter, and much more.

May 25, 2010
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