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The career of W.C. Minor is a reminder that the legacy of Yale's lexicographers is no less noteworthy than that of its deconstructionists.

Despite the hype around charters, it's magnet schools that have a real track record of success.

What's up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.

Mr. President, don't derail your presidency by bungling Afghanistan.

In his best poems, Wallace Stevens makes deprivation feel seductively like plenitude.

The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.

The intensifying economic crisis slams the world of nonprofit organizations.

If America loses its domestic auto industry, 5 percent of the workforce may be on the street. Don't workers need a bailout, too?

Third-party gains, good times for Wal-Mart, the Minnesota recount and what's next for Howard Dean.

Flawed and flamboyant, the charismatic Jesse Jackson wasn't the perfect candidate, but his idealism led The Nation to endorse his bid for the White House.