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Carlin Uncensored Carlin Uncensored

Comedian George Carlin is dead at 71. The Nation pays tribute to "America's most consistently savage social commentator."

Jun 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / YouTube

This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope This Brave Nation: Two Generations of Hope

Pete Seeger talks about music and activism with one of the country's most effective young grassroots leaders, Majora Carter.

Jun 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Brave Nation

Crossword Classic #5 Crossword Classic #5

From the November 15, 1947, issue.

Jun 23, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis

Puzzle No. 3130 Puzzle No. 3130

ACROSS

 1 and 5 When you're in it, you wish you were out of it, and it's not a funny mix-up! (7,7)

Jun 23, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis

OffTheBus Listening Post OffTheBus Listening Post

In another creative innovation on campaign reporting, HuffPost's OffTheBus has just launched a new feature in which the daily Obama and McCain media conference calls, heretofore t...

Jun 23, 2008 / Peter Rothberg

Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media Huffington Hails Obsessive Compulsive Media

Web entrepreneur Arianna Huffington slammed old media at a political conference in New York today, assailing reporters for abandoning the pursuit of truth in favor of a "fake ...

Jun 23, 2008 / Ari Melber

George Carlin: American Radical George Carlin: American Radical

I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.-- George Carlin, The last vote that George Carlin said he cast in a presiden...

Jun 23, 2008 / John Nichols

Washington Post Watch Washington Post Watch

I've been a bit remiss in updating our weekly feature the last week, but this week a change of pace. Since here at J Street we believe in carrots and sticks, (or as Colbert says, ...

Jun 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Mind Games Mind Games

This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.

Jun 23, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips

Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence

Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.

Jun 22, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich

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