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The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women The Network Evening News Anchors Will Be Majority Women

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Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A 9/11 Reality Check A 9/11 Reality Check

What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well?

Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Female Gourmet The Female Gourmet

A movie about women's struggle to express their gifts through work? Delicious.

Sep 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt

Obama’s Last Chance Obama’s Last Chance

We crave drama, but we're not getting it, except in the form of racist rallies.

Sep 2, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Cheney Offers Sharp Defense of C.I.A. Interrogation Tactics Cheney Offers Sharp Defense of C.I.A. Interrogation Tactics

Again, Dick says that torture's good.

Sep 2, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Obama’s Meaningless War Obama’s Meaningless War

The way he's headed on Afghanistan, Barack Obama is threatened with a quagmire that could bog down his presidency.

Sep 2, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Novak Without Tears Novak Without Tears

It's time to do Robert Novak the honor of taking his life's work seriously.

Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

Reverse Nazism and the War on Universal Healthcare Reverse Nazism and the War on Universal Healthcare

What's at stake could very well be nothing less than America's own Weimar moment.

Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Town-Hall Meetings Town-Hall Meetings

Wing-nut democracy.

Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Sex-Testing Victim Semenya Stands Tall Sex-Testing Victim Semenya Stands Tall

The ongoing obsession in the West over Caster Semenya's gender only serves to highlight the understanding and acceptance shown her in South Africa.

Aug 26, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

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