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Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC Jon Stewart Slams Rick Santelli, CNBC

Here's an embarrassing 'greatest misses' collection of CNBC's pre-financial meltdown coverage.

Mar 5, 2009 / The Daily Show

Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field Help Homeowners Level the Playing Field

Industry insiders reveal how predatory lending made it more profitable to run a mortgage shop than to sell drugs.

Mar 5, 2009 / Brave New Films

What to Do With 1,200 Pounds of Bull What to Do With 1,200 Pounds of Bull

  You can learn a lot from obituaries -- and recently there have been some great ones. In February, it was Conchita Cintrón, a celebrated female bullfighter. Cin...

Mar 5, 2009 / Laura Flanders

Barry Bonds in Context Barry Bonds in Context

This is not about steroids, or an arrogant athlete getting his comeuppance--it's about the mess Bush made of the Justice Department.

Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin

The Mutual Human Concern The Mutual Human Concern

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Steve McQueen's Hunger, Andrzej Wajda's Katyn.

Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Eye That Collects: On Walker Evans The Eye That Collects: On Walker Evans

Walker Evans's collection of picture postcards, on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an artistic project in its own right.

Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan

Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest Ceaselessly Opportuning: On Barbara Guest

Barbara Guest's Collected Poems showcase her knack for catching sight of time in its act of escaping one's grasp.

Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A Nazi Zelig: Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones A Nazi Zelig: Jonathan Littell’s The Kindly Ones

The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's fictive memoir of a Nazi SS officer, is intentionally sickening and an unquestionably brilliant success.

Mar 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous? Lifestyles of the Rich and Generous?

Will the skewed values of the boom years give way to a spirit of generosity toward the poor?

Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Third Obama The Third Obama

Dope smokers take heart at Obama's stance on medical marijuana.

Mar 5, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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