Politics

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Kevin Rudd's victory in Australia, Hillary's planted questions and remembering Alfred Knobler.

Nov 29, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors

A Good Week for the Saudis A Good Week for the Saudis

Their boy Nawaz Sharif's back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.

Nov 28, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

WGA: Picket and Click It WGA: Picket and Click It

As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.

Nov 26, 2007 / Feature / Christopher Lisotta

A Colder War A Colder War

Richard Rhodes's Arsenals of Folly, sequel to the book that defined the atomic age, captures the political struggle that brought it to an end.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

Deal Breakers Deal Breakers

Two new books seek to galvanize progressives at a key political moment: Paul Krugman's The Conscience of a Liberal and Jonathan Chait's The Big Con.

Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

Debating for Dummies Debating for Dummies

At the Las Vegas Democratic debate, CNN Anchors Blitzer and Malvaux twisted legitimate questions into "gotcha" traps. There's gotta be a better way.

Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Eric Alterman

Showdown at the DMV Showdown at the DMV

The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.

Nov 21, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors

President Rudy’s War Council President Rudy’s War Council

Norman Podhoretz and Daniel Pipes consider how the newly elected President should proceed in the world arena. The first act of a five-act play.

Nov 21, 2007 / Editorial / Peter C. Baker

Cheering for Ron Paul Cheering for Ron Paul

It takes a libertarian Republican to shame Democrats into acknowledging the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans.

Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Insecurity Cameras Insecurity Cameras

The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.

Nov 16, 2007 / Feature / William Pentland

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