• Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in Bush's Washington

  Thomas Frank : US Politics & Government

  The Bush Administration showed us specifically how to destroy a government, leave Americans in the lurch and enrich yourselves all at the same time.

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  Paris/Britney Campaign Blowback

  Annabelle Gurwitch : Humor

  John McCain got more than he expected, with an ad comparing Obama to Paris Hilton. The blowback is just beginning.

• Economic Free Fall

  William Greider : U.S. Economy

  We are flirting with catastrophe, and our foreign creditors are part of the story.

• Does GOP Stand for Grampa's Old Politicians?

  Andy Kroll : Presidential Election 2008

  The future of the Republican brand rests in the text message happy hands of young America--which should scare the living daylights out of John McCain.

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  Burgers or Biofuel?

  Frances Cerra Whittelsey : Environment

  Biofuels have become the new villain in the climate change and food crisis debate. But America's consumption of meat is a bigger part of the problem than the cars and trucks we drive.

• Why He Fears the Fist: A Response to Jonah Goldberg

  Dave Zirin : Sports

  You can tell right away that Goldberg didn't read a book, an article, even a fortune cookie, about the 1968 Olympics before whipping out his laptop.

• Bush's Time Horizon in Iraq

  Allen McDuffee : Iraq

  Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical sense.

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  Mad for Rachel Maddow

  Rebecca Traister : Media

  The Air America host is this election season's breakout star.

• Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation

  Mohammed Omer : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict

  A Palestinian journalist's life and work shed light on the violence in Israel's "dual" society.

• The 2008 Election Lexicon

  Nicholas von Hoffman : Humor

  With millions of first time-voters expected to go to the polls in November, never has an insane political system been more in need of explanation. You won't find much help here.

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  Israel, Iran and the Bomb

  Jonathan Schell & Martin J. Sherwin : Israel

  Israel and the Mideast are approaching a stark choice: nuclear holocaust or a nuclear-free region.

• Fathers and Sons

  Matt Steinglass : Books, Literature, & Ideas

  Three recent books trace the generational fault lines of the Confucian family during China's past and present revolutions.

• RadioNation With Laura Flanders

  Radio Nation : George W. Bush Administration

  Should President Bush be tried as a war criminal? An interview with Vincent Bugliosi. Plus: Bob Moser on Democrats and the South.

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  The Disasterplex

  Stuart Klawans : Film Reviews

  Superstars and superheroes fight and flounder through Hollywood's season of wanton destruction.

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