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Torie Osborn on Proposition 8, Alexander Cockburn on the economy, Christine Smallwood on geography.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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Time for a Bank Holiday
William Greider : No more free money from Washington. No more masters of the universe. No more business as usual.
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Peach State Promises
John Nichols : Obama should make a serious campaign swing through Georgia to get out the vote for Senate hopeful Jim Martin.
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Noted.
: Kristina Rizga on harnessing young voters' energy, Stephen Duncombe on a spoof edition of the New York Times
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Push Back on Prop 8
Torie Osborn : If the courts don't overturn Proposition 8, expect an initiative challenging it to appear on a California ballot.
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John Leonard
Toni Morrison, Victor Navasky and Gene Seymour remember a noted author, editor, critic and all-around stellar human being.
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Retire Bush!
Edward Sorel : What should W. do after leaving office? Enter our contest and win an Edward Sorel cartoon.
Reviews
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Alone Among the Ghosts
Marcela Valdes : Roberto Bolaño's last novel, 2666, is his most profound exploration of art and infamy, craft and crime, the writer and the totalitarian state.
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Stewartsville
Christine Smallwood : What possessed the fierce individualist George R. Stewart to compile a history of place-naming in the United States?
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Naipaul's Darkness
Scott Sherman : Biographer Patrick French offers a vivid, sometimes enthralling portrait of a deeply enigmatic writer.
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Back Talk: Toni Morrison
Christine Smallwood : The Nobel Prize-winning author talks about Barack Obama, the writer; language; and her new novel, A Mercy.
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Her Nature Was Future
Ange Mlinko : The intimate friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson takes wing in two new books.
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How Wood Works
William Deresiewicz : James Wood may be the best literary critic we have, but the status he enjoys reveals just how far we have fallen.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
Obama Reaches Out to Former Foes
Calvin Trillin : Team of rivals for the twenty-first century.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Nail That Double Standard to the Mast!
Alexander Cockburn : If America loses its domestic auto industry, 5 percent of the workforce may be on the street. Don't workers need a bailout, too?
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
The People's Choice
Katha Pollitt : Finally, a prochoice president. Here are five ways to solidify his position.
Crossword
Web
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TruthDig
Return of the Wall Street Hustlers
Robert Scheer : Obama, who promised change, has put the same old Wall Street hustlers on his economic team. Maybe he could send us an e-mail to explain.
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Can Obama Take On the Pentagon?
Frida Berrigan : Taking on the Pentagon, with its mega-budget and its mega-power, may be the hardest task Barack Obama faces.
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Redford Slams Bush's Last Minute Moves
MSNBC : Celebrated actor, director and environmentalist Robert Redford criticizes recent Bush efforts to open up protected wilderness for drilling.
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Fiction
Sunrise, Sunset
Gary Phillips : In this last episode we mostly wrap things up, but leave a few strange matters for earthly or cosmic interpretation.
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Past and Future
William Greider : Obama's too smart to allow the ideas of the past to define his presidency. Yet Timothy Geithner is an architect and enabler of the unfolding crisis.
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Obamacons?
Radio Nation : Jeremy Scahill on President-elect Obama's questionable foreign policy team. Plus: Bolano's 2666.
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Rahm Emanuel Unleashed
Saturday Night Live : President-elect Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has a message for you: Be afraid, be very afraid.
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Blogosphere Backlash to Barack?
MSNBC : The Nation's Ari Melber discusses why the progressive netroots are somewhat unhappy with Obama's cabinet picks to date.
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Howl
Obama Faces Deflation Risk
Nicholas von Hoffman : Wall Street was buoyed by the appointment of Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary. But that can't offset worries that deflation will compound our economic woes.
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Obama Obsessed Fans Go Into Withdrawal
The Onion : Obama's candidacy was the only thing that gave their lives any meaning, now they wander aimlessly, unsure of what to do with themselves.
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Nation's Youth Go Green
Brett Story & VideoNation : Now that they've shown their power at the polls, young voters are channeling their energy into a green economy.
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Southpaw
Mark Cuban Libre
Dave Zirin : Billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been accused of insider trading. Is he guilty or just a target because of his larger-than-life persona and populist appeal?
Cover art by Doug Chayka; cover design by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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