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The McCain Standard

Thu, 2008-02-21 12:28
John Nichols | John McCain treads dangerous ground as he defends himself against charges of questionable relations with a lobbyist. Remember his vote to impeach Clinton?

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Books & the Arts: Chávez's Fix

Thu, 2008-02-21 12:09
Daniel Wilkinson | Is Venezuela's president undoing his country's experiment in democracy?

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Books & the Arts: Fourteen Little Words

Thu, 2008-02-21 11:51
Victor Navasky | First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."

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Politics: Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?

Thu, 2008-02-21 11:42
Robert Dreyfuss | Iran might be winning the Iraq war. But Iraqis mistrust Iran as much as they do the US.

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Your Incredible Shrinking Paycheck

Thu, 2008-02-21 08:48
Nancy Cleeland | Feeling squeezed? For workers not in management, a weekly paycheck is dropping at an alarming rate.

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Exit Iraq, 2009?

Thu, 2008-02-21 06:12
TOM HAYDEN | In an apparent strategy shift, Barack Obama has hastened his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, setting the stage for an election battle with John McCain and the forces of neoconservatism.

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Potshots in Space

Wed, 2008-02-20 15:46
TOM ENGELHARDT | From the heaving deck of the USS Lake Erie, the Pentagon takes shaky aim at a rogue satellite hurtling to Earth, bearing unknown secrets. The missile attack is purely humanitarian, they assure us.

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Politics: The Day After Fidel

Wed, 2008-02-20 09:53
Peter Kornbluh Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.

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Rigged Trials at Gitmo

Wed, 2008-02-20 05:14
Ross Tuttle |Has the Pentagon foreclosed the possibility of acquittals for terror suspects?

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It Wasn't Even Close

Tue, 2008-02-19 21:08
John Nichols | As Barack Obama romped to victory in Wisconsin, Hillary Clinton, speaking in Ohio, did her best to ignore a stunning defeat in a state where she was supposed to be a contender.

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Politics: The History of Hope

Tue, 2008-02-19 18:46
Peter Dreier | Voters drawn to Barack Obama are often criticized as naive. But appeals to our collective hope for a more decent society are core to the American experience.

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Obama, McCain and Campaign Finance

Tue, 2008-02-19 14:34
Katrina vanden Heuvel | Accept public financing in the general election and pledge to support legislation for cleaner elections.

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Castro and the Candidates

Tue, 2008-02-19 13:50
John Nichols | Fidel Castro leaves the stage and shines a light on significant differences between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain over US-Cuba policy.

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Cuba and the Colossus

Tue, 2008-02-19 12:07
Robert Scheer | Castro brought much suffering to Cuba, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.

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Books & the Arts: The Film We Dreamed

Tue, 2008-02-19 10:19
Charles Taylor | In Zeroville, Steve Erickson explores New Hollywood's promise and doom and the dissolution of cinema into spectacle.

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Give Dennis His Due

Tue, 2008-02-19 09:46
STEVE COBBLE | Routinely ridiculed as a political eccentric, Kucinich is a braver progressive than most. As he fights for his political life, he deserves our support.

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Wisconsin Vote Puts Fair Trade on the Agenda

Tue, 2008-02-19 09:40
John Nichols |Thank hard-hit Wisconsin for forcing Obama and Clinton to develop meaningful responses to the harm free-trade policies have done to US workers and consumers

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Changing of the Guard

Tue, 2008-02-19 08:20
Nation Forum | As Fidel Castro leaves the stage, a panel of experts explores the implications of Cuba after he's gone.

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Cult Following

Tue, 2008-02-19 08:03
Cora Currier | Mainstream pundits are promoting the idea that young Obama voters are succumbing to a cult mentality. They could do a lot of damage.

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Cheesy Tactics

Tue, 2008-02-19 07:58
John Nichols | Scrambling for primary votes in Wisconsin and Hawaii tonight, Hillary Clinton is engaged in a war with Barack Obama over some borrowed words. Is it working?

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