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Our dangerous Cold War nostalgia
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Communism was the greatest catastrophe of the 20th century, and one of the greatest in human history. Twenty years ago, suddenly and improbably, it fell into its death throes. The end began the night
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Coming in on a wing and a thank-you
- 11/7/2009
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Bob Dole, who was badly wounded in Italy during that war, had just been recognized with a plaque for spurring creation of the memorial, and Elizabeth Dole said that 'Bob and I are down here almost every
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Phony Conservative Anti-Elitism, Revealed!
- 16 Hours ago
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From a new cover story on Sarah Palin by Weekly Standard hack Matthew Continetti,: Last week, when Joe Biden traveled to upstate New York to campaign for Democratic congressional candidate Bill Owens,
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Weekend Sports Lineup
- 23 Hours ago
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If the House health care vote happens this weekend, perhaps you will want to flip back and forth between the football games.
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Today At TNR (November 7, 2009)
- 11/7/2009
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Unemployment Has Crept Over Ten Percent, and I Think Thatâ??s a Good Thing. What? by Noam Scheiber Did Rembrandt Reveal a Murder in One of His Paintings? An Intriguing Whodunnit Film. PLUS: 'The Maid.'
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Shields, Brooks Examine GOP's 'Morale Boost'
- 11/7/2009
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Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks sort through the week's news, including impending health care legislation and a worsening job market. JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks,
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Uncovering Syria's Secret Nuclear Site
- 11/7/2009
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In case you haven't gotten your issue of Der Spiegel this month, the German mag has some very cool details on the intelligence work that led to the discovery--and eventual destruction by Israeli airstrike--of
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Deteriorating relationships?
- 11/5/2009
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The United States only seems to be more polarized Steve Chapman Barack Obama held out hope of overcoming partisan divides, lowering the temperature and bringing Americans together. How's that working
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Hark! The Voters Speak!
- 11/6/2009
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Although there is no way to deny that New Jersey and Virginia were terrible, horrible, disastrous, cataclysmic blows to Obama's prestige. No wonder the White House said he was not watching the results
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Warnings from the angry middle
- 11/4/2009
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They were also a timely reminder that President Obama needs to tune up his celebrated political organization and find a way to make Americans feel hopeful again. The night's biggest loser was the national
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In the Loop: Join your fellow NSA fans on Facebook
- 11/4/2009
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Even the super-secret National Security Agency, where you're practically strip-searched to get in, recruits on Facebook. "Welcome to the NSA Careers Page!" it says. "Please post any questions you may
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Dems find hope in GOP chaos
- 12 Hours ago
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Democrats took it on the chin in this year's off-off-year gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Since those are two states that President Obama won last year, vulnerable Democratic lawmakers
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Who are you calling a narcissist, Rush?
- 23 Hours ago
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I had a four-hour dinner once with Rush Limbaugh at the '21' Club in Manhattan, back in the days when I was still writing profiles as a 'reporterette,' to use a Limbaugh coinage. He was charming, in a
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The Myth Of '08, Demolished
- 11/7/2009
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER" CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER WASHINGTON SURE, ELECTION DAY 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans
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In the Loop: Afghanistan's sudden population drop
- 11/2/2009
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President Obama is still working hard to figure out the next steps in the very difficult war in Afghanistan. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in the field, is pressing for an additional 40,000
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asks why
- 11/6/2009
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Given the orgy of gloating on the right and the hand-wringing on the left that followed this week's elections, it would not seem unreasonable to conclude that next year's midterm elections have already
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Weekend Reading, November 6-8
- 11/6/2009
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--Jill Lepore on murders and American history --Mark Bowden on the line between internet dirty-talk and internet sexual predation --Jenny Diski on Roman Polanski and rape --If all this is too grim, check
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A Killing in Connecticut
- 11/6/2009
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At Doublethink, Sonny Bunch cites the horrifying murders committed by Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky in Cheshire, CT in 2007, and concludes: As far as I am concerned, those two have made their
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"V" and the Tea Parties
- 11/6/2009
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Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks 'V' speaks to the worldview of the Tea Party fruitcakes. Apparently the fruitcakes agree (see the accompanying photo, sent by a reader.)
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