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The Legal Crusade to Undermine Obamacare—and Rewrite History
Can one very determined libertarian and one very distorted version of history keep millions of people from getting health insurance? We’re about to find out. READ MORE >>
President Obama’s Mandate for Fairness
With six days to go, Obama maintains an edge in the battleground state of Ohio despite a tight race for the national popular vote. READ MORE >>
How Hurricane Sandy Could Spoil Election Day
Where Woody Guthrie's Anti-Commercial Legacy has Lived On
Of all the tributes to Woody Guthrie that I’ve seen or heard about in this year of his centennial—including an exuberant concert at Brooklyn College and an extravagant gala at the Kennedy Center—the only surprising one took place last Wednesday evening at the Cabaret Convention in New York. The event, its mercantile name notwithstanding, is a series of glitzy concerts by (mostly) serious-minded nightclub performers, staged annually under the auspices of the Mabel Mercer Foundation. READ MORE >>
Meet 5 Up-and-Comers Showcased at the GOP Convention
The Republican convention is not just an event for rolling out Mitt Romney 2.0 and a new party platform. As any politician who's ever silently coveted the kind of enormous political leap Obama made at the 2004 Democratic convention can attest, it's a place for new faces. Below, meet five of the lucky politicians the GOP has chosen to introduce to the county. Sam Olens READ MORE >>
Daily Breakdown: Bad Polls and Romney's Cash
OK, There's A War On Men
I recently observed that the right had invented a Democratic "war on men" to fend off complaints about the Republican war on women with regard to abortion and contraception. There is no war on men, I assured my readers. Perhaps I was too hasty. Although there's no serious war on men, apparently there has developed a parody war on men. READ MORE >>
