5 Best Wednesday Columns
Bret Stephens on BP and Gadhafi, Steven Pearlstein on Obama and big business, and more
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Stephen Colbert returned to the airwaves Wednesday night after a hiatus following the death of his mother. And his opening tribute to her will probably make you cry.
Bret Stephens on BP and Gadhafi, Steven Pearlstein on Obama and big business, and more
Nope, technology isn't one of them
The middle-of-the-road New York Times columnist goes in for a profile
Yves Smith and Rob Parenteau on profits hurting capitalism, Kathryn Jean Lopez on women in politics, and more
The danger of Web anonymity, the blessing of inflation, and more
Critics accuse the M. Night Shyamalan flick of whitewashing its cast
75 years yield insight into how to change lives
"Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"
Reactions to another slain sports giant
Martin Luther King "is the exact antithesis of what they represent and what they`re saying in the Tea Party."
Charles Krauthammer on terror and Islamism, Peggy Noonan on a cold man's warm words, and more
Who knew that wonks love comic books? Yes, we did.
Reflections on the reclusive 82-year-old Buddhist poet
Why the latest crackdown is a misplaced use of federal resources
Karl Rove on Obama's fiscal road to gell, Anne Applebaum on Russia's old spy tricks and more
DC Comics has a mutiny on its hands
As free agency draws near, the top runners are getting desperate
Why you won't be seeing the Williams sisters and other top players in the finals
Ruth Marcus on the unhinged right, David Wise on the spy who came out to the suburbs and more
"For now it's time to hang up my nightly suspenders"
Inside the conservative impresario's latest obsession
Oil leaks, email leaks, and intelligence leaks (oh my!)
They said this day would never come
David Ignatius on reconciling with the Taliban, Stanley Fish on student evaluations, and more
TV critics tussle over the show's future
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