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Peter Beinart predicts an existential divide among American Jews
Elena Kagan's sexuality, Brits beating Americans at speed, and the importance of a liberal education
An expected 70,000 card-carrying members flock to Charlotte for the annual meeting
Though "rob from the rich, give to the poor" does sound awfully socialist...
On their hind legs, to be precise
A New York Times article enters controversial territory
Get your semantics straight
Finally, people have some suggestions!
Why did his drug czar call the war so far a failure?
There's a reason the last 20 years have been rough
A perfect storm of dwindling ratings, an aging audience and a new parent company
Commentators search for explanations in the country's rapid transformation
Republicans use a legislative trick
Even the European Union condemns the Web site
"The equivalent of one Exxon Valdez tanker every four days"
The state's already losing millions
How Kagan is like many single women, how feeding the poor and then forcing them to diet looks silly, and more
It's an economic problem, perhaps with an economic solution.
The bipartisan consensus: That was awesome
Grappling with an "inscrutable, blank-slate legal career"
Bad timing for Zuck
Americans gauge U.S. chances against England, observers marvel at high-profile absences on Brazilian team
A woman calls Obama "a hottie with a smokin' little body," Twitter explodes
Tracing the origins of a violent conflict
Sportswriters line up to debate his future
Bloggers look for reconciliation
How many think environmentalists caused the spill?
A new book upends some old notions
Lewis Black slams Beck for playing six degrees of Adolf Hitler
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