5 Best Wednesday Columns

Maureen Dowd on Hamid Karzai, Steven Pearlstein's deficit-reduction plan, and more

By Heather Horn

May 12, 2010

What's Wrong With an Ivy League Justice?

The backlash against Elena Kagan's attendance at two of the nation's top schools

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By John Hudson

May 12, 2010

Did Verizon Just Blow Its Chance to Carry the iPhone?

The company boldly announces a new tablet to tackle Apple's iPad

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By Max Fisher

May 12, 2010

How Arlen Specter's Electoral Outlook Got So Grim

He's down in both the Democratic primary and general election

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By Nicole Allan

May 12, 2010

Media Diet

Anne Fadiman: What I Read

A look at the media diet of essayist Anne Fadiman

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By John Hudson

May 11, 2010

9 Ways to Fix a Catastrophic Oil Spill

The ideas just keep getting weirder

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By Heather Horn

May 11, 2010

New British Prime Minister: David Cameron

Goodbye, Gordon Brown

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By Jake Simpson

May 11, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Ann Althouse on Catholics, Jews, and SCOTUS

Trying not to "say too much," she says a lot

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By Heather Horn

May 11, 2010

By Jared Keller

May 11, 2010

Top Tweets: Kagan Edition

Now with embedded tweets!

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By Max Fisher

May 11, 2010

What We Know About Now-Confirmed 'Black Site' Prison at Bagram

The BBC and Red Cross confirm long-held suspicions

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By John Hudson

May 11, 2010

Elena Kagan, Careerist?

Critics claim the nominee shows more ambition than conviction

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By Heather Horn

May 11, 2010

Pope Finds 'Sin Within the Church'

A turning point in the Catholic abuse scandal?

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By Michael Kinsley

May 11, 2010

By Max Fisher

May 11, 2010

The Hilarious Media War Over Steele's Slavery-Based Attack on Kagan

RNC chair slams idea that the original Constitution was "defective" for allowing slavery

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By Jake Simpson

May 11, 2010

Morning Vid: Colbert Catalogues Bizarre Oil Spill Remedies, Adds His Own

Introducing the Oil Containment Solution Randomizer

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By Heather Horn

May 11, 2010

9 Editorials on Elena Kagan

A variety of views portray the Supreme Court nominee as milquetoast, moderate, unknown, elite

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By John Hudson

May 11, 2010

Obama 'Open' to Scaling Back Miranda Rights: What's at Stake?

The tension between national security and civil liberties

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By Alex Eichler , Jake Simpson and Jared Keller

May 11, 2010

5 Best Tuesday Columns

Kagan, Karzai, oil, and Greece

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By Max Fisher

May 11, 2010

Liberals Divide: Is Kagan Too Conservative on Executive Power?

The cases for and against Kagan's record on presidential powers

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By Max Fisher

May 11, 2010

How Elena Kagan Is Like Barack Obama

They have more in common than just party

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By John Hudson

May 10, 2010

Most Fascinating Facts About Chatroulette's Unlikely Founder

The awkward Russian phenom gets The New Yorker treatment

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By Heather Horn

May 10, 2010

Kagan Nomination Puts Arlen Specter in a Bind

He was against Kagan before he was for her--and before he was a threatened Democrat

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By Jake Simpson

May 10, 2010

Monday's Top Tweets: Twitter Blackout Edition

No followers? I can say whatever I want?! Here we go...

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By Alex Eichler

May 10, 2010

Happy Hour Vid: Birthers Stonewall Anderson Cooper

The phlegmatic silver-maned host gets ruffled

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By Heather Horn

May 10, 2010

Gordon Brown Will Resign, Throwing Wrench in UK Elections

The prime minister will cease leading his party in September--could that wind up swinging them into power?

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By John Hudson

May 10, 2010

Tech World Explodes Over Obama's Anti-iPad Remarks

The president hits a geek nerve

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By Max Fisher

May 10, 2010

7 Reasons Obama Picked Kagan

Her closeness with Obama and the likelihood of GOP support rank high

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

May 10, 2010

Quote of the Day: Environmentalist Praises Bush, Sort Of

A backhanded compliment on news that U.S. carbon emissions are down

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By Jake Simpson

May 10, 2010

Sportswriters Fawn Over Ex-Dropout's Perfect Game

The mantle of redemption is eagerly awarded to Dallas Braden

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By Jake Simpson

May 10, 2010

Morning Vid: Will Calls Foiled Terrorists 'Staggeringly Incompetent"

The Christmas Bomber and Times Square suspect are 'minor league figures'

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