An Apology to Jim Fallows
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Photographer Paul Hansen is fighting back against claims — from hackers calling it a composite, bloggers calling it a "fake," and still others questioning the meaning of news photography in a digital age — that his winning image for the "World Press Photo of the Year" contest is nothing but a computer-aided forgery. Even the World Press judges are doing some forensic second-guessing.
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Octavia Nasr is dismissed after praising Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Fadlallah
A feel-good reunion
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The middle-of-the-road New York Times columnist goes in for a profile
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The danger of Web anonymity, the blessing of inflation, and more
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
Karl Rove on Obama's fiscal road to gell, Anne Applebaum on Russia's old spy tricks and more
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!)
David Ignatius on reconciling with the Taliban, Stanley Fish on student evaluations, and more
Jihadists crossing the southwest border, questions for Kagan, and more
Endless war, cell phones fueling conflict, and a double standard for cads
Say hello to #teamweigel
Conservatives contemplate his derogatory remarks
Do not adjust your television set
Ronald Brownstein on the sinking ship of state, Joan Wickersham on marital shibboleths and more
Martin Luther King you are not, Mr. Beck
David Broder on campaign finance, Joe Klein on Petraeus's way forward and more
Will it sit well with viewers?
To blame, or not to blame
Holman Jenkins on blowout preventers, Glenn Greenwald on the causes and effects of the War on Terror, and more
Birth control, lithium, and those damn vuvuzelas
These tweets are like a cat on a hot tin roof
Beltway types frowned at Obama's speech, but public opinion didn't budge
NYT's David Carr calls for the CNN host's retirement
David Ignatius on Afghanistan and trade partnerships, Nancy Bauer on lady power, and more
Tony and Daniel Judt spar on Fathers' Day, Bono weeps over the Bloody Sunday report, and more
Hillary Clinton for Vice President, the joys of distance learning, and more
Media critic Jay Rosen lays out a detailed critique of ideology in the political press
Was no one paying attention to the oil hearings?
Real America does not live in the TV
Deficits, divorce, health-care disaster. Someone think of the children!
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