5 Best Wednesday Columns
Wes Davis on Bloomsday, Claire Berlinski on Sarah Palin as Thatcher's second coming and more
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Wes Davis on Bloomsday, Claire Berlinski on Sarah Palin as Thatcher's second coming and more
The British journalist is a judge on 'America's Got Talent'
Obama's Katrina, refugee reform, and more
On conservative women and feminism, the future of biotechnology, and more
Michelle Rhee on New York public schools, David Rothkopf on the wonderful ugliness of soccer, and more
Oh, and some World Cup color commentary
Deficits! Distractions! The Department of Education! And... soccer?
David Broder on Strasburg and soccer, Joshua Green on the oil spill and the Tea Party, and more
Not if you ask Thad Allen or BP
A recap of those who were down and out today
Jet engines, greenhouse gas, digital youth, and Landon cads
David Brooks on majoring in humanities, Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway on science denialism and more
The senior member of the White House press corps makes a dramatic exit
If you use all caps, you're probably not Danish or Chinese
Also, it turns out heat plus water equals steam
E.J. Dionne on Obama's double bind, Jeffrey Miron on drugs and the Tea Party, and more
Obama's temperament, European values, Jewish intelligence and more...
Somehow, this means you should buy popcorn futures
Dierdre Bair on the 40-year itch, Michael Gerson on politics and sex and more
Joshua Green on the cerebral president, the Israeli ambassador on the attack this week, and more
Facebook? Twitter? What's next?
Jonah Goldberg on the welfare state, Arianna Huffington on corporate tax havens, and more
On the whole, we're not so fearful
Oh right, and the Al-Tipper Gore split
Susan Boyle, senators, and some very fair-minded chimps
The Daily Beast senior political writer explains his Media Diet
Change in China, torture in Iran, and a case for making satellite images public
A network in search of a brand
Also, his guest is a black professor
Joe Klein and Karl Rove play the oil spill blame game, the New York Times throws the book at the NFL, and more
Smartphones, synthetic cells, Elena Kagan, and the moral fog of war
Just plug the damn leak
David Brooks on two theories of change, Dana Milbank on replacing Summers, and more
The NBC junkie of all things Beltway believes in his subject matter
E.J. Dionne on Mark Souder's downfall, L. Gordon Crovitz on Web privacy, and more
Becoming Japan, negotiating Iran, and why non-vets lie about Vietnam
Has anyone in history ever been as busy as Jon Meacham?
Christmas for nerds, with some current events thrown in
Yes, Weinerfacts.com is a real website
What if the bombshell report got it wrong?
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