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  • Reagan's Real Legacy

    Reagan's Real Legacy

    February 4, 2011

    Why not let Reagan rest in peace? Because many of the most serious problems facing America today began on his watch.

Battle of Cairo: Monday, Day 14

Battle of Cairo: Monday, Day 14

Army sticks with Mubarak, demonstrators fill Tahrir, and Suleiman meets the Muslim Brotherhood.

Posted February 4, 2011

No Prayers for David Kato

No Prayers for David Kato

The Family, the secretive organization of evangelicals tied to extremist anti-gay legislation in Uganda, is refusing to pressure Ugandan lawmakers to drop the bill.

Posted February 4, 2011

The Tiger Mama Syndrome

The Tiger Mama Syndrome

The real dilemma in Amy Chua's book is how to survive in a world in which the slightest nonconformity risks landing you out of a job, a home, a life.

Posted February 3, 2011

Books and the Arts

Robert Duncan saw in H.D.'s poetry “The story of survival, the evolution of forms in which live survives.”

For Jonathan Rosenbaum, the golden age of filmgoing is as dead as the drive-in, but cinephilia is thriving.

Lee Chang-dong's Poetry, Jorge Michel Grau's We Are What We Are, Ron Howard's The Dilemma

News and Analysis

British liberals' protests have been ignored for years. So why did a campaign against the country's biggest tax dodgers suddenly gain traction?

A sting operation, plus movement on a bill to defund the healthcare provider? It's no coincidence that they're happening right at the same time.

Egypt's future looks uncertain. What is certain is if Obama sides with a repressive regime, feared extremism will become reality.

The commission's report offers an indictment of the leading players in the economic catastrophe, but ignores the out-and-out swindling.

The assault on public employee unions is the next phase of a the forty-year campaign by the rich against the rest of us.

Poll

When Obama asked Egyptian President Mubarak to not run for another term, did he go far enough?
No. He should have asked Mubarak to leave office immediately--that's what the Egyptian people want.
28%
It's a fine line. Obama can't call for him to leave without pushing other corrupt dictators in the region to do the same.
28%
It meant nothing. Obama had to say something in response to the media's calls, and as predicted, he didn't say enough.
18%
It's a good step towards loosening ties. Egypt has been an ally for decades; it would look hypocritical to pull away completely.
25%
Total votes: 1078

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