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The 2008 Race for President and the Search for Our Better Selves

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

It is time we recognize that our search for a great president is also a search for our better selves. Finally, a political litmus test that matters: Which presidential candidate can lead us to do more good than we think we're capable of?

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Jonah Goldberg: The Toughest Whore in Opposite Town

Chris Kelly | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics

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Chris Kelly

The whole point of a book like Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism -- besides degrading publishing so TV doesn't look so bad -- is to make liberals mad.

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Obama, Clinton, and the Spectre of the Culture Wars

Jeff Chang | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

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Jeff Chang

The resentments that made it possible for Bill Clinton to scold youths of color into behaving properly towards nice middle-of-the-road voters haven't disappeared.

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Obama, Race, and the Right Side of History

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

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Stacy Parker Aab

The more people get to know Obama, the more people listen to him speak and not just rely upon other peoples' insights, the worries that it's "too soon" or "people just aren't ready" will start to melt away.

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