Ryan Singel, Wired magazine's "Threat Level" blogger has just been an absolute monster on covering all aspects of the government's insane ques...

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A reader writes:Oh Andrew, come on. Can we have a reasoned debate about the long-term military presence in Iraq without having to wade into Chomsky-level rhetoric abo...

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For those of you in the New York City area, I'll be the moderator tonight for a discussion of Matt Yglesias's book Heads in the Sand: How th...

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This will bum out the theocons. A reader notes:You may not realize that what Jindal did is strictly forbidden to Catholic laity. The Catholic Church takes the possibility of demonic pos...

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The Tax Policy Center has released a report comparing the Obama and McCain tax plans. You can read the report, "A Preliminary Analysis of the ...

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Stephen Dubner makes some ice cream and some points about locavores. More often than not, locally eaten and prepared food is less efficient, les...

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I loved this: it's a series of YouTube movie reviews with two old codgers - "ReelGeezers" - ranting on intelligently about "Superbad." T...

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I've been feeling adrift myself these past few days. Drained, flat, a little cranky. A reader writes:After some informal polling, my friends a...

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The strange case of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Alex Kozinski and his porn website . . . ...

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"The ex-president revealed to a crucial number of people something that many of us already knew: he is a raging psycho. It's very gratifying to...

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Encouraging news for the Democrat from the NBC poll:By 62% to 28%, Hispanic voters support Sen. Obama. "That does not bode well for Republicans" in the Southw...

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