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Ignore the McCain vs. Obama polls

In the absence of other political news, pundits are obsessing over head-to-head matchups between McCain and Obama. It's much ado about very little.

A band of gold

And it's still the dream we hold, even if our marriage is -- for now, anyway -- legal.

McCain's amazing Iraq somersault

The "straight talker" has trashed anyone who dared suggest a withdrawal date. Now he's floated one of his own.

How will Barack Obama get to 270?

This November, a Democratic victory will probably hinge on the Electoral College votes of a handful of swing states. Howard Dean's pollster examines 17 fall battlegrounds, one by one.

On armies, war and an aging Israel

As the country turns 60, a novelist reconsiders Zionism amid revealing encounters with the Israeli military.

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