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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.

A nation of individualists

We work hard to be odd and to have unique problems, but there are a few things we share: A dark imagination, a love of spring, and serotonin.

Poetry vs. fear

The Obama-McCain contest will hold up a mirror to America's soul.

Clinton and Obama on Al-Jazeera

The Arab network has followed the Democratic race closely. Inside its studios, I discover how Clinton's "obliterate Iran" comment played, and much more.

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