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Is oil shale a quick fix for energy needs?
Alex Koppelman discusses Bush's proposed plan for oil shale, which may not be viable until 2020, and maybe not even then.
Al-Marri and the power to imprison U.S. citizens without charges
Tuesday's ruling by a right-wing appellate court further institutionalizes definitively un-American powers.
Barack Obama's super marketing machine
He knows your neighborhood, your favorite products and even when you open your e-mail. How Obama is betting on vast, corporate-style voter outreach to win the White House.
Turning their backs on jihad
Disenchanted with Osama bin Laden, former holy warriors are renouncing violence.
Tom Friedman doesn't understand why America is unpopular in the world
The same foreign policy expert who justified the attack on Iraq with "Suck. On. This" scornfully dismisses worldwide discontent with the U.S.
On the ballot this November: Obama, McCain and a definition of when life begins
In a nationwide first, Colorado voters will be asked to decide whether a fertilized human egg should be defined as a person.
The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking
Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.
Sabotage in Guantánamo
How the 9/11 suspects are trying to exploit the major flaws in the military commissions implemented by the Bush administration.
Scott Bateman: "I'm drawing a blank ... I hate it when I do that"
Appearing on CNN, South Carolina Gov. Sanford comes up dry on the differences between Bush's and McCain's economic policies.
The offensiveness of Bernie Mac
The comedian's jokes about hos and black first ladies fall flat at an Obama fundraiser. Should we be outraged?
Accountability Now and Strange Bedfellows: The strategy and rationale
A new campaign devoted to civil liberties, core Constitution protections and the rule of law is designed to change the incentive scheme of the Beltway establishment.
What journalists should be asking about the no-bid Iraqi oil deals
What was the Bush administration's involvement in the recent deals?
Torture and the rule of law
Those who have sanctioned or been indifferent to Bush lawbreaking have no grounds to feign outrage over the latest torture revelations
Bateman: George W. Bush on the FISA bill
Breaking: Founding Fathers spinning furiously in graves, throwing off the Earth's rotation.
Pregnant pause
John McCain's response to the question: Is it fair that insurance companies cover Viagra but not birth control?
Interview with ACLU re: constitutional challenge to new FISA law
Jameel Jaffer, the Director of the ACLU National Security Project, explains why the new FISA law violates the 4th Amendment and is even broader than the President's illegal NSA program
From lovebirds to jailbirds
Lesbian couple may face jail time for California marriage.
Democrats' strategy: Strength through bowing
Yet again, Democrats, in their never-ending quest to avoid looking "weak," engage in the precise behavior that guarantees that perception
Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping
Yet again, George Bush and Dick Cheney get everything they want from the Democratic-led Congress, this time to put a permanent, and harmless, end to their illegal spying scandal.
German chancellor, Berlin mayor bicker over Obama visit
Berlin's mayor wants to grant Obama's wish to deliver a major speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate, but Angela Merkel has misgivings.
Obama hopes to go where JFK went before
Barack Obama wants to hold a keynote speech on transatlantic relations in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. But don't call him a "European."
Today's coverup of surveillance crimes and Barack Obama
The Democratic nominee's support for this bill speaks volumes about what he is and isn't.
Who are you calling a "coot"?
Incoming! Readers demand answers about WASPs, Tim Russert and Obama's teleprompter skills.
My interview with murderer Hans Reiser
Five days before the computer genius who killed his wife led police to her body, he was remorseless and angry in defense of his innocence.
John McCain's radical tax plan
He voted against Bush's tax cuts, but now, despite a ballooning deficit, he wants to slash taxes even further -- with most of the benefits going to the rich.
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