• McCain Against Economic Regulation Before He Was For It

  Ari Berman

  John McCain's sudden populist rhetoric shouldn't mask his decades as a corporate cheerleading deregulator.

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  Sarah-geddon

  Mark Ames : Russia

  McCain's running mate says she's ready to launch World War III, but on whose behalf?

• Obama: Find Your Inner Populist

  Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008

  To win this election and save the country, Obama must renounce the scoundrels from both parties who plunged us into economic crisis.

• Republicans Sue Republicans to Help Palin

  John Nichols

  McCain campaign attacks Republican legislators in order to protect veep prospect's reputation as a reformer.

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  Obama's Youth Movement

  Peter Dreier : Voters & Voting

  Young voters could be the key to victory for Obama and Democratic Congressional candidates. Here's how they're changing the electoral map.

• Lipstick on a Wing Nut

  Katha Pollitt : Presidential Election 2008

  Ten tough questions for Sarah Palin. Really tough.

• Q&A With Thomas Frank

  Christopher Hayes : Conservatives & The American Right

  The central thesis of Thomas Frank's new book, The Wrecking Crew, is that the kind of obscene depravity witnessed at the Department. of Interior is the natural result of the conservative philosophy of governance.

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  Sarah's Way--or the Highway

  Barbara Koeppel : Alaska

  The idea that Sarah Palin is experienced, ethical and wise would be laughable, if it weren't so alarming.

• Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team

  Jon Wiener : John McCain

  The man instrumental in a White House move to deport John Lennon in 1972 now heads McCain's transition team.

• The Economy Seeks Bottom

  Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy

  If we can collectively resist the urge to sell and cement our losses, the cratering economy could finally hit the floor.

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  The New Humanitarian Order

  Mahmood Mamdani : War & Peace

  Recent war crimes charges against the Sudanese president reveal the rights-based politics of the world's "new humanitarian order."

• The Relentless Activism of Tom Morello

  ZP Heller : Activism & Organizing

  The Rage Against the Machine guitarist recounts his raucous RNC protest and explains his inspiration for melding politics and popular music.

• A Hungry Mind

  Paula Findlen : Non-Fiction

  Ingrid Rowland's Giordano Bruno rediscovers the Renaissance philosopher and heretic.

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