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14 November 2008
North Korea: Nothing Has Changed
“To hope that a new administration in Washington can build trust with the North Koreans … would be to take American exceptionalism to a new extreme.” READ MORE
Jeffrey Tayler
14 November 2008
Medvedev Spoils the Party
It will take more than Obama’s electoral triumph to improve the United States’ strained relations with Russia. READ MORE
Nicholas Schmidle
13 November 2008
The Tribal Fallacy
Why the counterinsurgency tactics that seemed to work so well in Iraq could backfire in Pakistan. READ MORE
Rednecks for Obama
“It would be a mistake to conclude that Appalachia is not sharing in the moment’s resurgence of American optimism.” READ MORE
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Video November 2008
The American Arctic
Scott G. Borgerson, author of the November Map, and his colleague Michael A. Levi, lead a narrated journey through a thawing region. READ MORE
Sports
November 2008
Buffalo Shuffle
Can a deal with Toronto save an American football team—and its decaying hometown? READ MORE
Moving PIctures
November 2008
An Atheist Walks Into a Bar…
The spiritual journey of Bill Maher READ MORE
Books
November 2008
Should Women Rule?
A clutch of books suggests they can’t rule like men. But there are other ways to run the world. READ MORE
Language
November 2008
Freedom’s Curse
A renowned Harvard linguist writes about the power of profanity and his role in FCC vs. Fox Television Stations, a case that has now made its way to the Supreme Court. READ MORE
