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Happy First Post-9/11 9/11!

Pareene · 09/11/09 10:23AM

On this day eight years ago, four commercial airplanes were hijacked and crashed into buildings and a field. Thousands died. This is the first anniversary of that terrible day, though, that the Terrorists will not still be winning.

Everyone Shut Up About Czars

Pareene · 09/09/09 03:22PM

Just for the record, and so you can point this out yourself when someone starts shouting about it, there are hardly any "Czars," and what "Czars" there are are mostly powerless and uncontroversial.

Barack Obama's Art Brigades Are Coming for You

John Cook · 09/08/09 01:54PM

Matt Drudge is playing up Andrew Breitbart's latest Obama conspiracy theory—that he is enlisting the aid of the all-powerful visual arts cartel in support of healthcare reform. How long before artist thugs are dragging conservatives from their homes?

Who Is Van Jones?

Pareene · 09/04/09 11:44AM

The story of how the President's Special Advisor for Green Jobs became the biggest, scariest villain of the right wing (this week, anyway) is also the story of how the right wing information delivery process works now.