July 28, 2008 issue
The late Heath Ledger is pretty much a lock for the Oscar as creepy Joker in new noir Batman blockbuster. Sad.
Obama
Big Europe and Mideast trip will show him as presidential—or as a foreign-policy naïf.
The CW ArchivesMcCain
Caught in a lot of contradictions and flip-flops and nobody cares. Velcro or low bar?
The CW Archives
New Yorker
Obama/Michelle satire cover was a pre-Web era stunt that editors didn’t think through.
The CW Archives
‘The Dark Knight’
Latest Batman breaks record for Internet ticket sales. But where’s the fun?
The CW Archives
ENOUGH ALREADY
RELIGION
Did a frisky calendar get an LDS member excommunicated?
FAST CHAT
WORTH YOUR TIME
RELIGION
I don't want to run auto companies. I don't want to run banks. I've got two wars I've got to run already. I've got more than enough to do.
President Obama, attempting to allay fears about the federal government exercising significant and lasting control over companies in which it is now a major shareholder because of the federal bailout
MY TURN
Because of Dad's Alzheimer's, I had to come out of the closet twice. We got it right the second time.
News/Week
- Black Friday should unleash pent-up demand. Analyst Bill DreherNYT
- The task is to restore our conservative bona fides James Bopp Jr. on a 10-pt GOP checklist NYT
- Twenty five years feels right in my bones and right in my spirit. Oprah on ending her showCST
- It’s going to be a holy war Orrin Hatch on debate over the Senate health billNYT
- The nation and the world will see him for the coward he is Holder, on trying KSMAP