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JON MEACHAM
America the Conservative
How a President Obama might govern a center-right nation
How a President Obama might govern...
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Oct. 27, 2008 issue
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WAR IN IRAQ
Doctors Wanted, Stat
Iraq in dire need of professional medical help
Iraq in dire need of professional...
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Oct. 27, 2008 issue
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Original Culture Warrior
He proved that the low and high arts could artfully coexist
He proved that the low and...
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Oct. 27, 2008 issue
Editor's Desk
Jon Meacham
At the moment, the evidence suggests that Barack Obama is likely to defeat John McCain for the presidency. But as we point out this week, that enthusiasm should be tempered by what I believe to be a stubborn fact about America: that, as a country, we tend to be center-right rather than center-left.
News/Week
- You don’t show up at the White House as a misunderstanding Gibbs on dinner crashers USAT
- Our lives have been destroyed State dinner party crasher Michaele Salahi USAT
- It is my intention to finish the job Obama, on sending additional troops to AfghanistanUSAT
- We cannot, by ourselves, win Carl Levin, on the U.S. needing help from Afghans in the warAP
- Black Friday should unleash pent-up demand. Analyst Bill DreherNYT