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By • Aug 06,2008

Sojourner Untruth? Obama, American

David Brooks seems to be making a curious, and curiously potent, argument about why Obama’s not possessed of a stronger lead — seeing as how he’s amply possessed of a...

By • Aug 06,2008

Self-parody watch

Now, I expected those on the left to go after Republicans for being racist in this campaign. It’s a common trope when two white candidates are squaring off, but throw...

By • Aug 05,2008

Trolls as sociopaths

Like Megan, I was somewhat horrified by this passage from The New York Times’s fascinating piece on trolls: Fortuny spent most of the weekend in his bedroom juggling several windows...

By • Aug 05,2008

That Thing We Call Courage

(This article originally appeared in the Summer 2008 issue of Doublethink.) High Noon is routinely listed as one of the top American movies of all time. And it is almost...