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By David Donadio • Jan 27,2009

John Updike, 1932-2009

The New York Times reports the sad news that novelist John Updike has died. News made all the sadder by the context of this last glimpse of him.

By Sonny Bunch • Jan 27,2009

Beaker in DC

Brilliance.

By Damir Marusic • Jan 27,2009

Consolidating Gains

“Russia to relocate fleet to Abkhazia” sez the FT. From Sevastopol in Ukraine, that is. So much for all the speculation people (like me) were doing about Russia’s next steps...

By Sonny Bunch • Jan 27,2009

Nothing in that video happened at Gitmo

This is what I mean when I ask when we can have a serious discussion about Guantanamo Bay. Andrew approvingly embeds this video (you can find it below), in which...

By AF Editors • Jan 27,2009

My letter to the White House

As Mary Katharine noted, the Obama White House still hasn’t posted transcripts of spokesman Robert Gibbs’ daily press briefings. I’m equally perturbed that the White House hasn’t even been posting...

By Damir Marusic • Jan 27,2009

Scared of Cost-Benefit Analysis?

Elana Schor at the newly relaunched TPMDC writes about an LA Times article criticizing Obama’s pick of Cass Sunstein to head up OIRA. In her summary, she makes one truly...