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Parliament’s Peanut Gallery

The wit and wisdom of Britain’s sketch writers

Whenever Simon Hoggart writes about Michael Fabricant, he makes note of the honorable gentleman from Lichfield’s hair. “How many My... More

Pat Buchanan and His Enablers

Why did MSNBC hire him in the first place?

Last week, MSNBC fired Pat Buchanan following a four-month suspension. The proximate cause of his dismissal was the publishing of... More

A Lapdog in Wolffe’s Clothing

One journalist’s fawning account of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign

Renegade: The Making of a President | By Richard Wolffe | Crown | $26, 368 pages Last month, Politico’s Ben... More

Tornadoes in America

A backgrounder for understanding the storm that hit Moore, Oklahoma

Is the ‘chilling effect’ real?

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113219/doj-seizure-ap-records-raises-question-chilling-effect-real

I have no hope for the future

One year ago four journalists were brutally murdered in the bloodiest attack on the press in Mexico’s drug war. For those left behind the pain — and the threats — continue

What hard news misses

50 years of foreign reporting from the NYRB

This is water

David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Kenyon commencement speech as a short film

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