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Obama faces tough call on al-Marri; the contest to rule the RNC heats up.

The New York Times leads with expectations for the Obama administration's upcoming Supreme Court brief on the legal status of a Guantanamo detainee. The document is the new president's first occasion to disavow the Bush administration's expansive use ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  3 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  New York Times Company,  Wall Street Journal,  Hamas,  U.S. Republican Party

What's new in Time, Portfolio, and the New York Review of Books.

New York Times Magazine, Oct. 12 In the "Food" issue, an article examines the debate over kosher meat that "harks back to longstanding Jewish questions about the purpose of religious observance." The "ethical-kashrut movement," which emphasizes social ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  10 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  James Baldwin,  White House,  John McCain

What's new in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Newsweek.

New Republic, Oct. 22 The cover story profiles Sarah Palin, arguing that "a trip through [her] past reveals that almost every step of her career can be understood as a reaction to elitist condescension—much of it in her own mind." One Wasilla city ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  7 Oct 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Vanity Fair,  Sarah Palin,  Newsweek

What's new in Portfolio, The New Yorker, Newsweek, and more.

Weekly Standard, Aug. 11 The cover story observes the "growing class of Hollywood conservatives" who are launching a "frontal attack on the excesses of the American left. …" A group of Tinseltown righties, including David Zucker, are reigniting "hope ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  5 Aug 2008
Related Topics: Newsweek,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  David Zucker,  Nancy Pelosi

What's new in the Economist, the Believer, Time, and more.

New York Times Magazine, Aug. 3 An article enters the morally murky realm of "trolls," a term that describes a usually anonymous person "who intentionally disrupts online communities." Since the Web has burgeoned into a "mass medium for defining who we ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  1 Aug 2008
Related Topics: John Cheever,  Henry Paulson,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

What's new in the New Republic, The New Yorker, GQ, and more.

New Republic, Aug. 13 The cover story describes the "demographic inversion" occurring in American cities like Chicago, which is "coming to resemble a traditional European city. … The poor and the newcomers are living on the outskirts" while the white ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  29 Jul 2008
Related Topics: John McCain,  Newsweek,  Barack Obama,  Wikipedia,  Tavis Smiley

The FCC gives the nod to the Sirius and XM satellite radio merger.

The Washington Post leads with news that the Federal Communications Commission approved the "long-delayed merger" between Sirius and XM satellite radio companies. The merger passed after the FCC agreed the "marketplace has changed" since the companies ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  26 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Federal Communications Commission,  Barack Obama,  Nicolas Sarkozy

What's new in Time, the Economist, New York Time Magazine, and more.

Harper's, August 2008 An essay traces how, in the 1980s, a young Jack Abramoff helped transform conservatism into a money-making scheme for its adherents. "[C]onservative politicians had long served business interests, and so businesspeople had long ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  25 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Time Magazine,  John McCain,  Barack Obama,  Jack Abramoff,  Virginia Heffernan

What's new in Newsweek, the Weekly Standard, Mother Jones, and more.

New Scientist, July 16 The cover story suggests there may be "not just one kind of human brain, but two." Neuroscientists used to conduct most of their studies on male animals and humans—"the female menstrual cycle made interpreting results more ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  22 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Newsweek,  Mother Jones,  John McCain,  Jimmy Carter,  Phil Gramm

What's new in Washington Monthly, Time, Heeb, and more.

Economist, July 19 A piece on Barack Obama's upcoming world tour warns his Europeans fans of "some disquieting signs of a tendency … to tailor his message to whichever audience he is talking to." The Democratic candidate has shifted his message on free ...

From MORGAN SMITH, Slate,  18 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Yael Naim,  Barack Obama,  Microsoft Corporation,  David Carr,  Brett Ratner

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