Federalism, modesty, and states' responsibilities. | How Hill Republicans can work -- if briefly -- with President Obama. |
The man who would be California’s Republican Senator. | A family of four tries to use only the electricity they can produce themselves for a whole month. |
The Great War, ninety years on. | Ken Silverstein investigates D.C.'s dictator-defense industry. |
A young man's tribute to America’s veterans. | What twins tell us about being ourselves. |
What happens to election blogs when the never-ending campaign is finally over? | Reflections on the Marine Corps' 233rd Birthday. |
| | Madagascar 2: A perfect film for the easily distracted. |
Role Model apes Judd Apatow's men-in-crisis formula. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. | The campaign kabuki dance is over. Now what? |
A continuing series of suggestions for president-elect Obama. | Joe Biden and Michael Scott: Separated at birth? |
The meaning of the 2008 Congressional elections. | America won, our culture was changed, and conservatism faced its future. |
A continuing series of suggestions for president-elect Obama. | On election day, CNN gets geeky. |
The president-elect's character is hiding in plain sight. | The California Teacher's Association is wrong to enter the gay marriage debate. |
In Reading, Ohio. Where else? | 11 stops along the spectrum -- from work to play. |
How should a dissident conservative vote? | How the heck does the Federal Reserve set interest rates, and why? |
Why those grumpy economists who tell you it's irrational to cast a ballot are partly wrong. | Why we care too much about politics. |
Sarah Palin personifies many of the qualities found in popular television characters. So why the harsh reviews? | Can Halloween costume sales predict the winner on November 4? |
Surveying the good, the bad and the ugly in Philadelphia, our correspondent is optimistic about its future. | The sad relic of Holy Land, U.S.A. |
How the smiley ideology kills happiness. | When it comes to the candidates, are our Halloween fantasies extensions of our political fantasies? |
Can you put a number on happiness? | How children figure into the good life. |
Reactions to Obama's big spend from the right and the left. | Our correspondent finds that the economy and Sarah Palin matter most to voters. |
On the campaign trail, it's all fun and games until someone gets hit with a big balloon. | After a rain delay, our favorite baseball fans are losing faith in the Phillies. |
Neal Stephenson's massive new novel is obsessive, adolescent, and thoroughly delightful. | The sad, slow decline of John Updike. |
We're all schizophrenics now. No we're not! | Acclaimed novelist Haruki Murakami's unflattering memoir. |
A New York City entrepreneur is selling water from his city's municipal pipes -- and he's counting on green consumers to buy it. | Why we're happier knowing our happiness is inseparable from our misery. |
Why Republicans can't pin their misfortunes on the Iraq war. | Senior citizens usually remember their youth fondly -- but is that true in Harlem, among African Americans who grew up in a racist country? |
It's the war, stupid. | How good citizens, good neighbors, and good government turn rot to revival. |
Bye-bye blogs: The net's cool kids are all on Twitter now -- and they use it for everything. | Abiding the autumns of season and the soul. |
What the first African American president would mean for black America. | Reflections on indie rock's doomed minstrel at the fifth anniversary of his death. |
How two videoblogging farmers are creating a culture of online citizenry. | PowerPointing the way to the end of teaching. |
Despite America's class conflict, faith and reason still go together. | After two decades of increasingly graphic fare, comic book publishers are once again making superheroes safe for kids. |
An atheist New York City graduate student insists her slice of America is underdog in the culture wars. | Dexter is a sly, serial-killer farce. |
What the heck happened to all that money? | |
Oliver Stone's uneven presidential biopic. | Advice for the party that loses this November. |
An argument for why McCain should be president--and Obama should not. | What's the worst-case scenario for conservatives this election year? |
A "well-red" American's thoughts on exurban Missouri. | C11 editors discuss the third presidential debate. |
SuperNanny and the age of no-fault parenting. | A visit to the Ben & Jerry's factory proves two things — the company has been playing down its politics for a while, and no one seems to care. |
Pre-modem life might as well be pre-modern life. | A "well-red" American's thoughts on exurban Missouri. |