The thinking behind the news.

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• How To Lean on Israel There are three ways for Obama to pressure the Israelis. Each is incredibly difficult.
  Jacob Weisberg June 13, 2009
  
• Republican Rescue Plan Step 1: Dump Cheney. Step 2: Call David Cameron.
  Jacob Weisberg May 30, 2009
  
• Notes Toward a Theory of Obama What we've learned so far about the president.
  Jacob Weisberg May 16, 2009
  
• All the President's Accomplices How the country acquiesced to Bush's torture policy.
  Jacob Weisberg May 2, 2009
  
• A Tale of Two Lobbyists What's wrong with Obama's order barring lobbyists from his administration?
  Jacob Weisberg April 18, 2009
  
• What Else Are We Wrong About? The danger of nuclear proliferation and other possible fallacies.
  Jacob Weisberg April 4, 2009
  
• Rascal Flatts The kings of Midwestern prom rock.
  Jody Rosen April 1, 2009
  
• Prince's New Album A new protégé and a lot of love for Salma Hayek.
  Jody Rosen March 31, 2009
  
• Book End How the Kindle will change the world.
  Jacob Weisberg March 21, 2009
  
• It Can't Happen Here Why Obama won't bring European social democracy to America.
  Jacob Weisberg March 6, 2009
  
• The New Hybrids Why the debate about financing journalism misses the point.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 21, 2009
  
• The Case for Bankers They're not all villainous scum. And besides, we really need them.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 7, 2009
  
• What Does Obama Think Government Should Do? He still hasn't told us. That's worrisome.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 24, 2009
  
• The Enigma in Chief We still don't know how or why Bush made the key decisions of his administration.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 10, 2009