The thinking behind the news.

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• Guns and Abortion How the right keeps winning on both.
  Jacob Weisberg April 18, 2007
  
• Coerced Confessions What do Don Imus, David Hicks, and the 15 British sailors have in common?
  Jacob Weisberg April 11, 2007
  
• The Green Teaing of America A drink to save our souls.
  Jacob Weisberg April 4, 2007
  
• George Bush's Favorite Historian The strange views of Andrew Roberts.
  Jacob Weisberg March 28, 2007
  
• Candidates and Killers It's getting harder and harder to tell them apart.
  Jacob Weisberg March 21, 2007
  
• Party of Defeat AEI's weird celebration.
  Jacob Weisberg March 14, 2007
  
• The Four Unspeakable Truths What politicians won't admit about Iraq.
  Jacob Weisberg March 7, 2007
  
• Better Health Through Politics Ron Wyden's smart plan.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 28, 2007
  
• Rudy Can Fail He's a leader, not a manager.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 21, 2007
  
• Let's Not Talk About It Avoidance as a political strategy.
  Jacob Weisberg Feb. 7, 2007
  
• The Two Clocks Getting Iran wrong, again.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 31, 2007
  
• He's Back! A late-stage return for "the Uniter."
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 24, 2007
  
• To Flee or Not To Flee How Republicans handle a failing president.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 17, 2007
  
• Dogs and Democrats Why Congress won't stop Bush's surge.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 10, 2007
  
• Our Iraqi Mistake What was it, exactly?
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 3, 2007