He was wrong, but he was great.
Paraskevidekatriaphobia.
Whether or not I am the Antichrist…
Harvard is good, but not that good.
After the second martini.
A one-dog man.
They didn't kill Indians (much).
The tablecloth never lies.
The awkward hush.
Belligerent, robotic Rockettes.
The pleasant drip-drip-drip.
The other crack epidemic.Brooklyn is not expanding!
The only remaining racist.
No backpack here, Heinrich!
Liquor + Paxil = Wow!
The great banana revolution.
Well, maybe not black people.
I'm guessing she wasn't 12.
Lips are the new blond.
Knee fluid is disheartening.
Dear Roger Clemens …
That's not a shoe-tree.
Become a scandal-monger.
Buy the cheapest thing you can stand.
Your silence makes me frisky.
Cut up my steak and feed it to me.
Shocked, not awed.
The baby likes Derrida.
Then he went to get a haircut.
Numskull is not inaccurate.
The full upright and locked position.
Eat the cheese.
You say abandonment, I say potato.
You aren't Ann Landers.
Aspire to be a meadow.
Dollar bills to roll around in.
Ears tend to be tricky.
We'd like to offer you a trailer.
The squarest man.
Now with more crumbs!
Still wearing pajamas.
A smile like rigor mortis.
Washing dishes in the dark.
Gillette's dirty little secret.
Lonely infatuations.
A breathtaking act of rudeness.
Five days later, he died.
We dream of pastry!
Besmirched librarians.
It looked like crud.
The natural way to end a conversation.
Time for more yogurt.
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July 25, 2008, 3:41 PM ET - television
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July 25, 2008, 2:16 PM ET - map the candidates
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A failure to register misspelled URLs is costing the Obama campaign eyeballs.
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July 25, 2008, 8:05 AM ET - moneybox
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July 25, 2008, 7:06 AM ET - family
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July 25, 2008, 7:05 AM ET - corrections
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July 25, 2008, 7:04 AM ET - today's pictures
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That voodoo that you do.
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One out of four ain't bad.
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Editors ban discussion of Edwards love-child charges.
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Cracking the Door
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July 25, 2008, 6:11 AM ET
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What it takes for a commercial driver to pass the government physical.
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Aliens Are Overrated
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July 24, 2008, 6:39 PM ET - movies
Close Encounters of the Woo-Woo Kind
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Investigate Now, Pardon Later
It's not quite time to let bygones be bygones.
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July 24, 2008, 4:48 PM ET - dispatches
Obama Comes Calling
In Israel, Obama tries to win over Jewish-American voters without upsetting the locals.
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July 24, 2008, 12:43 PM ET - television
Nice Office
Mad Men returns for a second season.
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Stop picking on Beijing's Olympic mascots.
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July 24, 2008, 6:55 AM ET - medical examiner
Waiting Doom
How hospitals are killing E.R. patients.
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July 24, 2008, 6:54 AM ET - dear prudence
Hey, Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone
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Arctic Oil Rush!
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Keys to the Kingdom
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July 24, 2008, 6:14 AM ET
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Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards "Love Child" Story
A double standard is at work.
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July 23, 2008, 7:31 PM ET - chatterbox
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Not as much as he'd like you to think.
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July 23, 2008, 5:45 PM ET - drink
The Perfect Summer Wine
What to drink at the beach.
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July 23, 2008, 4:56 PM ET - moneybox
Selling the Family Jewels
Desperate American banks are selling everything that isn't nailed down (except the private jets).
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Pick a Lock, Any Lock
YouTube makes it easy to learn the finer points of breaking and entering—and locksmiths aren't happy.
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July 23, 2008, 3:39 PM ET
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Happier Sex
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July 23, 2008, 1:37 PM ET - architecture
Thom Mayne's U.S. Federal Building
Can the iconoclastic architect design a structure that's cheap, green, and secure?
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July 23, 2008, 6:58 AM ET - sports nut
Dear Michael Chang
You ruined my tennis career. Thanks for nothing.
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Redefining Bad
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Man in the Middle
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July 23, 2008, 6:28 AM ET
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Edwards, Busted
The National Enquirer catches him.
Mickey Kaus
July 22, 2008, 1:56 AM ET - politics
McCain's Unhappy Warrior
Sloppy attacks are not the path to victory.
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July 22, 2008, 7:36 PM ET - explainer
How Do You Diagnose Autism?
Michael Savage thinks doctors are getting it wrong.
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July 22, 2008, 6:57 PM ET - bushisms
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The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
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July 22, 2008, 5:27 PM ET - chatterbox
Health Care Reform: The Slugfest Begins
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July 22, 2008, 5:24 PM ET - press box
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The Miracle of Circumcision
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Getting a Little Bit Crazy in Iraq
Watch Generation Kill, read the review.
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Killing real people becomes a video game.
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James Wood's critical manifesto is firm, yet flexible.
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A weekly poem, read by the author.
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Things Are Not What They Stream
Have corporate-sponsored Internet pranks gone too far?
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The president's accidental wit and wisdom.
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Losing Sight of Progress
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Christopher Hitchens
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Road Kill
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July 21, 2008, 6:26 AM ET
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July 20, 2008, 6:08 AM ET
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July 19, 2008, 6:52 AM ET
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