How you look at things.

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• Scam of the Century 
  William Saletan Dec. 31, 1999
  
• Vouching Toward Gore 
  William Saletan Dec. 21, 1999
  
• The Emporium Strikes Back 
  William Saletan Dec. 17, 1999
  
• Raising McCain 
  William Saletan Dec. 9, 1999
  
• The Trade War 
  William Saletan Dec. 3, 1999
  
• Three Cheers for Negative Campaigning 
  William Saletan Nov. 25, 1999
  
• Dickmorrisy 
  William Saletan Nov. 18, 1999
  
• Empty Jocks 
  William Saletan Nov. 16, 1999
  
• Joke's on You 
  William Saletan Nov. 12, 1999
  
• Will Windows Crash? 
  William Saletan Nov. 9, 1999
  
• Beta Wolf 
  William Saletan Nov. 5, 1999
  
• Gore the Ox 
  William Saletan Oct. 29, 1999
  
• Clinton's Nuclear Alarm 
  William Saletan Oct. 20, 1999
  
• Gore's Debate Bait 
  William Saletan Oct. 13, 1999
  
• The Bush Triangulation Strategy 
  William Saletan Oct. 7, 1999
  
• The Gary Bauer Scandal 
  William Saletan Oct. 1, 1999
  
• John McCain's War of Attrition 
  William Saletan Sept. 28, 1999
  
• George W.'s Wimp Factor 
  William Saletan Sept. 23, 1999
  
• Bill Bradley's Air Ball 
  William Saletan Sept. 14, 1999
  
• Anti-War Semites 
  William Saletan Sept. 9, 1999
  
• Creationism Evolves 
  William Saletan Sept. 1, 1999
  
• The Cocaine Question 
  William Saletan Aug. 25, 1999
  
• The Life Issue, Take 2 
  William Saletan Aug. 19, 1999
  
• Republican Shakeout 
  William Saletan Aug. 18, 1999
  
• Tom DeLay's Mental Shutdown 
  William Saletan Aug. 13, 1999
  
• The "Tax Scheme" Scheme 
  William Saletan Aug. 11, 1999
  
• The Politics of Talk 
  William Saletan Aug. 5, 1999
  
• The New Death Penalty 
  William Saletan July 29, 1999
  
• Greenspin 
  William Saletan July 28, 1999
  
• Budget Fudging 
  William Saletan July 23, 1999
  
• Dead Kennedys 
  William Saletan July 20, 1999
  
• The Life Issue 
  William Saletan July 17, 1999
  
• Cups, Bras, and Athletic Supporters 
  William Saletan July 15, 1999
  
• What Did You Do in the War, Junior? 
  William Saletan July 7, 1999
  
• Look for the Union Doctor 
  William Saletan June 29, 1999
  
• The Lessons of Kosovo 
  William Saletan June 22, 1999
  
• Beating Around the Bush George W. flaunts the courage of his clichés.
  William Saletan June 16, 1999
  
• The Unhappy Warrior Idealists say we can save the world. Realists say war is hell. Clinton says both.
  William Saletan May 20, 1999
  
• Excuses, Excuses Clinton spins the embassy bombing.
  William Saletan May 12, 1999
  
• Yankee Go Home Who's leading the anti-war movement? Congressional Republicans.
  William Saletan May 7, 1999
  
• Firing Blanks The NRA's bogus argument against gun control.
  William Saletan May 5, 1999
  
• Double Take Who's Miscalculating? NATO or Milosevic?
  William Saletan May 1, 1999
  
• Lethal Weapons Clinton reloads the gun control debate.
  William Saletan April 30, 1999
  
• Kosovo Con Games How Clinton's critics rig the debate over the war.
  William Saletan April 22, 1999
  
• Let's Mask a Deal Diplomatic doublespeak for negotiating with Milosevic.
  William Saletan April 16, 1999
  
• Ground War Euphemisms How can we justify invading Kosovo after promising not to? Sounds like a job for Bill Clinton.
  William Saletan April 8, 1999
  
• War of Wills NATO and Milosevic are playing a head game over who's punishing whom.
  William Saletan April 2, 1999
  
• The Kosovo Question Critics ask how we dare bomb the Serbs. Clinton asks how we dare not.
  William Saletan March 25, 1999
  
• China Crackup Republicans are up in arms about the latest spy fiasco, but they're not sure why.
  William Saletan March 20, 1999
  
• The Muteness of Prince George Read his lips: No comment.
  William Saletan March 12, 1999
  
• Monica Unclothed She wanted to show us who she really is. And it's not pretty.
  William Saletan March 6, 1999
  
• The Wages of Spin Thanks to the shouting match over Lewinsky, a rape charge goes unanswered.
  William Saletan March 4, 1999
  
• Hillary vs. Bill Is she the faithful Clinton or the radical?
  William Saletan Feb. 25, 1999
  
• Unforgiven The pundits say the impeachment debate is over and the GOP lost. Wrong again.
  William Saletan Feb. 19, 1999
  
• Killing Them Softly We're bombing Iraq, and nobody's noticing.
  William Saletan Feb. 13, 1999
  
• Monica Saves Bill How the House prosecutors' star witness outsmarted them.
  William Saletan Feb. 10, 1999
  
• "Findings of Fact" The GOP's latest impeachment gambit isn't about facts. It's about spin.
  William Saletan Feb. 6, 1999
  
• Kenneth Starr for the Defense The independent counsel rescues the president once more.
  William Saletan Feb. 4, 1999
  
• R-E-S-P-E-C-T Clinton's prosecution used to be about honoring the law. Now it's about honoring the House.
  William Saletan Jan. 28, 1999
  
• State of the Conjugal Union Clinton obscures his adultery by reinventing "family values."
  William Saletan Jan. 22, 1999
  
• Harkin's Objection The jury metaphor is bad for Clinton. That's why Republicans used it and Democrats killed it.
  William Saletan Jan. 20, 1999
  
• Opening Arguments Should the Senate call witnesses at Clinton's trial? Let the rationalizations begin.
  William Saletan Jan. 14, 1999