Our road will not be easy... Take away Obama's stirring rhetoric, and the message that's left is disheartening. While Hillary was canvassing San Antonio, endorsing hot peppers, the mayor was endorsing Obama. Texas businessman with "Kennedy-straight teeth" claims he's JFK'
Excerpts from Obama's economic policy speech, with plenty to say against NAFTA. The number of new H.I.V. infections in men under 30 who have sex with men has increased sharply in New York City in the last five years. European newspapers reprint Mohammad cartoon after reporting
After landslides in the Potomac primaries, Obama now leads Clinton in the race for delegates. Many Democratic voters have gotten past whatever reservations they might have had about his electability or his qualifications to be president. An analysis of Obama's wins. Op: We may not have stopped this
Although it’s formally considered his side project, Bradford Cox has been involved in Atlas Sound far longer than he’s been recording with his better known outfit, Deerhunter. Started as an ongoing project with best friend Lockett Pundt in the sixth grade, Atlas Sound (named for the karaoke machine
Describing a character over 300 pages is one thing—reducing yourself to three lines is another. One man struggles with a writer’s greatest challenge: the byline.
Serbia leaks proposed measures against countries that recognize independent Kosovo. Ten things that won't change no matter who gets elected. Bloomberg: In the long term, global warming is worse than terrorism. Download for the commute: Inside The Onion's editorial meetings, and an interview with Mormon solicitors
In the waning days of the Bush presidency, charging six detainees for the Sept. 11 attacks takes care of some unfinished business. Danish police arrest three suspected of plotting to murder one of the cartoonists who lampooned Mohammed. This week in national apologies: China, for the weather; Australia, for tearing
When the talking heads won't stop drubbing McCain for his supposed crimes against conservative principles, what's a supporter supposed to do?
Early last night, East Timorese military attempted a coup, shooting their Nobel Peace Prize-winning President twice. Polish town of Poczernin aims to be your one-stop exorcism shop. Improperly conducted exorcism--if it was an exorcism at all--leads to Texas woman's death. Dramatic art heists are
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