Political Figures

Why Has John McCain Blocked Info on MIAs? Why Has John McCain Blocked Info on MIAs?

The war hero has long sought to bury information about POWs left behind in Vietnam.

Sep 18, 2008 / Feature / Sydney H. Schanberg

Lipstick Jungle Lipstick Jungle

Andy Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin. She really is the ultimate soup can.

Sep 18, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

McCain Must Release His Medical Records McCain Must Release His Medical Records

The state of John McCain's health is an issue of grave concern for all Americans, regardless of political persuasion.

Sep 15, 2008 / Brave New Films

Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team

The man instrumental in a White House move to deport John Lennon in 1972 now heads McCain's transition team.

Sep 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

McCain Unwisely Makes Sex Ed An Issue McCain Unwisely Makes Sex Ed An Issue

With his deceptive ad linking Obama to condom ed for kindergartners, McCain broaches he'd best avoid.

Sep 12, 2008 / Sharon Lerner

The McCain-Follieri Love Boat The McCain-Follieri Love Boat

What are we to make of a straight-talking maverick who spends his 70th birthday on the yacht of an A-list con man?

Sep 11, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman and Mark Ames

Palin as McCain’s Greatest Move Palin as McCain’s Greatest Move

John McCain completely upended the presidential race by tapping Sarah Palin, an unknown and unremarkable governor of a small, remote red state, to be his running mate.

Aug 29, 2008 / Ari Melber

The Illusory Middle The Illusory Middle

Moving to the center to woo undecided voters, Obama risks losing his greatest asset: authenticity.

Aug 28, 2008 / Victor Navasky

Obama and King Obama and King

As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.

Aug 18, 2008 / Feature / Adele Oltman

Tested, Tried, Untrue Tested, Tried, Untrue

Critiques of Obama's suitability for the presidency are bookended by astonishingly contradictory stereotypes.

Aug 13, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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