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The End of Prohibition
Why gay marriage, getting high, and going to Cuba will soon be legal.  
Jacob Weisberg   Oct 31, 2009   Big Idea, The  
Neo-Neo-Cons
Irving Kristol saved the right from intellectual bankruptcy in the '60s. Who will save it now?  
Jacob Weisberg   Oct 02, 2009   Big Idea, The  
First They Came for the Marlboros
The hazards of Michael Bloomberg's paternalist utopia.  
Jacob Weisberg   Sep 19, 2009   Big Idea, The  
The Republican Death Machine
Who's really pulling the plug on Grandma?  
Jacob Weisberg   Aug 29, 2009   Big Idea, The  
New President, Old Mistake
Is Obama trying too hard not to be like his predecessors?  
Jacob Weisberg   Aug 01, 2009   Big Idea, The  
Health, American-Style
Americans get the care they deserve: innovative, expensive, and wasteful.  
Jacob Weisberg   Jul 18, 2009   Big Idea, The  
How To Lean on Israel
There are three ways for Obama to pressure the Israelis. Each is incredibly difficult.  
Jacob Weisberg   Jun 13, 2009   Big Idea, The  
Republican Rescue Plan
Step 1: Dump Cheney. Step 2: Call David Cameron.  
Jacob Weisberg   May 30, 2009   Big Idea, The  
Notes Toward a Theory of Obama
What we've learned so far about the president.  
Jacob Weisberg   May 16, 2009   Big Idea, The  
All the President's Accomplices
How the country acquiesced to Bush's torture policy.  
Jacob Weisberg   May 02, 2009   Big Idea, The  
A Tale of Two Lobbyists
What's wrong with Obama's order barring lobbyists from his administration?  
Jacob Weisberg   Apr 18, 2009   Big Idea, The  
What Else Are We Wrong About?
The danger of nuclear proliferation and other possible fallacies.  
Jacob Weisberg   Apr 04, 2009   Big Idea, The  
Rascal Flatts
The kings of Midwestern prom rock.  
Jody Rosen   Apr 01, 2009   Chatterbox, Politics, Jurisprudence, War Stories, Foreigners, Press Box, Supreme Court Dispatches, Fighting Words, Mixing Desk, Big Idea, The and Has-Been, The  
Prince's New Album
A new protégé and a lot of love for Salma Hayek.  
Jody Rosen   Mar 31, 2009   Chatterbox, Politics, Jurisprudence, War Stories, Foreigners, Press Box, Supreme Court Dispatches, Fighting Words, Mixing Desk, Big Idea, The and Has-Been, The  
Book End
How the Kindle will change the world.  
Jacob Weisberg   Mar 21, 2009   Big Idea, The  
It Can't Happen Here
Why Obama won't bring European social democracy to America.  
Jacob Weisberg   Mar 06, 2009   Big Idea, The  
The New Hybrids
Why the debate about financing journalism misses the point.  
Jacob Weisberg   Feb 21, 2009   Big Idea, The  
The Case for Bankers
They're not all villainous scum. And besides, we really need them.  
Jacob Weisberg   Feb 07, 2009   Big Idea, The  
What Does Obama Think Government Should Do?
He still hasn't told us. That's worrisome.  
Jacob Weisberg   Jan 24, 2009   Big Idea, The  
The Enigma in Chief
We still don't know how or why Bush made the key decisions of his administration.  
Jacob Weisberg   Jan 10, 2009   Big Idea, The  
Political Corruption Smackdown
Which state is the most crooked—Illinois or Louisiana?  
Jacob Weisberg   Dec 13, 2008   Big Idea, The  
Loyalty
It's the most overrated virtue in politics.  
Jacob Weisberg   Nov 29, 2008   Big Idea, The  
The Genius Cabinet
Why the president-elect should surround himself with brilliant—albeit prickly, semi-autistic, and egomaniacal—thinkers.  
Jacob Weisberg   Nov 15, 2008   Big Idea, The  
Spread It Around
Barack Obama favors redistributing wealth. So does John McCain.  
Jacob Weisberg   Oct 31, 2008   Big Idea, The  
The End of Libertarianism
The financial collapse proves that its ideology makes no sense.  
Jacob Weisberg   Oct 18, 2008   Big Idea, The  
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