The thinking behind the news.

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• Political Corruption Smackdown Which state is the most crooked—Illinois or Louisiana?
  Jacob Weisberg Dec. 13, 2008
  
• Loyalty It's the most overrated virtue in politics.
  Jacob Weisberg Nov. 29, 2008
  
• The Genius Cabinet Why the president-elect should surround himself with brilliant—albeit prickly, semi-autistic, and egomaniacal—thinkers.
  Jacob Weisberg Nov. 15, 2008
  
• Spread It Around Barack Obama favors redistributing wealth. So does John McCain.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 31, 2008
  
• The End of Libertarianism The financial collapse proves that its ideology makes no sense.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 18, 2008
  
• Name That Economy We don't just need to recapitalize the banks. We need to reconceptualize capitalism.
  Jacob Weisberg Oct. 4, 2008
  
• Obama's Message Deficit Why he needs an economic slogan.
  Jacob Weisberg Sept. 20, 2008
  
• Whatever Happened to Family Values? How the GOP gave in to anti-abortion absolutism.
  Jacob Weisberg Sept. 6, 2008
  
• If Obama Loses Racism is the only reason McCain might beat him.
  Jacob Weisberg Aug. 23, 2008
  
• McCain and Obama How the front-runners are alike.
  Jacob Weisberg Jan. 7, 2008