I haven't spoken with Barack Obama this week, but I'm certain that he's shaking his head with disillusionment at the current state of his presidential contest.

On Tuesday, he delivered a well-crafted, thoughtful speech outlining, in great detail, his many proposals for education reform. But instead of political experts on CNN and MSNBC dissecting his new promise to double the funding of charter schools, the week's news was dominated by the McCain campaign's charge that Obama's "lipstick on a pig" remark was sexist and aimed directly at...

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I haven't spoken with Barack Obama this week, but I'm certain that he's shaking his head with disillusionment at the current state of his presidential contest.

On Tuesday, he delivered a well-crafted, thoughtful speech outlining, in great detail, his many proposals for education reform. But instead of political experts on CNN and MSNBC dissecting his new promise to double the funding of charter schools, the week's news was dominated by the McCain campaign's charge that Obama's "lipstick on a pig" remark was sexist and aimed directly at...

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I haven't spoken with Barack Obama this week, but I'm certain that he's shaking his head with disillusionment at the current state of his presidential contest.

On Tuesday, he delivered a well-crafted, thoughtful speech outlining, in great detail, his many proposals for education reform. But instead of political experts on CNN and MSNBC dissecting his new promise to double the funding of charter schools, the week's news was dominated by the McCain campaign's charge that Obama's "lipstick on a pig" remark was sexist and aimed directly at...

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Tasting the Moose Stew

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I haven’t spoken with Barack Obama this week, but I’m certain that he’s shaking his head with disillusionment at the current state of his presidential contest.

On Tuesday, he delivered a well-crafted, thoughtful speech outlining, in great detail, his many proposals for education reform. But instead of political experts on CNN and MSNBC dissecting his new promise to double the funding of charter schools, the week’s news was dominated by the McCain campaign’s charge that Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” remark was sexist and aimed directly at…

September 2008 Table of Contents

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Cover Story Daley vs. Daley by David Bernstein We compare the father and the son who have dominated the city over the past half century—and transformed it.Whoever said "Good enough" probably didn’t get very far in life. In our relentless pursuit of better living through extreme pickiness, we discovered 92 new ways to enjoy our … Read more

Ten Things Men Should Know About Women

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The wedding is about a month away, and I haven’t had an unaided night of sleep in weeks. My friends and my doctor have told me it’s perfectly normal to develop irrational anxieties before a wedding, as long as the panic has nothing to do with the decision to get married. Although I don’t have a single doubt about spending the rest of my life with The Fiancé, I’ve been a little apprehensive about the living together part—especially right now, when the two of us are still in a condo built for one…