The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.
Eric AltermanStylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya.
Eric AltermanPresident Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that.
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