An Empire at Risk

We won the cold war and weathered 9/11. But now economic weakness is endangering our global power.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Nov 28, 2009
Length: 19 minutes (4,843 words)

Barack Obama’s Work in Progress

Over the past few years, we’ve gotten to know our president as a lot of different things: campaigner, lawyer, father, basketballer. But what if Obama’s first and truest calling—his desire to write—explains more about him than anything else?

Source: GQ
Published: Nov 1, 2009
Length: 13 minutes (3,386 words)

After Cheney

Captain Biden holds court in a wood-paneled galley just large enough for his half-dozen or so aides to pile into. Unlike Nemo, he is a gregarious knee-squeezer who has to be ordered by his staff to stop talking so he can get some rest.

Published: Nov 24, 2009
Length: 24 minutes (6,139 words)

A Milestone in the Health Care Journey

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Nov 21, 2009
Length: 18 minutes (4,638 words)

The Secret US War in Pakistan

Source: The Nation
Published: Nov 23, 2009
Length: 12 minutes (3,091 words)

The Ballad of Billy Ray

Source: News Journal
Published: Nov 25, 2009
Length: 10 minutes (2,598 words)

The Terrorists Among Us

Why an al Qaeda attack on U.S. soil is still a real threat.

Source: Foreign Policy
Published: Nov 19, 2009
Length: 23 minutes (5,794 words)

In recession, one road led back home

After hitting dead end in job search, new graduate rethinks her path

Author: Eli Saslow
Source: Washington Post
Published: Nov 22, 2009
Length: 25 minutes (6,468 words)

Repeat Defender

After taming crime in Los Angeles, Bill Bratton has won over the skeptics who doubted his success in New York. But all he really wants is his old job back.

Published: Nov 22, 2009
Length: 16 minutes (4,244 words)

Sarah Palin, WWE Star

Obama knows the long odds against a right-wing populist winning the presidency, no matter how good she looks in a skirt or running clothes, brandishing a gun. He shouldn’t be too cocky, however, because the death of the center is ultimately a problem for him and the whole country.

Source: True/Slant
Published: Nov 20, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,642 words)