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Hurricane Gustav failed to live up to its hype in New Orleans. But it succeeded at reminding the world that New Orleans remains a city very much in crisis. Now, the city must figure out where to go from here...
...office. But Wasilla also offered a welcome chance to get specific about the geography of a politician. It's one of our most cherished myths, that a leader can come from somewhere and you can guess at their qualities not just by what they say, but by where they live...
...suicide bomber who unleashed the scene of carnage August 17 destroyed all chances of seeing such a future vision come to pass for al-Obeidi and the others who died. Those of the Awakening movement who live on there and elsewhere across Iraq are left to watch in growing apprehension as similar hopes fade. With reporting by Abigail Hauslohner/Baghdad
...close to an answer as you'll get here is that Burn After Reading is an essay in the cocoon of ignorance most of us live in. It pushes the old form of movie comedy - smart people saying clever things - into collision with today's dominant model of slackers whose utterly unfounded egotism eventually worms its way into an audience's indulgence. Which is to say that most of the people here seem like bright lights but are actually dim bulbs. They're not falling-down stupid; they radiate the subtler variety of idiocy that can be mistaken for charm...
...First Dude and his wife is over. Even as Governor, Palin was still spotted at the market, driving her SUV around town, or worshiping at the nondenominational Wasilla Bible Church. On Friday afternoon, I was able to just pick up the phone and call Palin's parents, who live in town. They had just heard the news Friday morning themselves; they had been out caribou hunting and gold mining - how Alaska is that? - so there wasn't any advance warning for them. Her mother Sally told me this before remembering that she's not allowed to talk to reporters...