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9 chart-topping hits that stirred controversy
In Depth 'Rich Men North of Richmond' and 'Try That in a Small Town' are the latest musical hits to generate cultural furor
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The new golf league challenging the PGA, explained
Speed Read What you need to know about LIV Golf
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The BP ‘shakedown’: Will Barton’s gaffe help Democrats?
feature After Obama exacted a $20 billion escrow fund from BP CEO Tony Hayward, Joe Barton, a senior Republican on the House Energy Committee, apologized to Hayward for the “shakedown.”
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Health reform: Now the fight gets real
feature Some of the most popular consumer protections provided by Obamacare kicked in last week, as the White House and congressional Republicans resumed the battle for public perception of the changes.
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Russia: The specter of Cold War II
feature Russia’s brutal invasion of Georgia last month left the West dazed, “disunited,’’ and wondering if we’ve entered a new Cold War.
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Global warming: Do ‘green’ initiatives matter?
feature George W. Bush has blown his final chance on climate change, said The Washington Post in an editorial. With only nine months left in office, the president still had time to correct his “terrible legacy of inaction” on global
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The economy: Is the stimulus plan already too late?
feature "You know we have a crisis,
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Iraq: As violence ebbs, is reconciliation possible?
feature "Baghdad has undergone a remarkable transformation,
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The health-care debate: Sound, fury—signifying … what?
feature Democrats knew that it would be tough to sell President Obama’s proposals to reform the health-care system to their constituents, but the frenzied town hall–style meetings are something else altogether.
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Investigating torture: Should CIA agents take the blame?
feature Attorney General Eric Holder announced an investigation into whether 10 CIA agents went beyond Bush administration guidelines for “harsh interrogation;” White House officials will not be scrutinized.
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The economy: Is the recovery for real?
feature The Great Recession is officially over. Where's the champagne?
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Iraq: Is Obama really ending the war?
feature Obama unveiled a timetable under which all “combat units” would leave Iraq by August 2010; the plan also allows for the continued presence of up to 50,000 “support troops” until December 2011.
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Obama: The second coming of Jimmy Carter?
feature President Obama’s poll numbers are down, his agenda is stalled, and there is backbiting and finger-pointing between his acolytes and the more pragmatic members of his administration.
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Guns: Would tougher laws have prevented a massacre?
feature Since Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were gunned down in 1968, more than a million Americans have died of gunshots, in crimes, accidents, and suicides.
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