What Israel Lost in the Georgia War

When hostilities broke out, the Israeli government rushed to limit its defense industry's ties with Georgia. That's because the Jewish State can't afford to annoy Russia

Photos: Olympic Gold-Medal Shoes

The 2008 Beijing Games are a premier venue for state-of-the-art footwear technology

Where's Obama's Passion?

His style worked in the spring but hurt him over the summer. In the fall, says Joe Klein, it might cost Obama the election

Social Networks Target Pets

It was only a matter of time — a growing litter of online communities for cats and dogs are giving their owners a new way to show off their loved ones

A Tougher al-Maliki Flexes His Muscle

Iraq's Prime Minister is strengthening his hand in Washington and on the world stage

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Swampland

The Other McCain Embarrassment

Heather Hurlburt of Democracy Arsenal adds more details to the biography of Daniel Kurtzer, the Obama advisor that the McCain campaign foreign policy apparatchiks are trying to smear.

Looking Around

More on Pollock

Whatever benefits might flow from the University of Iowa selling its great Jackson Pollock, they pale in comparison to the danger the sale would present to the security of campus collections everywhere.

The Curious Capitalist

Why Paying Kids to Get Good Grades is a Bad Idea

People will do a lot of work for social rewards, but once you introduce money, things have a way of getting screwed up.

Tuned In

Not-TV Week: Best of the Web

We're all agreed that Tuned In is the best of all blogs. About TV. That you happen to be reading right now. Or accidentally clicked on while trying to get to Swampland. But I know that we're not exclusive.

THE PAGE

McCain Brews New Attack

Amid the frenzy over McCain's wealth, the GOP campaign readies a tough new attack ad against Obama. Read more and get updated political news on The Page

The Beijing Games

Jennie Finch Goes Out on a Losing Note

As other U.S. women win gold, the one surefire team, softball, was shocked. And now the sport is leaving the Olympics. Superstar Jennie Finch shares her pain

Can Jamaica's Sprinters Fight Crime?

Many on the Caribbean nation are hoping Olympic champs like Usain Bolt can help turn the tide against violent crime

It's Time to Kick Out Some Olympic Sports

Viewpoint: There's no question that the women competing in Beijing aren't anything but athletic. But should synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics remain in the Games?

QUOTES OF THE DAY

Open quoteI don't even think about not having a leg.Close quote

  • NATALIE DU TOIT,
  • Olympian from South Africa, the first amputee to qualify for the Games, who finished 16th in the women's 10-km marathon swim

COLUMNS

Can Obama Be a Working-Class Hero?

He needs to win over voters who don't drive hybrids. It could be a long uphill fight

U.S.

Bush Touts 'Hope' in New Orleans

President Bush said Wednesday that "hope is coming back" to New Orleans with the help of $126 billion in disaster aid poured into the region

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Saber-Toothed Cat Fossils Found

An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America

WORLD

What Israel Lost in the Georgia War

When hostilities broke out, the Israeli government rushed to limit its defense industry's ties with Georgia. That's because the Jewish State can't afford to annoy Russia

BUSINESS & TECH

Social Networks Target Pets

It was only a matter of time — a growing litter of online communities for cats and dogs are giving their owners a new way to show off their loved ones