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Hillary's Idea of Fun

About 20 minutes into Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 02/27/2008 Categories: American Babylon
No Guilt Trip, Please

I’ve heard several remarkably similar rationales from Californians who agonized over their vote in last week’s Democratic primary, but ended up plumping for Hillary Clinton. Their arguments go something like this

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 02/13/2008 Categories: American Babylon
Why Obama Can't Lose

This time next week, we'll be reading one of two storylines about the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 01/30/2008 Categories: American Babylon
The Anti-Tax Psychosis

Tax revolts are nothing new in America

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 01/23/2008 Categories: American Babylon
Hollywood,
Meet Reality

Nobody knows anything. The old Hollywood saying

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 01/09/2008 Categories: American Babylon
Campaign Therapy

The French deconstructionists taught us that, sometimes, the best way to understand something is to look not front and center but at some small, seemingly insignificant detail on the very fringe.

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 12/27/2007 Categories: American Babylon
Outside the Law

Atrocities of the Mexican Supreme Court are a warning for American justice

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 12/13/2007 Categories: American Babylon
No Home for You Here

As developers and galleries move in, downtown's homeless are targeted for harassment

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 11/29/2007 Categories: American Babylon
Reclaiming the Coast

How the Coastal Commission allowed a nuclear power company to fence off public land, and how the pub

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 10/18/2007 Categories: American Babylon
Over Before It Has Begun

The presidential primary season turns 'goofy' in a sea of money, ego, and hubris

Author Andrew Gumbel Date: 10/04/2007 Categories: American Babylon