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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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10/25/04
Cover Story
By almost every measure, the race is literally too close to call, and barring a major stumble by either candidate, it's shaping up like--yikes!--a crazy rerun of four years ago
A divisive campaign has rubbed emotions raw
Adding agitation
Scholars and pundits don't agree on the meaning of red and blue--or whether the nation is even split at all
Separate worlds
In the GOP, the long knives are out for the neoconservatives
Bush and Kerry are vying to make higher education more affordable
Gloria Borger: Closing the God gap
Nation & World
Electing a president--and disarming the warlords--in an uncertain Afghanistan
Facing threats, real and imagined, many Iraqis now fear contact with Americans
Letter from Djibouti: New rules of engagement
Money & Business
Baby boomers nearing retirement need to start shifting their investing gears
Putting all your eggs in one basket
Market historian James Stack weighs in on the Dow, the economy, and the Bush-Kerry matchup
Return-of-premium term life insurance policies reward you for staying alive
You'll probably get an automatic tax cut no matter who is president
Stock mutual funds slide into reverse
Science & Society
Coming to America: Fleeing religious persecution, the first Jews arrived in the Colonies 350 years ago
Finding my home in Judaism
Ribbit, ribbit, croak, croak; I don't like atrocities; a really bad cough;
John Leo: The news that's fit to print
Editorial
Mortimer B. Zuckerman: An election all about values
Whispers
Washington Whispers: Wait a minute. Aren't we on the same side? Johnny we hardly knew ye; caution, low ceiling; sad state of spying; secret sickness; mad as hell; the power of words; about those mistakes; the princess and the pirate; now he tells us
Cartoon
Scott Stantis cartoon on polls favoring just getting it over with
The Week
Prices that make you sick; get outta town; big corporate tax cut; command(s) decision; foul air from Sinclair? O'Reilly really upset; planting chips in people
David Boies on election legal battles and George Steinbrenner
Diversions
Haute homes on the block
Booty call of the wild; where to watch
Sizing up two strange shoes
Weightlessness: Fear of floating; the ABCs of zero-g
Cadillac's new muscle
Phones for the road
Letters
Our readers write about infertility, Vatican intelligence, Iraqi militia strategy, brave new world; a clarification and two corrections

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