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By Joseph Lawler on 1.8.09 @ 10:14AM

GMAC is the winner of the bowl season with its raids on the Treasury (Washington Post)

Calling Obama "Mr. Tumnus" is a bit much, but yes Chicago wins this round (Chicago Tribune)

Bias often means self-deception, and being well-informed doesn't help (Ezra Klein)

The stimulus is like the Battle of the Somme, with technocrats sending the economy "over the top" (EconLog)

Father of Sabermetrics Bill James takes to the pages of Slate to crusade against the BCS

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Better that we become a nation of choosers rather than beggars. Our symposium on choice from the May, 2012 issue:

The Fairness Delusion

By Charles Murray

The speech our President should make.
Media Smears: One Man’s Experiences

By Thomas Sowell

A noted economist fires back.
Chuck Colson vs. The Fundamentalists

By Malcolm Gladwell

How political can you get?
The Reagan Doctrine

By Gregory A. Fossedal

You might have missed it, but it was boomed in January.
The Woman Problem

By George Will

Farcical feminism is a decades-old phenomenon, as George Will's essay from 1970 reminds us.