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Best list of best books of 2008

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Roland Burriss Next Senator From Illinois

Nachos of Despair

Podcast: Obama’s Amateur Hour

Their Indoctrination and Our Response?

Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges (II)

The Year of the Moderate Republican? In Texas?

Robbin'? Good!

by Kyle Smith

Leverage steals from the rich — but forgets to look out for the little guy.

Tomorrow's Technoausterity

by James Poulos

The symbol of our future? The discount laptop.

Hamas: The Method to the Madness

by Chris Dierkes

The logic behind the irrationality.

High Desert

by Dan Abendschein

Two hikers come upon a drug addled degenerate on a remote road. Do they risk offering him help?

Heckonomics: The Bailouts

by Timothy P. Carney

How the heck are we paying for all these bailouts?

Respect My (Cinematic) Authority!

by Matt Feeney

The weird genius of David Thomson's guide to movies.

FAQ: Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy

by Jonathan V. Last

The most important show on television comes back to the interweb.

Dot Com Dreams

by Giselle Melanson

Remembering the end of the last bubble.

A Civilian West Point

by Chris Myers Asch

Why we need a U.S. Public Service Academy.

Top 11 Politician New Year’s Resolutions

by C11 Staff

2009: The Predictions

by James Poulos

One year, 11 visions.

The Face

by Peter Suderman

Mickey Rourke's stunning performance in The Wrestler.

Culture11 Index

by C11 Staff

A look back at 2008 in articles.

Daughter Swap

by Sarah Wolff

In Yemen, fathers sometimes trade their daughters in order to take new wives.

The Magic Kingdom

by James Poulos

Camelot, Disney, Elvis: inside America's weird royalist fantasies.

Once You Click, Can You Quit?

by Federica Valabrega

The ongoing controversy over internet addiction disorder.

Pins on a Map: Munich

by Conor Friedersdorf

The single New Years Eve I care to remember.

The Natural

by Helen Rittelmeyer

Bettie Page, Pollyanna of pin-ups.

Global Fragmentation

by Jacob Savage

Roberto Bolaño's 2666 depicts a world ripped apart by globalization.

Tis the Season for Weight Loss

by Amanda Magnus

A world eating champion diets through the holidays.

Hoard It Like a Polaroid Picture

by Sophie Gilbert

Ruminations on the end of an iconic camera.

The Invisible Man

by Noah Berlatsky

C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy takes the form of sci-fi in order to undo it.

Schooled

by John Schwenkler

The smart fight against universal preschool.

Top 11 Signs You're Shopping at Whole Foods This Holiday Season

by C11 Staff

A Dog’s Life—and Death

by Seth Leibsohn

Marley & Me is a family film, but is it appropriate for children?

Into the Void

by Peter Suderman

The tiring emptiness of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Frosty Theology

by S. T. Karnick

Pagan magic or Christmas miracle? A religious reading of the classic Christmas tune.

Mean Season on Campus

by Joseph M. Knippenberg

Our efficiently slapdash miseducation.

Why Attack Hotels?

by James McGirk

The terrorist strike against India was aimed at luxury, global capital, and our way of life.

Permanent Litigation

by Chapman

Life under the never-endingness of law.

Clean Waste

by William Yeatman and Jeremy Lott

Brave new energy? Same old government bungling.

How to Write the Holiday Letter

by Lisa Romeo

An annual exercise in procrastination.

Christmas Chestnuts

by Nora Barry

Seven picks to expand your watching, listening, and reading options this holiday season.

Just Say No

by Noah Berlatsky

The philosophical incoherence of Yes Man.

Heckonomics: John Maynard Keynes

by Timothy P. Carney

Who the heck was he, and why is he being resurrected now?

Top 11 Reactions to Shoes Thrown at President Bush

by C11 Staff

Top 11 Holiday Libations

by James Poulos

Your bottle is a wonderland.

Change Comes to the Shire

by Rod Dreher

Revisiting home off Highway 61.

2008: The Year in Movies

by Peter Suderman

The best of the big screen.

Beauty or Bust

by Buzz McClain

The case against breast implants.

The Outrage Game

by Kyle Smith

After a dozen years, South Park has become a victim of its own success.

Change They Have to Believe In

by Eric Wilson

One sector hit hard: GOP jobs on the Hill.

From Violins to Power Tools

by Anna Christina Furney

Can the organization kid get practical — and survive?

The Elmo Who Stole Christmas

by Mark Thompson

Lumps of lead in your kids' stockings!

The Best Journalism of 2008

by Conor Friedersdorf

Lots of must reads all in one place.

Million Dollar Dog

by Peter Suderman

Slumdog Millionaire is the most overrated movie of the year.

Historical Fiction

by Anne Trubek

An American town is living in a past that isn't even real.

Not Adam Smith’s Market

by James Poulos

Virtual value? Stick with good old-fashioned capitalism.

Real Simple, Real Life, Really Must-See TV

by Laura Vanderkam

Real Simple enters the reality TV world -- and leaves life a little better behind it.

Two Debuts

by Jacqueline Barba

Onstage with two comics facing live audiences for the first time.

A Libertarian Moment?

by John Schwenkler

With self-indulgence unbound, who needs a civic revolution?

A Wretch Like Me

by Michael Brendan Dougherty

How screenwriter Joe Eszterhas traded hookers and coke for confession and the cross.

Top 11 Ways to Profit Off A Senate Seat That Rod Blagojevich Was Going to Try Next

by C11 Staff

Yale Brought Me to Conservatism

by Nicola Karras

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.

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