How Is the Television Broadcast of the R.N.C. Faring? A Review of G.O.P. Production Values

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The Ten Most Miserable-Sounding Events at the Republican National Convention

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The Conflict Over D.C.’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial

As Frank Gehry designs a Washington memorial for Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul Goldberger lays out the battle between the architect and Ike’s heirs.

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How Microsoft Lost Its Mojo: Steve Ballmer and Corporate America’s Most Spectacular Decline

Since 2000, Microsoft has lost its lead—and its mojo. With the tech giant’s future in question, Kurt Eichenwald computes how bad C.E.O. Steve Ballmer has been for business.

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Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell’s Political Mind

In his introduction to a volume of George Orwell’s diaries, the late Christopher Hitchens dissected one of the 20th century’s finest political minds.

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The British Virgin Islands’ Box 438: The Best-Connected, Tax-Friendliest Address in the World?

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Investigation: Mitt Romney’s Offshore Accounts, Tax Loopholes, and Mysterious I.R.A.

No wonder Mitt Romney doesn’t want his finances made public. His offshore accounts may operate in a legal gray zone, as Nicholas Shaxson reports, but is that where a presidential candidate should be?

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