Today At Tnr (febraury 21, 2009)

• ‘Slumdog' Bites Man: TNR's Full Oscar Preview, by Christopher Orr

• Will All This Stimulus Spending Get Us Into A Hole We Can't Get Out Of? by John B. Judis

• Fawning Over $1,200 Blanket-Coats! Crying For Corporate Execs! 'Sunday Styles' Has Become That Which It Should Hold In Disgust. by Britt Peterson

• Not A Dirty Word: It's Time For The President To Make The Case For Liberalism, by Leon Wieseltier

• The Politics Of Pig: How Swine May Have Swayed Israel's Elections, by Jeffrey Yoskowitz

• Eric Holder And The Folly Of Calling For A Frank Conversation On Race, by John McWhorter

• The Emerging Consensus Around Universal Health Care, Republican Chest-Thumping, And Much, Much More On ‘The Treatment'

 As always, be sure to check out the current issue of the print magazine, environment and energy coverage on The Vine, the latest on health care at The Treatment, and Marty Peretz's The Spine. Also be sure to take a look at TNR's new blogs by William Galston, Damon Linker, John McWhorter, and Alan Wolfe.