Stories by Benjamin Wallace-Wells

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Battered Women

Posted on Mar 22, 2005, Source: Washington Monthly

Boxing has long existed in a cultural ghetto, reveling in its corruption and violence. Women's boxing operates in a further ghetto still, a brutal and hopeless sport.

Dearth of a Nation

Posted on Mar 3, 2005, Source: Washington Monthly

America's economy is losing its high-tech competitive edge and Washington hasn't noticed.

Unfair Expectations for Obama?

Posted on Nov 19, 2004, Source: Washington Monthly

There's a private fear even among Barack Obama's most passionate admirers that he's been pushed toward a national stage that he may not not quite be ready for.

Why Virginia Is Tilting Toward Kerry

Posted on Sep 27, 2004, Source: Washington Monthly

The changing demographic of Virginia points to a Democratic revival in the state.

Right Man's Burden

Posted on Jun 30, 2004, Source: Washington Monthly

A Scottish historian and darling of the Bush administration sees the failures in Iraq not as an indictment of the project of American empire, but as a confirmation of it.

Poor Little Rich Kids

Posted on Jan 29, 2004, Source: Washington Monthly

The recent spate of television shows reveal a generation of wealthy heirs who simply don't know what do with themselves or their money.

MTV: From Dumb to Dumberer

Posted on Nov 5, 2003, Source: Washington Monthly

The network that once represented the epitome of cool for millions of teenagers is now peddling high school melodrama minus the parents.
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