DOES ANYONE EDIT SLATE?:

The N-Word: Unmentionable lessons of the midterm aftermath. (Diane McWhorter, Nov. 28, 2006, Slate)

The gist of this essay would appear to be that America is already pretty nearly Nazi Germany--as demonstrated by the fact that you're not allowed to say that in public and people are willing to persecute Islamic terrorists even though each of us might be one--but that Republicans lost the mid-term because W isn't as effective a fuhrer as we demand.