Nov 5th, 2008 · Tuesday's election was far from a landslide. Obama's triumph was a solid win, but compared with all the hype of recent days, it was hardly spectacular. This is not a mandate, not by a long shot.
Oct 28th, 2008 · Millions of people are planning not to cast their ballots on election day. Jeff Inglis, managing editor of the Portland Phoenix, says that convincing your friends to vote may be more of a civic triumph than going to the polls yourself.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Callers share their scientific triumphs from the summer months. Did you find a fossil? Outfit your house with solar power? Grow a prize-winning pumpkin? Tell us about it.
Aug 8th, 2008 · Reporter Carrie Kahn grew up thinking that her Jewish grandfather, Sam Balter, had proudly marched before Hitler in 1936 as part of the first-ever Olympic basketball team. Though his gold medal is real, the truth, she'd learn, was slightly different.
Jul 25th, 2008 · Triumph the Comic Insult Dog's bark may be worse than his bite: The canine puppet has been mocking Hollywood celebrities for over a decade now. Robert Smigel, Triumph's creator, talks about the furry late-night fixture and his other comedy projects.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · Fleisher celebrates his 80th birthday Wednesday. Critic Tim Page chooses some of the pianist's finest recordings, highlighting Fleisher's remarkable career of triumph, loss, and rejuvenation.
Jul 18th, 2008 · Poor Iphigeneia. She comes from Greek drama's most dysfunctional family — matricide, patricide and madness. It's all in her past, but somehow she triumphs in Christoph Willibald Gluck's emotional drama, Iphigénie en Tauride, from the stage of the Paris Opéra.
Jul 17th, 2008 · The Dark Knight, the new Batman film with Christian Bale in the title role, may be the most hopeless, despairing comic-book movie in memory. It creates a world where being a superhero is at best a double-edged sword and any triumph is likely to be short-lived.