Well, not a course, a column. The NYT's Adam Cohen writes about linguistics prof George Lakoff and how framing an issue can predetermine the outcome of a debate:

The NYT's Bob Herbert has written belatedly about the Program on International Policy Attitudes study on Bush and Kerry supporters -- and how the Bushies had their heads up their asses (my words, not Herbert's) on many key issues.

David Brooks of the NYT took a look at the exit-polling numbers and came up with some different conclusions that your typical pundit. But there's some big holes in his argument too: for example, he doesn't account for the ignorance and gullibility of Bush supporters.

Read this excerpt from what I think will become known as a seminal article on Dubya by Ron Suskind in the Oct. 17 NYT Magazine:

I attach for your linking pleasure columns from Thomas L. Friedman, Maureen Dowd and William Safire on the U.S. election, plus a bonus editorial: