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Supreme Court: Is US Unfairly Hiding Behind State-Secrets Privilege?
Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday takes up a case examining whether the government properly invoked the state-secrets privilege to dismiss a civil lawsuit in a multibillion …
The Euro’s Flailing Threatens Europe
I’ve been writing about the euro a lot lately, which has prompted many readers to chime in. The most critical argue that the euro is essentially a political project, …
It’s Still the Same Old Story – From Guns to Nukes
The discussion of the Tucson tragedy should be familiar, as we witness similar massacres in U.S. schools, shopping centers, and other public places played out periodically. Each time, the …
Think China Has a Big Stake in US Business? Not Yet
Washington - China holds almost $1 trillion in U.S. government bonds, but it's made only modest investments in the nuts and bolts of the U.S. economy. China lags far …
Eugene Robinson | Palin’s Egocentric Umbrage
Washington - In the spirit of civil discourse, I'd like to humbly suggest that Sarah Palin please consider being quiet for a while. Perhaps a great while.
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Health Care and the New Civility
Washington - President Obama's call for “a more civil and honest public discourse” will get its first test much sooner than we expected.
Remembering MLK: The Things We
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 82 this month, and his assassination occurred nearly 43 years ago. As we get further and further from that time, memories get …
Wal-Mart Is Not a Person
The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from …
National Insanity
MLK Was a Working-Class Hero
“I AM A MAN,” the signs proclaimed in large, bold letters. They were held high, proudly and defiantly, by African-American men marching through the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, in …