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Op-Ed
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Reading in the New Millennium: Forward to the Past?
(Photo: The Daring Librarian) I’m a bibliophile of the first water. I have spent what seems half my life in bookstores all over the world. Some readers …
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Republicans Have Shut Down the NLRB. The President Must Act!
As of now an agency of our government, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), is effectively shut down, unable to do its job. This is a “nullification” by Republicans, …
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China on the Verge
It has become increasingly common to suggest that on top of the European debacle and the sluggish recovery in the United States, China might be on the verge of …
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The Last Thing Medicare Needs Is More Privatization
Americans United for Change said it best in a recent e-mail: “You can’t put lipstick on a pig,” even if a Republican and Democrat are applying the red gloss …
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Triangulations of Christopher Hitchens
“Have you stopped vomiting yet, Christopher?” were the first words I ever said to Christopher Hitchens face-to-face. I’d bumped into him at some DC shindig, the type of thing …
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When Economics Gets Political
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) David Warsh finally says what someone needed to say: Friedrich Hayek is not an important figure in the …
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Five Reasons to Serve: What Doing Things for Others Does for Ourselves
At the height of the dot-com boom in 1999, a few tech-savvy friends and I walked into a homeless shelter to give without any strings attached. Our motivation? …
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The Arc Is Bending Toward Justice. But That Doesn’t Make Our Work Easier
As 2011 ends, the arc of the moral universe appears to be bending in the direction of justice. Developments in immigration, criminal justice and labor policy point to shifts …
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The Roots of the Republican Party Crack-Up
With the Iowa caucuses just days away, the Republican crack-up threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any other time since the GOP's eclipse …
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How Will the Occupy Movement Evolve?
Occupy Wall Street protesters at Zuccotti Park in New York, October 8, 2011. (Photo: Michael Falco / The New York Times) Many supporters of the Occupy demonstrators …