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The Debt Ceiling as a Bargaining Chip
(Image: CartoonArts International / The New York Times Syndicate) How bad will it be if we don’t manage to raise the debt ceiling in the United States? …
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The Peace Process and the Arab Spring
Patrons of a cafe in Cairo talk as President Barack Obama speaks on the U.S. role in the Middle East on May 19, 2011. Obama spoke broadly about the …
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Academic Freedom for Sale – Cheap
Billionaires are different from you and me for obvious reasons, including the fact that they buy much pricier baubles than we do. A sleek car costing $100,000? …
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Why Does the Right Adore Herman Cain? (2)
A headline this week announced, in part, that a “New Iowa Poll Give Herman Cain Double-Digit Lead.” This followed Fox News' GOP presidential debate in South Carolina that Frank …
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US Announces Sanctions Against Israeli Company
Here's an important piece from the New York Times, with the real interesting stuff buried—as is so often the case. (Save the best for last—where only the most discerning …
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Jarring Disconnect: If Joblessness and Hopelessness Undermine Democracy in the Middle East, What About Here at Home?
In his latest speeches on the Middle East, President Obama, both at the State Department and at the G8 meeting in France, has pledged billions of dollars in economic …
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America’s Top Hypocrites
Was there ever a nation so marinated in hypocrisy as America? At home and abroad, President Barack Obama trumpets Uncle Sam's virtues and dispenses patronizing homilies to other nations …
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GOP’s Self-Destruction Derby
Washington - My advice to Sarah Palin, not that she would take it, is that she'd better be careful. If she keeps pretending to run for the presidential nomination, …
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Dumb Question of the 21st Century: Is It Legal?
Is the Libyan war legal? Was Bin Laden’s killing legal? Is it legal for the president of the United States to target an American citizen for assassination? …
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The Sky Really Is Falling
Tim Slocombe raises an American flag on a tree the day after a tornado struck Joplin, Mo., May 23, 2011. The twister, which touched down Sunday evening, killed at …