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The Palestinian Reconciliation Agreement Should Be Supported
The Israeli response to news that Palestinian factions had achieved a unity agreement was predictably irritating. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu derided the agreement in stark terms, saying that the …
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During Budget Crisis, Texas House Committee Passes Tax Break For Yacht Owners
In response to the worst state budget crisis since World War II, the Texas House has proposed slashing $27 billion from the budget, including huge cuts to education, nursing …
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Behind the Hunt for Osama bin Laden
Washington - For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a …
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My Alabama
Rural scenery in Attalla, Alabama. (Photo: faungg (Fang Guo)/Flickr) Let me tell you about Alabama. There is a street in my father's hometown of Decatur, …
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A Page Has Been Turned
Washington - The flag-waving, horn-honking crowd that converged at the White House Sunday night was brimming with unrestrained joy, unmitigated patriotism and a sense of unlimited possibility — which …
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Reagan Budget Director: “Absolutely” Raise Taxes, Just Like Reagan Did
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The War Is Over. Start Packing!
(Photo: Tom Haymes/Flickr) We got our man. Wave the flag, kiss a nurse (or a sailor) and start packing the equipment. It's time …
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Killing Resolves Nothing
The plane I was on landed in Washington, DC, Sunday night, and the pilot came on the intercom to tell everyone to celebrate: our government had killed Osama bin …
May 7 Ecuadorian Referendum Fast Approaches
Once again, Ecuador finds itself deeply divided leading up to the country's sixth popular referendum scheduled for Saturday, May 7. The current campaign exemplifies the ideological fragmentation currently afflicting …
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PR Industry Fills Vacuum Left by Shrinking Newsrooms
This story has been co-published [1] with the Columbia Journalism Review [2].