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Clues in Bo Xilai's ouster
Jeffrey Wasserstrom says that a Chinese politician's fall signals the Communist Party is not as united as it may seem
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Ease sanctions on Myanmar
Suzanne DiMaggio and Priscilla Clappe say democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's victory in Myanmar's by-elections creates an opportunity for the easing of U.S. sanctions
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Why Iran-Brazil has gone cold
Eduardo Gómez says Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff personally objects to human rights violations by Iran
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Stop blaming on gas prices
Frank Verrastro and Robinson West say presidents have little to do with fluctuating gas prices, although in a political season opponents will try to make hay. The reasons for hikes are complex
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Koch believes in an independent Cato
Kevin Gentry says that the public relations fight over Cato Institute is harming the organization and must come to an end.
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Obama should know better on Court
Stephen Presser says the president was wrong in saying the top court would break with precedent if it throws out the health care law.
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Can Romney win over women?
Tim Stanley says Romney is trailing Obama with women voters. If he wants to be president, he needs to rediscover the empathetic side that got him elected governor in Massachusetts
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GSA junket a case of D.C. hypocrisy
Matt Welch says the surprise isn't that a federal agency was "busted" for its $822,000 Las Vegas junket, it's that taxpayers haven't figured out that the government has been on a spending binge for years
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If health care law is overturned
Ford C. O'Connell says health care will be a highly volatile issue in this election year and Republicans should be ready with an alternative plan
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Belafonte: Plight of poor needs attention
In an interview, Harry Belafonte says more attention needs to be paid to the plight of the poor and the views that perpetuate poverty.
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Romney, make a boring pick for VP
Julian Zelizer says if Romney clinches the nomination, he shouldn't try for a "game changing" running mate
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Why journalists need public interest defense
Journalism is not as black and white as most people would like to believe. We ought to be able to see all shades of grey between the fresh revelations of email hacking by a Sky News reporter, the News...
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Mars can wait. Oceans can't
Amitai Etzioni says there are bigger priorities than a new push for manned exploration in space
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Launch masks North Korea's internal struggles
In the next week North Korea will launch a satellite to coincide with the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung, the late "Great Leader," and the man perhaps most responsible for the reclusive state's status...
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Gilding: The Earth is full
Paul Gilding says the limits to the earth's resources will put a brake on economic growth, and we should get ready.
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Frum: Our dim economic future
Friday's weak jobs report is more than a disappointing blip; it is a sign of continuing trouble ahead for the economy, says David Frum
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Mike Wallace, America's investigator
Brant Houston says Mike Wallace reflected the evolution and struggles of investigative reporting in a career that spanned decades
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Huge interest in 1940 Census
Michael Snow: The overwhelming response to the 1940 Census release shows our hunger for family history, about a time when America was changing rapidly
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JOBS Act a victory for startups
Amy Wilkinson says the JOBS Act makes it easier to raise money and start a business, and is a win for entrepreneurship and bipartisan politics.
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Hillary Clinton in 2016?
Bill Clinton talks about the possibility of Hillary Clinton running for president again.
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Attacks on Romney's money?
Cain and Barber disagree on whether Romney's wealth should be a factor in the race
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The 'Buffett Rule'
President Obama wants to tax the rich more and proposes the 'Buffett Rule.' What is it?
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Social threat to Google?
Andrew Keen says Google's remarkable dominance of the internet economy is at risk due to the rise of social media
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Defuse Trayvon Martin case
Nicolaus Mills says a famous 1964 case shows how federal investigators could shed light on the killing in Sanford, Florida
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Obama: Timid on health care?
Julian Zelizer says President Obama should have advocated a stronger government role in providing health care
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Lining up to pay a tax
Scott Drenkard says state governments reap enormous amounts of money, much of it from the poor, through lotteries
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Three new rules for presidents
Thomas Jefferson urged Americans to keep their government current and LZ Granderson says that means rethinking the presidency
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Government-run health boom
Suppose the Supreme Court strikes down the health care mandate? David Frum says: Get ready for Medicaid to grow
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Apple must help economy
Clyde Prestowitz says the world's most highly valued company can do more to help the U.S. economy
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Hookup culture debases women
William Bennett says commentators are right to note that liberated sex isn't benefiting women -- or men
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Don't fail women of Arab Spring
Nancy Pelosi says women helped bring about the democracy movement and need U.S. support for greater participation in building the future
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Why politicians want to be stars
John Avlon says it's tough to get quality people to run for office these days, especially when it's easier and more lucrative to be a TV star.
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How D.C.'s failure leaves us adrift
Gloria Borger says our leaders once were able to come together and solve problems. Sadly it didn't happen in the health care debate
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Ruling on strip searches unjust
"No one should have to undergo a strip search simply because she had the misfortune of being arrested and taken to jail for what almost everyone has done at one time or another."
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GOP "Dream Act" holds promise
Ruben Navarrette says plan for a new approach on DREAM Act that gets illegal immigrant kids right with the law but denies citizenship is a commonsense way to break a stalemate
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Mixed-race romance, family rift
Elizabeth Mayo says it took her father nearly 10 years to get over his outrage that his daughter was in love with a black man. That he did holds a lesson on love
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Court's order a 'hissy fit'
Jeffrey Toobin says the 5th Circuit's petulant order to the Justice Department to explain Obama's remarks, which he had every right to make, reveals the partisanship of much of the federal judiciary
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Fascinated by the Titanic
Stephen Cox writes that 100 years later, the Titanic disaster lives on in memory far more than other equally horrifying events because it's rich in stories of courage, morality, humanity
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Madonna leads, others follow
LZ Granderson says far from being over, Madonna, at 53, is at the top of her success. She broke the ground where Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Beyonce and others now walk
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Europe's pain is coming
"Voters in the United States should demand that presidential candidates say exactly what they will do about the deficit."
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'Judicial activism' a bogeyman
Lisa Knepper says critics fearing Supreme Court will upend health care law demonstrate how a charge of "judicial activism" has become code for "decisions I don't like"
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Coke and politics shouldn't mix
Ilyse Hogue says a consumer campaign looking for democracy amid corporate influence caused the soda company to back out of a group that's pushed controversial voter-ID, "stand your ground" laws.
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Why Dean Martin's still cool
Bob Greene says the crooner's tunes are still ubiquitous, working their magic even years after his death, their calm vibe like a muscle relaxant
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Why JetBlue passengers reacted
Jason Marsh says the no-way-out situation of an out-of-control pilot was a strong incentive this time, but reasearch on the "bystander effect" shows people can't often be counted on to get involved
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Searching for the why on autism
Catherine Lord says the new CDC study is striking in showing the variability in terms of region, gender, race and ethnicity
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Martin killing and "white Hispanic"
Ruben Navarrette says that the labeling of George Zimmerman is troubling since anyone, regardless of color or ethnicity, can be a racist
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Is Supreme Court playing with fire?
Bradley Joondeph says a Supreme Court decision to throw out the entire health care law would endanger the credibility of the court
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Is the lottery our "Hunger Games"?
Dean Obeidallah says that buying those jackpot tickets is not just a distraction but an opiate for the masses
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Remember Syria's missing activists
Photographer Paul Conroy, who was injured in an attack in Syria, calls on the international community to do more to help two activists missing in the country
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Why we love to lose ourselves
Jonathan Haidt says religion is one of the ways people transcend the self and it has enabled cultures to thrive
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