Articles of Interest
January 03, 2008, 1:00am

In Jan. 2007, Newsweek conducted a poll asking Americans if “they wish the Bush presidency [were] simply over.” Fifty-eight percent of respondents said they did, including 59 percent of independents and 21 percent of Republicans.… Read more »

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January 02, 2008, 1:00am

MORE than five years ago, Congress and President Bush created the 9/11 commission. The goal was to provide the American people with the fullest possible account of the “facts and circumstances relating to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001”… Read more »

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January 01, 2008, 1:00am

The overriding environmental issue of these times is the warming of the planet. The Democratic hopefuls in the 2008 campaign are fully engaged, calling for large… Read more »

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December 31, 2007, 1:00am

There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country. Sunday was one of them, as we read the account in The Times of how men in some of the most trusted posts in the nation plotted … Read more »

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December 31, 2007, 1:00am

Yesterday The Times published a highly informative chart laying out the positions of the presidential candidates on major issues. It was, I’d argue, a useful reality check for those who believe that the next president can somehow usher in a … Read more »

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December 29, 2007, 1:00am

A little more than seven years ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Bush v. Gore. By stopping the contested vote count in Florida on December 12, 2000, the conservative wing of the Supreme Court effectively … Read more »

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December 23, 2007, 1:00am

Panic was spreading this August through this tidy village of 2,000 as one person after another fell ill with weeks of high fever, exhaustion and excruciating bone pain, just as most of Italy was enjoying Ferragosto, its most important summer … Read more »

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December 21, 2007, 1:00am

Fall was supposed to be make or break time for President George W. Bush’s war policy. It hasn’t been. In September, the much-anticipated Petraeus Report was expected to tie up the loose ends of the Iraq war, demonstrating progress and … Read more »

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December 20, 2007, 1:00am

The Bush administration’s assault on organized labor is well-known, as the current union organization system is tilted against America’s workers. Each year, over 20,000 U.S. workers are illegally fired, demoted, laid off, suspended without pay, or denied work by their … Read more »

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December 20, 2007, 1:00am

The American military command in Iraq is regularly sponsoring 19 focus group consultations, conducted by outside contractors, in five Iraqi cities. The findings are presented to General David Petraeus as part of the Battle Update Assessment his staff compiles daily.… Read more »

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