There is a case to be made for why America spies on allies, but it is not a case the president feels like making.
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Surviving With Gold
Imagine if Jobs and Wozniak had bought Krugerrands rather than computer chips.
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You Can’t Fix Problems You Can’t See
Below the headlines, SCOTUS issued a couple of sensible rulings this week on employment law. The court’s liberal wing dissented.
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DOMA Is Dead, But Litigation Lives On
DOMA is dead; gay couples can again marry in California. We’re making progress but we haven’t reached the finish line.
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Crafting New Tools For Evolving Problems
We are not a perfectly just society, but we are not a society that endorses poll taxes and whites-only country clubs, either.
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Bright Lights, Dark City
What do Brazil’s demonstrators want? Maybe, for starters, someone who cares enough to turn on a few lights.
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When Good News Is Bad News
Bernanke painted an optimistic picture of the economy last week. So why did financial markets recoil?
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Can The Senate Conduct A Limited Nuclear War?
Harry Reid hopes he can use the “nuclear option” in a limited way. Nobody has ever wanted to test that idea until now.
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A Slow Track To Nowhere
A streetcar in Fort Lauderdale won’t take you where you want to go, but it will deliver federal dollars. That’s good enough.
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The Two Fathers, Mandela And Gandhi
Who really compares with Mandela? In a search that spans the globe and an entire century, maybe only one man.
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