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November 10, 2011 | 11:06 AM PST
How neoliberal shell games fed an age of activism
A common theme runs through the series of protests breaking out around the world this year
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November 10, 2011 | 12:11 AM PST
Romney now stronger than ever in GOP race
As his chief rivals stumble, the Mitt machine quietly purrs on toward its pursuit of the GOP nomination
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November 9, 2011 | 9:41 AM PST
Can Italy pull off one more last-minute rescue?
Since the end of World War 2, the nation has faced terrifying times before and come through intact
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November 9, 2011 | 6:07 AM PST
Deciphering the White House jihad against pot
Why has the Obama administration declared war on medical marijuana?
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November 9, 2011 | 5:54 AM PST
Go ahead and wonder: Did we really invade Iraq?
Tracing our imperial decline, Bush's multi-billion dollar blunder into Iraq is the starting point
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November 9, 2011 | 5:51 AM PST
Joe Frazier: The peoples' champ
Frazier bristled at others' ascription of political symbolism to him, and even more at his eternal association with Ali
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November 8, 2011 | 12:51 AM PST
Myanmar's slow-motion political thaw
Recent moves by government raising hopes, but liberalization of political system promises to be a long haul
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November 7, 2011 | 9:40 AM PST
Time for no-fly zone in war on the poor?
How the poor made for a useful rhetorical foil and propaganda distraction to win elections
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November 7, 2011 | 9:26 AM PST
Herman Cain and the new populism
A grassroots resentment of our current economic instability is roiling the country
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November 6, 2011 | 9:11 AM PST
Is student loan, education bubble next?
Worrisome new questions challenge decades-old views about borrowing for a college education
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November 6, 2011 | 8:18 AM PST
Schieffer on Andy Rooney's lasting achievement
The late newsman's writing reminded us that the English language is among our most precious assets
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November 4, 2011 | 1:01 PM PDT
Can Cuba reforms convince island's cynics?
The government again announces big reforms to a populace weary of big announcements
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November 4, 2011 | 11:51 AM PDT
A second take on the Papandreou gamble
Greece's PM was panned for a reckless gamble but the criticism may have missed his real intent
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November 4, 2011 | 9:23 AM PDT
Whatever happened to Yankee optimism?
Why the absence of economic security threatens to wipe away our native optimism - for a long time
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November 4, 2011 | 8:59 AM PDT
Israel-Iran: Bombs away?
New leaks point to heated internal debate about how Israel might prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons
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November 3, 2011 | 3:13 PM PDT
Why does Uncle Sam think I'm a terrorist?
How a Fulbright scholar wound up in the kind of bizarre fix that Franz Kafka would have loved
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November 3, 2011 | 2:21 PM PDT
Obama's Mideast mess
The White House finds its Mideast policy adrift amid one crisis after another
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November 3, 2011 | 11:21 AM PDT
A simple recipe for economic disaster
Leaving the euro would carry massive costs for Greece and the rest of Europe
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November 2, 2011 | 11:31 AM PDT
Obama comes out swinging and guess what?
Despite pundit urging that he move to the right, the president's tough new line is winning over independents
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November 2, 2011 | 7:42 AM PDT
Why Paul Ryan's big moment still awaits
His fans don't want to take "no" for an answer, but the Wisconsin congressman looks to 2012 and beyond
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November 1, 2011 | 7:22 AM PDT
When did the left turn so reactionary?
A backward-looking left pines for the supposedly halcyon days of decades past
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November 1, 2011 | 7:09 AM PDT
The "Borking" of Herman Cain?
Is this another in a long string of character-assassination attempts against conservatives?
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November 1, 2011 | 6:57 AM PDT
1st World corruption the 3rd World can be proud of
How corruption in the U.S. puts everyday corruption in Africa to shame
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October 31, 2011 | 6:53 AM PDT
The unspoken trouble with Keynes
Many revere Keynesian theory but what if government spending depresses instead of stimulates?
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October 31, 2011 | 6:53 AM PDT
Another "new" Newt takes the stage
38 years after starting in politics, Newt Gingrich is reinventing himself - again - for a new GOP generation
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