Analysis
Gaza crisis: challenge and opportunity for Obama to turn the page toward peace
January 1, 2009Time to break with disastrous Cold War policies It’s possible a temporary Gaza truce may emerge in the next few days, but, more than ever, the underlying issues will at long last have to be resolved....
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OPINION: Five bailout lessons from Katrina
December 29, 2008The U.S. has committed nearly $3 trillion to the financial bailout so far. The Federal Reserve has made more than $2 trillion in emergency loans and another $700 billion has been pledged through congressional action. Much...
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OPINION: Guns, butter, and Obama
December 24, 2008Over the next several months there will be a battle for hearts and minds, but not in Iraq or Afghanistan. The war will be here at home, waged mostly in the halls of Congress, where grim...
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LETTERS December 20, 2008
December 22, 2008Good luck, Mr. President-elect Imagine coming upon a scene of rape, pillage and desecration. What to do? That’s what the new president-elect faces as he prepares to assume the presidency after George W. Bush’s “reign of...
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EDITORIAL: Happy holidays
December 22, 2008Happy holidays This is our last print edition for 2008. Do not fear — we will be publishing online throughout the holiday season. But we do want to take the opportunity to send a greeting to...
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