Analysis
LETTERS: June 28, 2008
July 1, 2008Housing help falls short The final shape of the housing bill in Congress is becoming clear. A fairly narrow group of homeowners facing foreclosure due to subprime mortgage failures will be able to refinance fixed-rate mortgages...
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EDITORIAL: FISA filibuster
July 1, 2008The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved by a vote of 293-129 a compromise bill reauthorizing warrantless electronic spying on the American people under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). About 50 Democrats joined the...
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EDITORIAL: Talk to Iran
July 1, 2008Earlier this month, members of Congress joined a wide range of groups in a “Time to Talk to Iran” event on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers say they are being inundated by a “drumbeat of war” from “neo-con”-type...
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Contradictory China
June 24, 2008Almost everything you’ve heard about China is true — at least, that’s my impression from a short week-and-a-half visit to Beijing at the end of May. The scale of everything in China is hard for anyone...
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What Obama didnt say on Fathers Day
June 24, 2008In a widely acclaimed speech at an African American church on Chicago’s South Side to commemorate Father’s Day, Barack Obama gave a presentation that, while acknowledging the racial challenges of the past, gave great weight to...
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