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Editorials
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Friday, March 05
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A Republican Surprise
NEW YORK--Set a group of plugged-in conservatives to talking presidential politics, and you’ll get the same complaints about the 2012 field.Mitt Romney? He couldn’t make the voters like him last time. Sarah Palin? She’d lose 47 states. Mike Huckabee? Better as a
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Loan-Sharking, Inc.
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, signed into law last spring, was supposed to put an end to many of the deceptive practices that allowed credit card issuers to bleed customers dry. The most important provisions went into effect two weeks ago, but credit card
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As Foreclosures Continue….
President Obama went to Henderson, Nev., the other day to show Americans that he was responding to the cries for help from struggling homeowners (and maybe give a boost to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s (Dem., Nev.) re-election). He announced a $1.5 billion effort to prevent foreclosures in
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Dealing With the GOP
WASHINGTON--The thing that really bothers me about Republicans’ use of the filibuster to derail bills and stall the Senate’s legislative process is not the tyrannical behavior of the GOP minority. It is the complicity of the Democratic majority.While the Senate’s 59-member
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As New Credit Law Begins….
As of this past Monday, a slew of credit card abuses that should have been banned years ago were finally prohibited by federal law.No longer will banks be able to raise rates on existing balances “at any time, for any reason.” Or impose sky-high interest rates because a customer
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More Headlines
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The President’s Plan
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From the Editor’s Notebook
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Keeping Us Informed Via Newspapers
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‘….The Wicked Witch Is….Gone!
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Adults Only, Please
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Thinking About a New Haiti
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Five Ideas
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State of the Union
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United We Rant
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Urgent Reminder: Vote for Veales!
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The First Obama Year
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News Worth Noting
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Italy’s African Heroes
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Don’t Give Up Now!
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City Asks Judge to End Black Officers Suit
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News Worth Noting
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Haiti
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Learning from Europe
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News Worth Noting
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Promises, Facts on Charter Schools
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DeMint’s Priorities
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Powell: Golf Trailblazer
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The Blame Game
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News Worth Noting
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The Big Zero
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Grim Decade Ends
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Doubts About Certitude
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Hunger in America
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A Bill Well Worth Passing
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A Fearful Price
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The Non-Public Option
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Obama in Oslo
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The War in Afghanistan
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Deceptive and Irresponsible
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News Worth Noting
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The Farsightedness of MAPS III
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New Mammogram Advice?
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Signs of Hope
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A Step Closer
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News Worth Noting
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House Bill Mixes Good Ideas, Flaws
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On Planet Earth….
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A Word, Mr. President
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The Republican Health Plan
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‘Messy’ Afghan Election:
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Too Little of a Good Thing
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The Off-Off-Year Elections
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The House Health Reform Bill
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Credit Card Chicanery
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Gates Arrest
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A Sotomayor Sense of Justice
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The Obama Doctrine
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Costs and Benefits
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Boiling the Frog
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Obama to African Leaders
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Another stimulus? The first One has barely kicked in
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A Strong Health Reform Bill
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Another Stimulus?
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Palin: a Starter, Not a Finisher
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Palin Plays Victim
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The Voucher Scheme
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We’ll Never Know
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Firefighters and Race
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A ‘Public Option’
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The Drug Industry’s Offer
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Insurance Company Schemes
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Who Are We?
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Feeding the Lone Wolves
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An Obama Dilemma
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Non-Votes by Parks a Grave Non-Service
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Gaining Ground
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Cheney Grabs Third Term
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The New Justice
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A Wise Course Correction
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Don’t Bankrupt Stations
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Safer Credit Cards
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New Challenges Rise
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Religion?
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A Caring America? LETTER to the Editor
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