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Dateline Pakistan: Lawyers as Revolutionaries?

Is Pervez Musharraf the Gorbachev of Pakistan — or the Shah of Islamabad?

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Now He Tells Us

Why is Alan Greenspan just now getting around to criticizing the Bush Administration?

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Subprime People?

When a crisis hits, is there a tendency in the United States to just blame the people?

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Minneapolis and Melodrama (Part II)

In light of the Minneapolis bridge collapse, how can the United States regain its inner strength?

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Minneapolis and Melodrama (Part I)

What does the reaction to the tragedy in Minneapolis reveal about America’s purpose and resolve?

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Chirac, the Movie

As Jacques Chirac’s political career draws to a close, have his personal traits served him well in leading France?

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Dateline Afghanistan: Should German Soldiers Fight? (Part II)

Is it the right of mature democracies to help less fortunate nations secure a prosperous future?

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Dateline Afghanistan: Should German Soldiers Fight? (Part I)

It seems smart for Germany to not take part in NATO’s Afghanistan force. But is it also honorable?

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The NRA as America’s Cosa Nostra

Why is the U.S. public remaining curiously silent on gun control after the shootings at Virginia Tech?

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Stop Those Girls!, or: The Don Imus and Nancy Pelosi Show

When it comes to foreign policy under the Bush Administration, is it ‘Boys Only, No Girls Allowed’?

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