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Democrats: How to rebuild a damaged brandFeature Trump's approval rating is sinking, but so is the Democratic brand
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Unraveling autismFeature RFK Jr. has vowed to find the root cause of the 'autism epidemic' in months. Scientists have doubts.
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'Two dolls': Can Trump sell Americans on austerity?Feature Trump's tariffs may be threatening holiday shelves but they've handed Democrats a 'huge gift'
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Issue of the week: Should price gouging be illegal?feature In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, gas stations became “target No. 1 for politicians looking for innocent entrepreneurs to scapegoat.”
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Issue of the week: The fall of a legal titan
feature Dewey & LeBoeuf's collapse is the result of a catastrophic “failure of governance.”
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Issue of the week: Did Goldman get off easy?
feature Goldman Sachs settled the lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission by agreeing to pay a fine of $550 million. The company acknowledged making mistakes, but did not admit to doing anything wrong.
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What do we do about John Yoo?
feature Law professor John Yoo, author of the infamous Bush administration torture memos, is a controversial presence here at Berkeley. Did Yoo really write those memos in good faith?
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Noonan's fake history lesson for Obama
opinion In a recent Wall Street Journal column, Peggy Noonan counseled our ever-ambitious President to focus on leaving a legacy that can be reduced to one sentence—a specious notion borrowed from former Republican Congresswoman Clare Boothe L
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Will Republicans learn from history, too?
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Obama's History Channel
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