Controversies
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Hillary: Why she’s no longer inevitable
feature “What happened to Hillary Clinton?” asked E.J. Dionne in The Washington Post. Not long ago, she seemed to be the “inevitable” Democratic nominee. She came into the presidential campaign with vastly superior name recognition, a base of loyal support, and t
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Democrats: Two candidates, two constituencies
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Gore: Is his carbon-free vision a pipe dream?
feature Last week Al Gore proposed that the U.S. abandon fossil fuels and replace them with wind, solar, geothermal, and other sources of renewable energy.
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Israel at 60: Has the promise been fulfilled?
feature When my son was born shortly after the Gulf War, said David Horovitz in The Jerusalem Post, our midwife greeted his arrival
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Gay marriage: Did California move too quickly?
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McCain: Is he ready for Obama?
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Global warming: Do ‘green’ initiatives matter?
feature George W. Bush has blown his final chance on climate change, said The Washington Post in an editorial. With only nine months left in office, the president still had time to correct his “terrible legacy of inaction” on global
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Obama: The audacity of political pragmatism
feature Last week, Barack Obama announced that he was backing out of his commitment to take limited public financing to underwrite his campaign.
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Pakistan: Did democracy die along with Bhutto?
feature The killing of Benazir Bhutto has also laid to rest the Bush administration
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The Mideast: Does Bush’s peace push have a chance?
feature President Bush’s Mideast policy has come “full circle,” said The Washington Post in an editorial. When he entered the White House seven years ago, Bush disdained nation-building, and “disparaged and quickly abandoned” President Bill Clinton’s efforts to b
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The economy: Is the stimulus plan already too late?
feature "You know we have a crisis,
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Obama: Will the ‘elitist’ label stick?
feature This could be the break Hillary Clinton has been hoping for, said Adam Smith in the St. Petersburg, Fla., Times. For weeks she’s defied calls to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, hoping for a game-changing event that might n
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Hillary: Should she quit—or fight on?
feature Hillary Clinton just won’t take no for an answer, said Jay Bookman in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “For several weeks now, it had become clear that she could not win the Democratic nomination.” With only 10 primaries to go, Barack Obama leads her by
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McCain: Can he defy the odds?
feature By all rights, said Susan Page in USA Today, John McCain should be worried. Only 39 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the Republican Party.
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