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Rand Paul: The promise and perils of libertarianism
feature The extreme, anti-government ideology of Paul and other Tea Party candidates may scare off the independent voters Republicans need to win seats in the Senate and the House this fall.
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Obama: Did he mishandle the oil spill?
feature It may be unfair to blame Obama for the oil spill, but he will probably pay a steep political price for the environmental catastrophe nonetheless.
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The Catholic Church: A crisis of confidence
feature Was the pope complicit in covering up sexual abuse scandals when he served as a cardinal and an archbishop?
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Israel: Must it stand alone?
feature Much of the world is now aligned against Israel and calling for an end to the blockade around Gaza’s 1.5 million residents.
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Nine years on: Are we safer?
feature Has the U.S. neutralized al Qaida as a significant threat or has the global terrorist network survived and adapted?
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Health reform: Now the fight gets real
feature Some of the most popular consumer protections provided by Obamacare kicked in last week, as the White House and congressional Republicans resumed the battle for public perception of the changes.
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Taxes: Should cuts for the wealthy be extended?
feature The Obama administration would like tax rates for families earning more than $250,000 a year to return to their Clinton-era levels, where the top marginal rate was 39.6 percent.
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The financial crisis: Which candidate will benefit?
feature The $700 billion bailout has transformed the presidential campaign. The most important issue now is how to handle an economy at the brink of collapse; neither candidate will be able to deliver on previous promises.
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The economy: Free-market capitalism, RIP
feature The meltdown of the economy has upended all our assumptions about free-market capitalism.
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McCain and Palin: Why the Democrats are so worried
feature All of a sudden, Democrats “are quaking in their boots,” said Gary Kamiya in Salon.com.
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Campaign ’08: So much for the high road
feature What happened to the idea of waging a clean, high-minded fight?
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Obama: Has he won over the skeptics?
feature At the Democratic National Convention last week, Obama answered all the key questions raised about his candidacy and made a forceful case for voters to choose him over John McCain.
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Russia: The specter of Cold War II
feature Russia’s brutal invasion of Georgia last month left the West dazed, “disunited,’’ and wondering if we’ve entered a new Cold War.
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The economic crisis: On Main Street, fear leads to frugality
feature Consumers, even the superwealthy ones, are closing up their wallets and altering their spending behavior.
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