Controversies
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Giuliani: Will his past come back to haunt him?
feature With old friends like Bernie Kerik, said Joe Mathews in the Los Angeles Times, Rudy Giuliani may not need political enemies. The real problem for Giuliani, said Mary Jacoby in The Wall Street Journal, is that Kerik
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Star Wars: Why did the U.S. shoot down a satellite?
feature It was a story that could have ended very badly, said Mona Charen in National Review Online. Some 153 miles overhead, the
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Russia: Still waiting for democracy
feature Even for Russia, said Anne Applebaum in Slate.com,
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Hillary: Does she still have a chance?
feature The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is over, said Dick Morris in TheHill.com, and Hillary Clinton has lost. New York
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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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Obama: The race issue takes center stage
feature What was called for was a
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Democrats: Two candidates, two constituencies
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Obama: Why isn’t he comfortably ahead?
feature Polls show that Obama's comfortable lead over McCain has all but disappeared.
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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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Obama: The fine line between optimism and hubris
feature Rarely if ever has anyone been “so roundly criticized for such grievous offenses as giving excellent speeches and urging people of different backgrounds to come together," said Bob Herbert in The New York Times.
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The anthrax attacks: Has the killer been found?
feature Bruce E. Ivins, 62, committed suicide last week just as the FBI was about to charge him with mailing anthrax spores in the fall of 2001.
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Eight Belles: Did the Derby contender have to die?
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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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