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The GOP’s suicidal swing to the right
feature In recent years, the GOP’s best minds have stood mute while right-wing ideologues seized control of the party, said David Brooks at The New York Times.
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Viewpoint: Michael Gerson
feature From The Washington Post: “General Motors has announced the largest profits in its history. [Yet] both Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have stumped across Michigan...
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Exaggerating the China threat
feature Is the U.S. “locked in a deadly struggle with Beijing”? asked Steve Chapman at the Chicago Tribune.
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Iran’s next attack might be here
feature The director of National Intelligence recently warned that as tensions with the West grow, Iran’s fanatical mullahs are “more willing to conduct an attack in the U.S.,” said Mitchell D. Silber at The Wall Street Journal.
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The need for a sane GO
feature America needs two parties to move forward into the 21st century; sadly, one is clamoring for a return to the 19th, said Thomas L. Friedman at The New York Times.
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A modest proposal for bribing voters
feature Super PACs are just the start, said Steven Pearlstein at The Washington Post.
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No spring for Egypt’s Christians
feature Egypt’s 8 million Coptic Christians have faced increased persecution and mob violence, and 100,000 Copts have already fled the country, said Ross Douthat at The New York Times.
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Zombies are feasting on our fears
feature Zombies are a perfect metaphor for the nation’s economic “horror show,” capturing white-collar workers’ worst fears, said Torie Bosch at Slate.com.
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Libya’s lesson for North Korea
feature Once again, the U.S. has proved that dictators have only one “true security guarantee”: nukes, said Mira Rapp-Hooper and Kenneth N. Waltz at TheAtlantic.com.
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How to save the U.S. Postal Service
feature Unlike the post office, which has a monopoly on letter delivery, FedEx and UPS have had to compete for customers by boosting quality and holding prices down, said Jeff Jacoby at The Boston Globe.
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California can’t afford bullet trains
feature High-speed rail is nothing but a gold-plated fantasy, and “it’s still not too late to hit the brakes,” said Charles Lane at The Washington Post.
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The most entertaining drama on TV
feature Ratings for the GOP debates are setting new records, and no wonder: They’re “the best thing happening in pop culture right now,” said Rob Walker at The New York Times.
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Romney’s $10,000 mistake
feature Romney’s rivals quickly pounced on his wager as proof that he’s “out of touch,” said Garance Franke-Ruta at TheAtlantic.com.
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The peril of domestic drones
feature Local police have begun using unmanned Predator drones like those used in Afghanistan and Pakistan to conduct surveillance of criminal suspects right here in the U.S., said Glenn Greenwald in Salon.com.
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