Controversies
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Islamic justice: Turning a teddy bear into a crime
feature Muslims often wonder why so many non-Muslims are
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'Empathy': Does it belong on the Supreme Court?
feature Will empathy bring bias to judicial decision making?
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The Tea Partiers: Who are they, and why are they angry?
feature What a new CBS/New York Times poll revealed about the demographic makeup of the Tea Party movement.
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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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The military: Do women belong in combat?
feature Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced his decision to end the long-standing ban on female troops serving in combat roles.
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Margaret Thatcher: A conflicted legacy
feature Together with Reagan, the British leader—who died this week at age 87—engineered the conservative revolution of the 1980s.
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NFL bullying scandal: Taking the measure of manhood
feature Jonathan Martin sparked a national debate when he quit the Miami Dolphins because of hazing from teammate Richie Incognito.
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The Rutgers suicide: Was the Internet to blame?
feature A freshman at Rutgers University committed suicide after his roommate surreptitiously filmed his dorm-room tryst with another man and streamed the footage live on the Internet.
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Health-care reform: Where Obama went wrong
feature President Obama’s grand plan to remake the entire health-care system has bogged down in Congress, and his August deadline for passage is dead.
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Death in Kansas: An act of domestic terrorism?
feature Scott Roeder, the anti-abortion activist who allegedly gunned down Dr. George Tiller in church, was no lone nut—his rage was shaped by Christian extremist groups, which actually exulted in the assassination.
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Rand Paul: What did he achieve with his filibuster?
feature The GOP senator's 13-hour talking filibuster pushed the administration to clarify its drone policy.
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The economy: Obama’s new New Deal
feature Obama's $775 billion package of programs to repair our infrastructure, promote fuel efficiency and alternative energies, and modernize our electrical grid is reminiscent of the works projects of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Fast-food workers: Do they deserve a living wage?
feature Workers at major fast-food chains staged one-day strikes during peak mealtimes to demand an increase in their wages.
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The Supreme Court: Did Obama try to bully the justices?
feature The president's public caution to the Supreme Court unleashed a flurry of opinion.
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