Controversies
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Health care: Will the Supreme Court judge fairly?
feature Before last week’s Supreme Court hearings, most legal experts assumed the health-care law would be upheld.
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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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‘Obamacare’: What is Romney’s alternative?
feature Romney caused an uproar when he told “Meet the Press” that there were things in the Affordable Care Act he favored.
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Technology: Is it making addicts of us all?
feature Next year, for the first time, “Internet use disorder” will be listed in the appendix of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
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Penn State: Should it lose football for a year?
feature Penn State officials knew about the repeated molestation allegations against Sandusky and covered them up for more than a decade.
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The culture war: Obama vs. the Catholic church
feature The White House said it would amend its ruling that Catholic-affiliated schools, hospitals, and charities must provide health insurance that covers contraception.
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Terrorists in court: What did the Ghailani verdict prove?
feature Al Qaida operative Ahmed Ghailani was convicted of one charge—out of a total of 285 charges—for his part in the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa.
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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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The death penalty: Was an innocent man executed?
feature In Georgia, Troy Davis was executed for the 1989 shooting of an off-duty policeman, Mark MacPhail, in spite of recanted testimony.
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Palin: Is she running, or just protecting her brand?
feature Palin has set off on a “One Nation’’ tour of America, but is she eying the presidency or trying to sell more books and to boost her TV ratings?
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Pakistan: Was the U.S. betrayed by its ‘ally’?
feature Since 9/11 the U.S. has sent nearly $20 billion in aid to Pakistan, on the understanding that it would help us fight terrorism in the region.
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Iraq: Is it a mistake to bring home U.S. troops?
feature Iraq's stability is extremely fragile, and the possibility of renewed conflict among Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds is all too real.
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Murdoch: An emperor meets his Waterloo
feature Murdoch's media empire has been shaken to its foundation by revelations of widespread phone hacking by his tabloid newspapers in Britain.
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The Tea Party: Why Democrats are facing a thumpin’
feature The movement's influence stems from its sincere anger over ballooning deficits, government bailouts, and Washington’s intrusion into every sphere of life.
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