Controversies
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Obamacare: Does California prove it can work?
feature Last week, California revealed that the premiums insurers will charge customers through its exchange are “surprisingly low.”
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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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Obama: Can he bridge the partisan gap?
feature President Obama would like to create a new spirit of consensus so that the nation can get things done. Will he receive cooperation from the GOP and from members of his own party?
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The space program: Is Mars the next logical step?
feature Mars may have trapped frozen water and traces of primitive life forms. Should we be satisfied with unmanned probes or rise to the challenge of sending up astronauts?
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The GOP: Shutting down the government to stop Obamacare
feature Republicans are “testing a new frontier of radicalism” in a last-ditch effort to block the Affordable Care Act.
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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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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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Alito
feature Supreme Court nominee on the hot seat.
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Syria: Is a ‘shot across the bow’ enough?
feature The U.S. response to Bashar al-Assad's use of sarin gas must be painful enough to serve as a true deterrent.
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Controversy of the week
feature Subsidized health care: How poor is needy?
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Iraq
feature Is the war still winnable?
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John Roberts
feature How will he steer the Supreme Court?
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Murder in Washington: Part of a frightening pattern?
feature With the murder of Stephen Tyrone Johns, a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., the Department of Homeland Security's warning about right-wing extremists now seems prescient.
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Iraq
feature A new argument for staying the course.
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