MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/will-health-care-reform-survive-the-courts.html?ref=opinion

Will Health Care Reform Survive the Courts?

“The legal battle over the constitutionality of the health care reform law will determine how far government can go in helping to improve people’s lives.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/the-debate-on-fracturing.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Debate on Fracturing

“A lot more needs to be done to reduce the risks and gain public confidence.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/americas-sentimental-regard-for-the-military.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

An Empty Regard, by William Deresiewicz

“Our sentimental reverence for the military is new, and reflects our unease as a nation. Saluting heroes is easy, and absolves us from actual engagement. We don’t just support our troops. We put them on a pedestal.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/bruni-humble-service-with-a-side-of-swag.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Humble Service With a Side of Swag, by Frank Bruni

“Candidates perform an elaborate pantomime of selflessness. Don’t believe it.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/dowd-of-dystopias-and-alphas.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Of Dystopias and Alphas, by Maureen Dowd

“Our altruistically moral, hopelessly pragmatic president.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/the-soviet-coup-that-failed.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The K.G.B.’s Bathhouse Plot, by Victor Sebestyn

“The latter-day Bolsheviks of 1991 unwittingly destroyed the U.S.S.R.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/the-stomachs-of-strongmen.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Stomachs of Strongmen, by Ann Louise Bardach

“The most powerful and personal political alliance in Latin America gets even weirder.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/fearing-a-planet-without-apes.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Fearing A Planet Without Apes, by John C. Mitani

“As the human population expands, our closest relatives are disappearing.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/nature-without-the-nanny-state/?pagemode=print

Nature Without the Nanny State, by Timothy Egan

“Danger, safety and common sense in our national parks.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/08/21/opinion/sunday/20110821_Kornbluth_President.html?ref=opinion

If I Were President…

“We’ve heard from the media and from experts – incessantly. What if we entered a pundit-free zone?”