MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/even-worse-than-citizens-united.html?ref=opinion

Even Worse Than Citizens United

“The Justice Department is right to defend as essential the century-old ban on direct corporate contributions to political candidates for federal office.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/peddling-fear.html?ref=opinion

Peddling Fear

“Just when the United States was repairing its reputation, the Senate tries to shred it again.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/clarence-thomass-brand-of-judicial-logic.html?ref=opinion

Clarence Thomas’ Brand of Judicial Logic

“After two decades on the bench, he remains a legal outlier even on the conservative court.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/social-inequality-and-the-new-elite.html?ref=opinion

The Paradox of the New Elite, by Alexander Stille

“Reducing discrimination made it easier to justify rewarding the elite. Women, blacks, gays: people once shut out can now play the game. But it’s harder to succeed. As the rich get richer, social mobility is declining.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/bruni-occupy-wall-street-and-hollywood.html?ref=opinion

Hollywood on Wall Street, by Frank Bruni

“Entertainers are muddying the message of the protest.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/sunday-review/right-less-might.html?ref=opinion

Right, Less Might, by Sam Tanenhaus

“Do the contenders realize that foreign policy requires calibrations? Frugal and not so hawkish, post-Bush Republicans channel a legacy of isolationism.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/fracking-on-my-land.html?ref=opinion

Drilling Down on the Family Farm, by Seamus McGraw

“I was surprised by my own feelings as I watched a small army of workers rev up the machines that would crack open the Marcellus Shale deep below my land, the same rich cache of gas that New York now seems poised to exploit.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-one-country-two-revolutions.html?ref=opinion

One Country, Two Revolutions, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Winds of change buffet Wall Street and Silicon Valley.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/opinion/sunday/douthat-mitt-romney-the-inevitable-nominee.html?ref=opinion

The Inevitable Nominee, by Ross Douthat

“For all his many weaknesses, Mitt Romney can’t be beaten.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/23/sunday-review/an-overview-of-the-euro-crisis.html?ref=opinion

It’s All Connected: An Overview of the Euro Crisis, by Bill Marsh

“Charting the web of debt among sagging economies.”