MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/opinion/back-to-common-sense-at-the-polls.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Back to Common Sense at the Polls

“In state after state, voters rejected the extreme agenda of Republican lawmakers.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/are-we-a-democracy/?ref=opinion

Are We A Democracy?, by Gary Gutting

“We are, of course, a democracy, but not in Plato’s (Athenian) sense of a state in which all major decisions are made by majority vote of all citizens.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/opinion/friedman-india-and-america-two-peas-in-a-pod.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Two Peas in a Pod, by Thomas L. Friedman

“The protest movements in India and America have a lot in common.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/opinion/trouble-beside-the-bay.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Trouble Beside the Bay, by Ishmael Reed

“Occupy Oakland and a city’s legacy of police brutality.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/opinion/collins-that-old-gang-of-mine.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Wait! Don’t Tell Me!, by Gail Collins

“Rick Perry rides into the sunset.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/opinion/how-greece-could-leave-the-euro.html?ref=opinion

How to Leave the Euro, by Stergios Skaperdas

“Exiting the monetary union would be easier than Greece thinks.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/opinion/questions-about-the-safety-of-fracking.html?scp=2&sq=questions&st=cse

Questions About the Safety of Fracking