MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/working-with-medicare.html?ref=opinion

Working With Medicare

“Reforms could save hundreds of billions of dollars – without scrapping the system.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/alabamas-second-thoughts.html?ref=opinion

Alabama’s Second Thoughts

“Alabama’s stance on its extremist immigration law is shifting from defiance to damage control.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/kristof-repressing-democracy-with-american-arms.html?ref=opinion

Repressing Democracy, With American Arms, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“In Bahrain, a U.S. presence is felt everywhere – as tear gas.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/war-really-is-going-out-of-style.html?ref=opinion

War Really Is Going Out of Style, by Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker

“We may see more images of violence, but there are fewer conflicts, and fewer deaths from them.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/sunday-review/environmentalists-get-down-to-earth.html?ref=opinion

Environmentalists Get Down to Earth, by Leslie Kaufman

“Faced with setbacks on top of declining and graying memberships, the biggest conservation groups are reshaping their missions in a time of generational transition.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/young-black-and-frisked-by-the-nypd.html?ref=opinion

Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?, by Nicholas K. Peart

“Every time I go outside, I have good reason to think I may find myself up against a wall, handcuffed or lying on the ground with a gun pointed at me.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/bruni-newt-gingrichs-self-adoration.html?ref=opinion

Self-Adoration Reaches Newt Heights, by Frank Bruni

“Many politicians are full of themselves. Gingrich is overstuffed.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/dowd-the-pungent-aroma-of-paranoia.html?ref=opinion

The Pungent Aroma of Paranoia, by Maureen Dowd

“The president dwells on military homecomings, in life and on TV.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/friedman-help-wanted.html?ref=opinion

Help Wanted, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Looking for some leaders who know how to govern from the bottom up.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-believers-atheist.html?ref=opinion

The Believer’s Atheist, by Ross Douthat

“Christopher Hitchens and the Christians who loved him.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-when-marijuana-is-used-as-medicine.html?ref=opinion

Sunday Dialogue: When Marijuana Is Used as Medicine