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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/continuing-assault-on-unions.html?ref=opinion

Continuing Assault on Unions

“Republicans in statehouses around the country are taking aim at private sector unions.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/the-random-horror-of-the-death-penalty.html?ref=opinion

The Random Horror of the Death Penalty

“An important new study based on capital cases in Connecticut provides powerful evidence that death sentences are haphazardly meted out, with virtually no connection to the heinousness of the crime.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/an-engineered-doomsday.html?ref=opinion

An Engineered Doomsday

“A lethal virus needs to be destroyed, or better contained, and future research closely reviewed.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/reducing-the-nuclear-arsenal.html?ref=opinion

No Need for All These Nukes, by Philip Taubman

“Obama could cut the arsenal by two-thirds without diminishing its power.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/as-streetlights-vanish-a-return-to-a-darker-age.html?ref=opinion

Return to a Darker Age, by A. Roger Ekirch

“On lampless streets roamed brigands, witches and rapacious beasts.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/my-guantanamo-nightmare.html?ref=opinion

My Guantanamo Nightmare, by Lakhdar Boumebiene

“I was held for seven years without explanation, and freed only after the Supreme Court stepped in.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/notes-from-a-guantanamo-survivor.html?ref=opinion

Notes From a Guantanamo Survivor, by Murat Kurnaz

“I was in Pakistan, on a public bus on my way to the airport to return to Germany when the police stopped the bus I was riding in.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/bruni-a-campaign-pruned-of-bushes.html?ref=opinion

A Campaign of Pruned Bushes, by Frank Bruni

“Republican candidates delete the party’s last two presidents.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/friedman-watching-elephants-fly.html?ref=opinion

Watching Elephants Fly, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Taking notes on the next round of voting in Egypt.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/douthat-personal-and-political.html?ref=opinion

Personal and Political, by Ross Douthat

“The attacks on Rick Santorum and his wife are weird but inevitable.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/dowd-the-grating-santorum.html?ref=opinion

The Grating Santorum, by Maureen Dowd

“So, would it be O.K. if five men and six dogs got married?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-do-we-live-in-a-less-deadly-time-or-not.html?ref=opinion

Sunday Dialogue: Do We Live In a Less Deadly Time, or Not?