MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/opinion/29thu3.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Trust, Antitrust and Your Vote

“The nation’s largest voting machine manufacturer, Election Systems & Software, announced last month that it was buying the United States voting machine division of Diebold, its main competitor. The sale could mean that nearly 70 percent of the nation’s voting precincts would be served by a single corporation. That raises serious antitrust questions and serious concerns about the vulnerability of future elections.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/opinion/29kristof.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

More Schools, Not Troops, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“Lessons for Afghanistan from Bangaldesh.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/opinion/29sebestyen.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Transcripts of Defeat, by Victor Sebestyen

“What the Soviet archives tell is about their Afghan war.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/opinion/29abed.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

For Every Iraqi Party, An Army of Its Own, by Najim Abed al-Jabouri

“The role of partisan security forces in the latest bombings.”