MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17wed1.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

The Empty Earmarks Pledge

“Millions of Americans are out of work. The government is running a $1.3 trillion deficit. We just had an election that sent at least one clear signal: cut that deficit. So what is Washington talking about? Earmarks.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17wed2.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Accountability for Torture (in Britain)

“The British government has decided to pay former detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, tens of millions of dollars in compensation and conduct an independent investigation into its role in the mistreatment of prisoners.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/opinion/18kristof.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

A Hedge Fund Republic?, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“The U.S. has traded places with the Argentina of the ’40s.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17friedman.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Too Good to Check, by Thomas L. Friedman

“How one tall tale spread around the world.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/opinion/18collins.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Alaska Speaks. Finally, by Gail Collins

“Keep your gun away from that TV.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17dowd.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

The Way They Were, by Maureen Dowd

“Robert and Barbra, Dick and W.”