MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/concealed-weapons-against-the-environment.html?ref=opinion

Concealed Weapons Against the Environment

“While almost no one was looking, House Republicans embarked last week on a broad assault on the nation’s environmental laws.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/bruni-norquist-taxes-and-a-dangerous-purity.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Taxes, and a Dangerous Purity, by Frank Bruni

“For Grover Norquist and his acolytes, compromise is unthinkable.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/executions-should-be-televised.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Executions Should Be Televised, by Zachary B. Shemtob and David Lat

“Accountability demands that we see the death penalty as it’s practiced.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/sunday-review/us-has-lovehate-relationship-with-debt.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Jefferson’s Tea Party Moment, by Sam Tanenhaus

“Conflict over the federal debt, almost since the beginning of the Republic.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/tuning-out-the-democrats.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Why Voters Tune Out Democrats, by Stanley B. Greenberg

“There is popular support for the policies of the Democratic Party, but little trust in its ability to execute them. Democats must take action to restore voter faith in government. Otherwise, the Tea Party beckons.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-the-macro-nationalists.html?ref=opinion

The Rise of the Micro-Nationalists, by Thomas Heggehammer

“Breivik’s radicalism most resembles that of his archenemy, Al Qaeda.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/kristof-evangelicals-without-blowhards.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Evangelicals Without Blowhards, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“For John Stott, Christianity meant confronting injustice.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/friedman-bring-back-poppy.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Bring Back Poppy, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Our most underrated president, George H.W. Bush?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/opinion/sunday/dowd-tempest-in-a-tea-party.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Tempest in a Tea Party, by Maureen Dowd

“Where’s a witch in Congress when you need one?”