MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/politics-and-prayer.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Politics and Prayer

“The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has underscored an essential boundary between church and state”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/the-debt-crisis-merely-postponed.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

A Crisis Merely Postponed, by Erskine B. Bowles and Alan K. Simpson

“Now that Congress has a debt deal, it needs to work on a better one.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/reagan-vs-patco-the-strike-that-busted-unions.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

The Strike That Busted Unions, by Joseph A. McCartin

“Reagan’s mass firing of air traffic controllers devastated labor.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/washington-chain-saw-massacre.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Washington Chain Saw Massacre, by Maureen Dowd

“Even before Emanuel Cleaver, the Democratic congressman from Missouri, called the debt deal ‘a sugar-coated Satan sandwich’ and Nancy Pelosi tossed in a side of ‘Satan fries,’ the whiff of sulfur was rising from the Capitol.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/opinion/in-israel-the-rent-is-too-damn-high.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

In Israel, the Rent is Too Damned High, by Dimi Reider and Aziz Abu Sarah

“Protesting everything except the occupation.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/opinion/the-new-hama-rules.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

The New Hama Rules, by Thomas L. Friedman

“‘We are not afraid anymore.'”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/opinion/seeking-balance-on-the-mideast.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Seeking Balance On Mideast, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“Where Congress is even more obstructionist than with the debt ceiling.”