The Money Traps in U.S. Health Care

“Americans continue to spend more on health care than patients anywhere else.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/do-drones-undermine-democracy.html?ref=opinion

Do Drones Undermine Democracy?, by Peter W. Singer

“With robots doing the fighting, Congress no longer plays a role in authorizing war.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/friedman-american-voters-still-up-for-grabs.html?ref=opinion

American Voters: Still Up For Grabs, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Here’s a sure path to presidential victory.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/nocera-in-porgy-and-bess-variations-on-an-explosive-theme.html?ref=opinion

Variations on An Explosive Theme, by Joe Nocera

“In the 60s, black singers found it distasteful to perform in ‘Porgy and Bess.’ [Now], ‘Porgy’ supplies a prism through which African-Americans…view their own history.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/saudi-women-break-a-barrier-the-right-to-sell-lingerie.html?ref=opinion

Saudi Women Shatter the Lingerie Ceiling, by Thomas W. Lippman

“No longer will men be allowed to sell a bra to a woman clothed head-to-toe in an abaya.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/dowd-showtime-at-the-apollo.html?ref=opinion

Showtime At the Apollo, by Maureen Dowd

“The victims’ brigade, striving to be lonely at the top.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/douthat-a-good-candidate-is-hard-to-find.html?ref=opinion

A Good Candidate Is Hard to Find, by Ross Douthat

“In both parties, a long tradition of underwhelming nominees.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/what-we-give-up-for-health-care/?ref=opinion

What We Give Up for Health Care, by Ezekiel J. Emanuel

“To protect education and workers’ pay, liberals must start to care about costs.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/bruni-paula-deens-revelation.html?ref=opinion

Of Mouselike Bityes and Marathons, by Frank Bruni

“Paula Deen linked food and consequences in a manner often ignored.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/needed-more-political-dimensions/?ref=opinion

Needed: More Political Dimensions, by John Perry

“One dimension — left to right — doesn’t suffice to deal with today’s political reality.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-state-laws-on-unions.html?ref=opinion

Sunday Dialogue: State Laws on Unions

Newt’s Southern Strategy, by Charles M. Blow

“The ‘elite’ media, minority ‘privilege’ and Obama’s ‘otherness’.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/opinion/collins-opening-newts-marriage.html?ref=opinion

Opening Newt’s Marriage, by Gail Collins

“No Chevrolet jokes, please.”

How Fares the Dream?, by Paul Krugman

“Goodbye Jim Crow, hello class system.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/the-fraud-of-the-tea-party/

The Fraud of the Tea Party, by Timothy Egan

“It’s obvious that governing was never the point.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/16/opinion/king-of-all-nations.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

King of All Nations, by Stephen Tuck

“How the world used and misused the civil rights leader’s legacy.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/opinion/bankings-got-a-new-critic.html?ref=opinion

Keep It Simple, by Joe Nocera

“An influential critic says banking regulations are too complex.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/opinion/embracing-the-pretzel.html?ref=opinion

Embracing the Pretzel, by Frank Bruni

“Jon Huntsman’s high road deposits him at Mitt Romney’s side.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/opinion/south-carolina-diarist.html?ref=opinion

South Carolina Diarist, by David Brooks

“Thoughts on the primary scene.”

What They Don’t Want to Talk About

“Mitt Romney and his party fear the issue of income inequality.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/rights-in-the-workplace.html?ref=opinion

Rights in the Workplace

“A sound ruling from the National Labor Relations Board, and more challenges to come.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/sunday-review/gop-history-vs-the-tea-party.html?ref=opinion

History vs. the Tea Party, by Sam Tanenhaus

“Republican insurgencies tend to be top-down. This one isn’t.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/bruni-at-election-time-running-from-millions.html?ref=opinion

Running From Millions, by Frank Bruni

“The presidency is largely a rich man’s game. Come with money. Act like you haven’t.”

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http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/whats-race-got-to-do-with-it/?ref=opinion

What’s Race Got to Do With It?, by Lee Siegel

“Mitt Romney is ahead because he is the whitest white man to run for president in years.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-benefits-of-bain-capitalism.html?ref=opinion

The Benefits of Bain Capitalism, by Ross Douthat

“Appreciating Romney’s revolution while acknowledging its human costs.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/dowd-mitts-big-love.html?ref=opinion

Mitt’s Big Love, by Maureen Dowd

“In fashion next fall: enigmatic, elusive, analytical Harvard grads.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/sunday-review/in-moscow-echoes-of-the-91-communist-overthrow.html?ref=opinion

In Russia, Echoes of Revolution, by Scott Shane

“Young people are voicing sentiments from the ’91 Communist overthrow.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/friedman-getting-to-know-you.html?ref=opinion

Getting to Know You, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Egyptians are finding their voices again and rediscovering their neighbors.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/14/its-still-the-age-of-anxiety-or-is-it/?ref=opinion

It’s Still the Age of Anxiety. Or Is It?, by Daniel Smith

“Medieval Europe had famine and plague. We have 46 million people on Xanax.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/15/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-mobility-and-inequality-in-todays-america.html?ref=opinion

Sunday Dialogue: Mobility and Inequality in Today’s America

“Readers discuss how to reinvigorate the American promise that anyone can rise to success.”

Bain, Barack and Jobs, by Paul Krugman

“Bad arguments from Mitt Romney.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/opinion/blow-the-gops-black-people-platform.html?ref=opinion

The G.O.P.’s ‘Black People’ Platform, by Charles M. Blow

“Santorum, Gingrich, Paul and the use of race to pander to the right.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/games-and-gimmicks-in-the-senate.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Games and Gimmicks in the Senate, by Laurence H. Tribe

“Why Obama is right on recess appointments.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/06/opinion/brooks-a-new-social-agenda.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

A New Social Agenda, by David Brooks

“Where Rick Santorum’s ideas are heading.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/opinion/collins-it-takes-a-santorum.html?ref=opinion

It Takes A Santorum, by Gail Collins

“We have found the enemy, and it’s a village.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/07/opinion/why-islamism-is-winning.html?ref=opinion

Why Islamism is Winning, by John M. Owen IV

“Rather than bringing secular revolutionaries to power, the Arab Spring is producing flowers of a decidedly Islamist hue.”

Justice Dept. Cites Race in Halting Law Over Voter ID

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/us/provision-may-halt-keystone-pipeline-but-oil-is-still-likely-to-flow.html?scp=1&sq=pipeline&st=cse

Politics Stamps Out Oil Sands Pipeline, Yet It Seems Likely to Endure

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/us/pentagon-finds-no-fault-in-its-ties-to-tv-analysts.html?hp

Pentagon Finds No Fault in Ties to TV Analysts

House G.O.P. Leaders Agree to Extension of Payroll Tax Cut

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/business/media/fcc-seeks-to-ease-media-ownership-rule.html?scp=1&sq=f.c.c.&st=cse

F.C.C. Seeks to Ease Media Ownership Rule

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/us/judge-blocks-parts-of-south-carolinas-immigration-law.html?scp=2&sq=carolina&st=cse

Parts of Immigration Law Blocked in South Carolina

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/nyregion/army-hazing-charges-where-discipline-crosses-line.html?scp=3&sq=army&st=cse

After Charging 8, Army Is Scrutinized on Hazing

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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/citys-limits-on-pay-to-play-by-campaign-donors-survive-lawsuit/?scp=2&sq=campaign&st=cse

Campaign Finance Law Survives Another Court Challenge

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/us/black-women-enlist-at-higher-rates-in-us-military.html?scp=2&sq=black&st=cse

Black Women Enlisting at Higher Rates in U.S. Military

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/us/many-ski-areas-lack-an-essential-ingredient.html?scp=1&sq=ski&st=cse

Many Ski Areas Lack an Essential Ingredient

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/us/massachusetts-man-is-sentenced-for-arson-protesting-obamas-election.html?scp=2&sq=arson&st=cse

Massachusetts: Man Is Sentenced for Arson Protesting Obama’s Election

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/us/washington-monuments-damage-is-detailed.html?scp=1&sq=monument&st=cse

Monument’s Damage Is Detailed

Working With Medicare

“Reforms could save hundreds of billions of dollars – without scrapping the system.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/alabamas-second-thoughts.html?ref=opinion

Alabama’s Second Thoughts

“Alabama’s stance on its extremist immigration law is shifting from defiance to damage control.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/kristof-repressing-democracy-with-american-arms.html?ref=opinion

Repressing Democracy, With American Arms, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“In Bahrain, a U.S. presence is felt everywhere – as tear gas.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/war-really-is-going-out-of-style.html?ref=opinion

War Really Is Going Out of Style, by Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker

“We may see more images of violence, but there are fewer conflicts, and fewer deaths from them.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/sunday-review/environmentalists-get-down-to-earth.html?ref=opinion

Environmentalists Get Down to Earth, by Leslie Kaufman

“Faced with setbacks on top of declining and graying memberships, the biggest conservation groups are reshaping their missions in a time of generational transition.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/young-black-and-frisked-by-the-nypd.html?ref=opinion

Why Is the N.Y.P.D. After Me?, by Nicholas K. Peart

“Every time I go outside, I have good reason to think I may find myself up against a wall, handcuffed or lying on the ground with a gun pointed at me.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/bruni-newt-gingrichs-self-adoration.html?ref=opinion

Self-Adoration Reaches Newt Heights, by Frank Bruni

“Many politicians are full of themselves. Gingrich is overstuffed.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/dowd-the-pungent-aroma-of-paranoia.html?ref=opinion

The Pungent Aroma of Paranoia, by Maureen Dowd

“The president dwells on military homecomings, in life and on TV.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/friedman-help-wanted.html?ref=opinion

Help Wanted, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Looking for some leaders who know how to govern from the bottom up.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-believers-atheist.html?ref=opinion

The Believer’s Atheist, by Ross Douthat

“Christopher Hitchens and the Christians who loved him.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-when-marijuana-is-used-as-medicine.html?ref=opinion

Sunday Dialogue: When Marijuana Is Used as Medicine

Court Reverses Conviction of Man Jailed for 19 Years in Rape and Murder

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/us/air-quality-difficult-to-gauge-in-dustier-american-west.html?scp=1&sq=western&st=cse

Quality of Air? That’s as Murky as Western Sky

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/anarchist-anthropology.html?scp=1&sq=anarchist&st=cse

Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/buckley-william-f-buckley-jr-and-the-rise-of-american-conservatism-by-carl-t-bogus-book-review.html?scp=1&sq=buckley&st=cse

Buckley: William F. Buckley, Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism, by Carl T. Bogus

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/back-to-work-why-we-need-smart-government-for-a-strong-economy-by-bill-clinton-book-review.html?scp=2&sq=bill%20clinton&st=cse

Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy, by Bill Clinton

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/no-higher-honor-a-memoir-of-my-years-in-washington-by-condoleezza-rice-book-review.html?scp=4&sq=rice&st=cse

No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington, by Condoleezza Rice

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/life-upon-these-shores-looking-at-african-american-history-1513-2008-by-henry-louis-gates-jr-book-review.html?scp=1&sq=heroes%20victims&st=cse

Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/books/review/love-goes-to-buildings-on-fire-five-years-in-new-york-that-changed-music-forever-by-will-hermes-book-review.html?scp=1&sq=real%20live&st=cse

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever, by Will Hermes

Police Clear Occupy Encampments in Two Cities

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/as-public-sector-sheds-jobs-black-americans-are-hit-hard.html?scp=1&sq=public&st=cse

As Public Sector Sheds Jobs, Blacks Are Hit Hardest

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/education/surge-in-free-school-lunches-reflects-economic-crisis.html?scp=1&sq=meals&st=cse

Lines Grow Long for Free School Meals, Thanks to Economy

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/politics/tea-party-support-falls-even-in-strongholds-survey-finds.html?scp=2&sq=support&st=cse

Support for Tea Party Falls in Strongholds, Polls Show

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/politics/barney-frank-top-liberal-wont-seek-re-election.html?scp=2&sq=barney&st=cse

Barney Frank, a Top Liberal, Won’t Seek Re-election

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/politics/herman-cain-may-quit-after-affair-and-harassment-accusations.html?scp=9&sq=cain&st=cse

Cain, Support Eroding, Weighs Dropping Bid

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/business/judge-rejects-sec-accord-with-citi.html?scp=1&sq=s.e.c.&st=cse

Judge Blocks Citigroup Settlement With S.E.C.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/judge-says-lawsuit-against-gay-marriage-law-in-new-york-may-proceed.html?scp=1&sq=marriage&st=cse

Judge Says Suit to Void Marriage Act May Proceed

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/us/supreme-court-to-rule-on-drug-sentencing-fairness.html?scp=2&sq=fairness&st=cse

Justices to Decide on Fairness in Drug Sentences

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/technology/facebook-agrees-to-ftc-settlement-on-privacy.html?scp=1&sq=f.t.c.&st=cse

F.T.C. Settles Privacy Issue at Facebook

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/nyregion/city-council-to-sue-over-stricter-homeless-policy.html?scp=2&sq=city&st=cse

City Council Plans Suit Over Homeless Policy

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/us/michael-jacksons-doctor-sentenced-to-four-years.html?scp=2&sq=doctor&st=cse

Jackson’s Doctor Is Sentenced to Four Years

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/arts/ken-russell-controversial-director-dies-at-84.html?scp=1&sq=russell&st=cse

Ken Russell, Director Fond of Provocation, Dies at 84

For Occupying Protesters, Deadlines and Decisions

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/magazine/changing-rules-for-success.html?scp=1&sq=rules%20change&st=cse

When Did the Rules Change? The Dwindling Power of a College Degree

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/politics/television-attack-ads-aim-at-obama-early-and-often.html?scp=2&sq=attack&st=cse

TV Attack Ads Aim at Obama Early and Often

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/us/california-rail-project-advances-amid-cries-of-boondoggle.html?scp=1&sq=bullet&st=cse

California Bullet Train Project Advances Amid Cries of Boondoggle

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/the-not-so-invisible-empire.html?scp=2&sq=empire&st=cse

One Hundred Percent American: The Rebirth and Decline of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, by Thomas R. Pegram

Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930, by Kelly J. Baker

Local Food: No Elitist Plot, by Mark Bittman

“I’m not a jingoist, but I’d prefer that more of my food came from America.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/bruni-same-sex-marriage-and-blacks.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Race, Religion and Same-Sex Marriage, by Frank Bruni

“Can blacks and gays join together on matrimony?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/brooks-the-wrong-inequality.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The Wrong Inequality, by David Brooks

“Let’s put opportunity first.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/opinion/how-to-prop-up-the-euro.html?ref=opinion

How to Prop Up the Euro, by Steven Rattner

“The latest plan won’t be nearly enough.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/opinion/dowd-cain-not-able.html?ref=opinion

Cain Not Able, by Maureen Dowd

“At the other N.R.A., the Herminator was the Her-minator.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/opinion/the-road-ahead-for-occupy-wall-street.html?scp=1&sq=road%20ahead&st=cse

The Road Ahead for Occupy Wall Street

America’s ‘Primal Scream,’ by Nicholas D. Kristof

“The inequality that is angering protesters may also be damaging our economy.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/sunday-review/wall-street-protest-shows-power-of-place.html?ref=opinion

The Power of Place in Protest, by Michael Kimmelman

“The virtual world is one thing; on the ground is an architecture of consciousness. Occupy Wall Street is a reminder of the civic ideal of public space, and how far modernity has drifted from it.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/sunday-review/whatever-happened-to-global-warming.html?ref=opinion

Where Did Global Warming Go?, by Elisabeth Rosenthal

“Even as other countries take action, the issue is fading from the American agenda. America lags as India and China pursue aggressive steps on climate.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/lets-admit-it-globalization-has-losers.html?ref=opinion

Let’s Admit It: Globalization Has Losers, by Steven Rattner

“Manufacturing jobs won’t come back. We need to focus on our service industries.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/sunday-review/college-diversity-nears-its-last-stand.html?ref=opinion

College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand, by Adam Liptak

“The Supreme Court may overturn university affirmative action.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/bruni-huntsman-a-nice-guy-finishing-last.html?ref=opinion

Nice Guy Finishing Last, by Frank Bruni

“In a blistering political climate, cooler heads don’t prevail.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/friedman-a-progressive-in-the-age-of-austerity.html?ref=opinion

A Progressive in the Age of Austerity, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago is executing his ‘cut and invest’ philosophy.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/how-medicare-fails-the-elderly.html?ref=opinion

How Medicare Fails the Elderly, by Jane Gross

“It doesn’t pay for what most patients need or want.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/opinion/sunday/sunday-dialogue-the-wall-street-protest.html?ref=opinion

Sunday Dialogue: The Wall Street Protest

“Is the perceived lack of a clear leader and agenda a shortcoming, or a key to the movement’s appeal?”

The grotesque murder of Troy Davis by the state of Georgia and corruption on Wall Street may have been separate issues, but last night the separation ended, at least temporarily. Occupy Wall Street, which had been showing solidarity with Davis, converged with a march in support of Troy Davis in a cathartic and compelling moment that the police did not expect. More than a thousand people were now overrunning the streets of lower Manhattan, and they were able to push their way on to Wall Street together

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Davis Is Executed in Georgia

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/politics/justice-dept-is-accused-of-misleading-public-on-patriot-act.html?scp=2&sq=patriot&st=cse

Public Said to Be Misled on Use of the Patriot Act

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/young-adults-make-gains-in-health-insurance-coverage.html?scp=7&sq=health&st=cse

Young Adults Make Gains in Health Insurance Coverage

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/judge-rejects-challenge-to-voting-rights-law-by-county-in-alabama.html?scp=2&sq=judge&st=cse

Judge Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights Law by County in Alabama

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/politics/lobbyists-line-up-to-sway-debt-reducing-special-committee.html?scp=2&sq=lobbyists&st=cse

Lobbyists Line Up to Sway Special Committee

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/politics/house-defeats-stopgap-spending-bill-with-disaster-relief-hanging-in-the-balance.html?scp=6&sq=g.o.p.&st=cse

House Rebukes G.O.P. Leaders Over Spending

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/business/fed-to-shift-400-billion-in-holdings-to-spur-growth.html?scp=3&sq=fed&st=cse

Fed Will Shift Debt Holdings to Lift Growth

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/nyregion/one-in-five-new-york-city-residents-living-in-poverty.html?scp=10&sq=recession&st=cse

One in Five New York City Residents Living in Poverty

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/nyregion/american-folk-art-museum-to-stay-open.html?scp=1&sq=folk&st=cse

With Help From Friends, Folk Art Museum Will Stay Open

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/arts/music/rem-breaks-up-after-31-years-as-a-band.html?scp=3&sq=r.e.m.&st=cse

The End of R.E.M., and They Feel Fine

40 years later, we come back to commemorate this struggle against the historical backdrop of a people who have been so terrorized and traumatized and stigmatized that we have been taught to be scared, intimidated, always afraid, distrustful of one another, and disrespectful of one another. But the Attica’s rebellion was a countermove in that direction. I call it the niggerization of a people, not just black people, because America been niggerized since 9/11. When you’re niggerized, you’re unsafe, unprotected, subject to random violence, hated for who you are. You become so scared that you defer to the powers that be, and you’re willing to consent to your own domination

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What the Left Doesn’t Understand About Obama

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/us/politics/04repubs.html?scp=2&sq=candidates&st=cse

Republican Candidates Turn Attacks on One Another

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/us/politics/04governors.html?scp=1&sq=g.o.p.&st=cse

G.O.P. Candidates’ Stances on Health Care Mask Their Records as Governors

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/science/earth/04air.html?scp=3&sq=president&st=cse

Stung by the President on Air Quality, Environmentalists Weigh Their Options

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/books/review/the-persistence-of-the-color-line-by-randall-kennedy-book-review.html?sq=black&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Prsidency, by Randall Kennedy

The Truth Behind Stop-and-Frisk

“A court needs to take a very hard look at the police tactic.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/opinion/dont-fear-islamic-law-in-america.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Don’t Fear Islamic Law in America, by Eliyahu Stern

“Today’s crusade against Shariah looks like the anti-Semitism of old.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/opinion/on-race-the-silence-is-bipartisan.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

On Race, The Silence is Bipartisan, by Demond S. King and Rogers M. Smith

“Colorblind policies are not enough to close the widening divide.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/03/opinion/blow-an-ode-to-teachers.html?ref=opinion

In Honor of Teachers, by Charles M. Blow

“To get our best to teach, we need to pay the profession some respect.”

Legislature in California Set to Pass a Dream Act

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/new-questions-and-old-surround-palins-iowa-trip/?pagemode=print

New Questions, and Old, Surround Palin’s Iowa Trip

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/buffett-investment-could-erode-confidence-in-wall-st/?scp=3&sq=buffett&st=cse

Buffett Investment Could Erode Confidence in Big Banks

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/business/energy-environment/solyndra-solar-firm-aided-by-federal-loans-shuts-doors.html?scp=2&sq=solar&st=cse

Solar Firm Aided by Federal Loans Shuts Doors

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/nyregion/racial-profiling-case-against-new-york-police-is-allowed-to-proceed.html?scp=7&sq=judge&st=cse

Judge Declines to Dismiss Case Alleging Racial Profiling by City Police in Street Stops

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http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/scientology-strikes-back-at-the-new-yorker/?pagemode=print

Scientology Strikes Back at The New Yorker

U.S. Moves to Block AT&T Merger with T-Mobile

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31floods.html?scp=3&sq=rank&st=cse

Hurricane Cost Seen as Ranking Among Top Ten

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/bullying-law-puts-new-jersey-schools-on-spot.html?scp=2&sq=bullying&st=cse

Bullying Law Puts New Jersey Schools on Spot

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31guns.html?scp=2&sq=gun&st=cse

Gun Inquiry Costs Officials Their Jobs

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/us/31census.html?scp=1&sq=minorities&st=cse

Minorities Lead Growth in Biggest Cities

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/zone-for-911-compensation-fund-is-expanded-in-manhattan.html?scp=5&sq=boundary&st=cse

Zone for 9/11 Compensation in Lower Manhattan Is Expanded

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http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/charities-struggle-with-smaller-wall-st-donations/?scp=2&sq=philanthropy&st=cse

Charities Struggle With Smaller Wall Street Donations