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		<title>NYT (8): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/09/08/nyt-8-national-news-43/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama rejects compromise over end to Bush tax cuts; In midterms, statehouses may be key; Clergy group voices concern over religious intolerance; Daley will not run again - will Emanuel take the bait?; Rangel finds both love and not-so on campaign trail; Spitzer reverses, backs Cuomo; A right-wing Michael Moore takes on Obama; and Mark David Chapman denied parole again.]]></description>
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<p>Obama Is Against a Compromise on Bush Tax Cuts</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08legislature.html?scp=1&#038;sq=statehouse&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08legislature.html?scp=1&#038;sq=statehouse&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>State Gains Would Give Redistricting Edge to G.O.P.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/08muslim.html?sq=religious&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/08muslim.html?sq=religious&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Concern Is Voiced Over Religious Intolerance</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08daley.html?sq=chicago&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08daley.html?sq=chicago&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Chicago’s ‘Mayor for Life’ Decides Not to Run</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/nyregion/08rangel.html?sq=rangel&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/nyregion/08rangel.html?sq=rangel&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Rangel Hits the Streets, Finding Love and Aversion</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/spitzer-once-dubious-now-supports-cuomo/?pagemode=print">http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/spitzer-once-dubious-now-supports-cuomo/?pagemode=print</a></p>
<p>Spitzer, Once Dubious, Now Supports Cuomo</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/movies/08griggs.html?sq=I want your money&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/movies/08griggs.html?sq=I want your money&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/nyregion/08lennon.html?sq=lennon&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/nyregion/08lennon.html?sq=lennon&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Lennon’s Killer Is Denied Parole for the 6th Time</p>
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		<title>NYT (7): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/09/05/nyt-7-national-news-55/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Dems plan "political triage" to keep House, a new poll finds more people blame GOP for current economic situation; "God and politics, together again"; Craigslist finally shuts down adult svcs section; New RFK school criticized; a new book on the Ford-Carter years; and a new book on Bob Dylan.]]></description>
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<p>Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/05/cnn-poll-number-of-people-who-say-economy-in-very-poor-shape-on-rise/#more-120685">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/05/cnn-poll-number-of-people-who-say-economy-in-very-poor-shape-on-rise/#more-120685</a></p>
<p>CNN Poll: More People Blame G.O.P. For Economic Situation</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05tanenhaus.html?sq=god&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05tanenhaus.html?sq=god&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>God and Politics, Together Again</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/technology/internet/05craigs.html?sq=craigslist&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/technology/internet/05craigs.html?sq=craigslist&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Craigslist Blocks Access to ‘Adult Services’ Pages</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/05rfk.html?scp=3&#038;sq=kennedy&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/05rfk.html?scp=3&#038;sq=kennedy&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Intended as Tribute, Criticized as Extravagance</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Frum-t.html?sq=unhappy&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Frum-t.html?sq=unhappy&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Right Star Rising: A New Politics, 1974-1980, by Laura Kalman</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Handy-t.html?sq=dylan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Handy-t.html?sq=dylan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Bob Dylan in America, by Sean Wilentz</p>
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		<title>NYT (4): Foreign Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/09/05/nyt-4-foreign-affairs-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Hillary's legacy tied up in peace talks?; As panicked Afghans make run on biggest bank, a look inside Karzai's "Corrupt-istan"; and a new book on American militarism.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/middleeast/05clinton.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;adxnnlx=1283702486-zSLkPZr6HRzC4hq9I3tMyQ&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/middleeast/05clinton.html?_r=1&#038;hp=&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;adxnnlx=1283702486-zSLkPZr6HRzC4hq9I3tMyQ&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>In Middle East Peace Talks, Clinton Faces a Crucial Test</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/asia/05kabul.html?hpw=&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/asia/05kabul.html?hpw=&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Afghanistan Tries to Help Nation’s Biggest Bank</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05filkins.html?hp=&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05filkins.html?hp=&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Loss of Faith in Afghan Leaders May Hurt Push Against Taliban</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Bass-t.html?sq=endless&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Bass-t.html?sq=endless&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Washington Rules: America&#8217;s Path to Permanent War, by Andrew J. Bacevich</p>
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		<title>NYT (9): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/09/03/nyt-9-national-news-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYC Poll finds most want Islamic center moved [See my comment]; More on second oil platform explosion [Ed. Mea culpa: it wasn't BP]; Young voters refuse to identify as Democrats; In CA, it's Boxer v. Fiorina [See my comment]; AZ sheriff remains arrogant in face of Justice Dept investigation; In NYS, with Monserrate gone, sights are set on Espada; First eggs, now beef is recalled; A "convenient untruth?" (new "denier" film); and just in time for the immigration debate, Rodriguez' satiric, bloodspattering "Machete."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/nyregion/03poll.html?scp=3&#038;sq=wariness&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/nyregion/03poll.html?scp=3&#038;sq=wariness&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>New York Poll Finds Wariness for Muslim Site</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html?scp=2&#038;sq=oil&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03rig.html?scp=2&#038;sq=oil&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>An Oil Platform Burns, Blanketing the Gulf With Angst</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/politics/03students.html?_r=1&#038;scp=1&#038;sq=democrats&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/politics/03students.html?_r=1&#038;scp=1&#038;sq=democrats&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Fewer Young Voters See Themselves as Democrats</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03debate.html?sq=california&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03debate.html?sq=california&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Candidates for California Senate Seat Come to Debate Ready for Battle</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03sheriff.html?sq=sheriff&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/us/03sheriff.html?sq=sheriff&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Justice Dept. Sues Sheriff Over Bias Investigation</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/nyregion/03espada.html?sq=espada&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/nyregion/03espada.html?sq=espada&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Critics Root for Espada’s Exit, but He’s Dug In</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/business/03beef.html?sq=beef&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/business/03beef.html?sq=beef&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Beef Recall Heats Up Fight to Tighten Rules</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/cool-it-film-rival-to-an-inconvenient-truth-gets-a-u-s-distributor/?pagemode=print">http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/cool-it-film-rival-to-an-inconvenient-truth-gets-a-u-s-distributor/?pagemode=print</a></p>
<p>‘Cool It,’ Film Rival to ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Gets a U.S. Distributor</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/movies/03machete.html?scp=1&#038;sq=growl&#038;st=cse">http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/movies/03machete.html?scp=1&#038;sq=growl&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Growl, and Let the Severed Heads Fall Where They May</p>
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		<title>Markos Moulitsas: How Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/31/markos-moulitsas-how-sex-sin-and-power-bind-jihadists-to-the-radical-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Blaxill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markos has a new book out titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936227029?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=daikos-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1936227029">"The American Taliban: How Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right"</a> - Kos, along with Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald, is among the best progressive writers out there fighting the good fight - in his new book he addresses the similarities in the conservative Christian and Islamic political movements in areas such as sexuality, gender equality, separation of church and state, and the propensity to use voilence as a means to an end. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos-moulitsas-z/post_743_b_693281.html">Kos writes</a> that "on issue after issue, there is no daylight between the views of radical jihadists and the American radical right" -- you can buy his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936227029?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=daikos-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1936227029">here</a> - mab .. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos-moulitsas-z/post_743_b_693281.html">read more</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Markos has a new book out titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936227029?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=daikos-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1936227029">&#8220;The American Taliban: How Sex, Sin and Power Bind Jihadists to the Radical Right&#8221;</a> &#8211; Kos, along with Matt Taibbi, Jane Hamsher and Glenn Greenwald, is among the best progressive writers out there fighting the good fight &#8211; in his new book he addresses the similarities in the conservative Christian and Islamic political movements in areas such as sexuality, gender equality, separation of church and state, and the propensity to use voilence as a means to an end. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos-moulitsas-z/post_743_b_693281.html">Kos writes</a> that &#8220;on issue after issue, there is no daylight between the views of radical jihadists and the American radical right&#8221; &#8212; you can buy his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936227029?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=daikos-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1936227029">here</a> &#8211; mab .. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/markos-moulitsas-z/post_743_b_693281.html">read more</a></p>
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		<title>NYT (3): Int&#8217;l Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/29/nyt-3-intl-affairs-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Still playing games, Karzai fires prosecutor looking into corruption; New and dangerous nationalism emerges in Japan; and a new book re the status and future of nuclear weapons.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/world/asia/29afghan.html?_r=1&#038;sq=afghanistan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/world/asia/29afghan.html?_r=1&#038;sq=afghanistan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Graft-Fighting Prosecutor Fired in Afghanistan</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/world/asia/29japan.html?sq=japan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/world/asia/29japan.html?sq=japan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, by Richard Rhodes</p>
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		<title>NYT (4): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/22/nyt-4-national-news-53/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite economic uptick, small investors are leaving the stock market; Has gay marriage finally reached its no-turning-back point?; A profile of Joe Sestak, the "60th Democrat"; and a book about the beleaguered Washington Post.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/business/22invest.html?scp=2&#038;sq=investors&#038;st=cse</p>
<p>In Striking Shift, Small Investors Flee Stock Market</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22gay.html?scp=6&#038;sq=gay&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/weekinreview/22gay.html?scp=6&#038;sq=gay&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Over Time, a Gay Marriage Groundswell</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Sestak-t.html?sq=democrat&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Sestak-t.html?sq=democrat&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Espen-t.html?sq=miracle&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Espen-t.html?sq=miracle&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Morning Miracle: Inside the Washington Post: A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life, by Dave Kindred</p>
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		<title>NYT (5): Int&#8217;l Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/22/nyt-5-intl-affairs-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweden abruptly rescinds rape charges against Assange; Imam behind NYC Islamic center has difficult balancing act; Near-record Australian voting leaves no clear winner; A new book on Christianity vis-a-vis Islam; and a new book on the Balfour Declaration.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/europe/22wikileaks.html?_r=1&#038;sq=wikileaks&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/europe/22wikileaks.html?_r=1&#038;sq=wikileaks&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Sweden Adds to Drama Over Founder of WikiLeaks</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22imam.html?sq=imam&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22imam.html?sq=imam&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>For Imam in Muslim Center Furor, a Hard Balancing Act</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/asia/22australia.html?sq=australians&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/world/asia/22australia.html?sq=australians&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>No Clear Winner in Australian Voting</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Robinson-t.html?sq=christians&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Robinson-t.html?sq=christians&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Tenth Parallel: dispatches From the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, by Eliza Griswold</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Segev-t.html?sq=balfour&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/books/review/Segev-t.html?sq=balfour&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, by Jonathan Schneer</p>
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		<title>NYT (10): Int&#8217;l Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/18/nyt-10-intl-affairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. ENGAGES IN "SECRET ASSAULTS ON TERROR" ON TWO CONTINENTS; Pakistan floods leave 20 million homeless, may ultimately undermine basic stability; Do record flooding in Pakistan, heat in Russia, weather extremes in U.S. make the case for climate change?; Not surprisingly, Petreaus opposes early withdrawal in Afghanistan; Obama to continue easing travel to Cuba; Are planned Myanmar elections just a sop?; CHINA OVERTAKES JAPAN TO BECOME #2 GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWER; India joins UAE in plans to block Blackberrys; Muslim impresario bring MTV-style culture to Islamic world; and a new book on Winston Churchill.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/world/15shadowwar.html?sq=secret&#038;st=cse&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;scp=1&#038;adxnnlx=1282143633-OhPBwZI5KHdNt/peEfkyJw&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/world/15shadowwar.html?sq=secret&#038;st=cse&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;scp=1&#038;adxnnlx=1282143633-OhPBwZI5KHdNt/peEfkyJw&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?scp=9&#038;sq=pakistan&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/asia/17pstan.html?scp=9&#038;sq=pakistan&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Floods Could Have Lasting Impact for Pakistan</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/science/earth/15climate.html?scp=3&#038;sq=weather&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/science/earth/15climate.html?scp=3&#038;sq=weather&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>In Weather Chaos, a Case for Global Warming</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/world/asia/16petraeus.html?sq=afghanistan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/world/asia/16petraeus.html?sq=afghanistan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Petraeus Opposes a Rapid Pullout in Afghanistan</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/americas/17cuba.html?sq=cuba&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/world/americas/17cuba.html?sq=cuba&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>U.S. Said to Plan Easing Rules for Travel to Cuba</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/world/asia/14myanmar.html?sq=myanmar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/14/world/asia/14myanmar.html?sq=myanmar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Myanmar Junta Sets Election Date</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/business/global/16yuan.html?sq=japan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/business/global/16yuan.html?sq=japan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/technology/13rim.html?sq=india&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=10&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/technology/13rim.html?sq=india&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=10&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>India Warns It Will Block BlackBerry Traffic That It Can’t Monitor</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/magazine/15Pop-t.html?sq=islam&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/magazine/15Pop-t.html?sq=islam&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Islam’s Answer to MTV</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/books/review/Hari-t.html?_r=1&#038;sq=churchills&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/books/review/Hari-t.html?_r=1&#038;sq=churchills&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Churchill&#8217;s Empire: The World That Made Him and the World He Made, by Richard Toye</p>
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		<title>NYT (7+): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/08/nyt-7-national-news-51/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 15:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PROPOSED NYC ISLAMIC CENTER CREATES NATIONAL BACKLASH AGAINST MOSQUES; Defining "employed" down; Redefining "American"; Kagan sworn in; GOP mining McCain country; Can downsizing your life make you happy?; a new book on the Kerouac and Ginsberg letters; a biography of Karen Carpenter; and memoirs by Pat Benatar and Belinda Carlisle.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08mosque.html?_r=1&#038;hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08mosque.html?_r=1&#038;hp</a></p>
<p>Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/weekinreview/08schwartz.html?sq=jobless&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/weekinreview/08schwartz.html?sq=jobless&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Jobless and Staying That Way</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/weekinreview/08bai.html?sq=american&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/weekinreview/08bai.html?sq=american&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>I’m American. And You?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08kagan.html?sq=kagan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08kagan.html?sq=kagan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Kagan Is Sworn in as the Fourth Woman, and 112th Justice, on the Supreme Court</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/politics/08ohio.html?scp=1&#038;sq=g.o.p.&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/politics/08ohio.html?scp=1&#038;sq=g.o.p.&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>G.O.P. Seeks Democratic Seats on McCain Turf</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/business/08consume.html?sq=happy&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/business/08consume.html?sq=happy&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>But Will It Make You Happy?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/Bailey-t.html?sq=kerouac&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/Bailey-t.html?sq=kerouac&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters, Edited by Bill Morgan and David Stanford</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/Gavin-t.html?sq=carpenter&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/Gavin-t.html?sq=carpenter&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Little Girl Blue: the Life of Karen Carpenter, by Randy L. Schmidt</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/Light-t.html?sq=benatar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/review/Light-t.html?sq=benatar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Between A Heart and A Rock Place: A Memoir, by Pat Benatar, with Patsi Bale Cox</p>
<p>Lips Unsealed: A Memoir, by Belinda Carlisle</p>
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		<title>NYT (7): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/03/nyt-6-national-news-69/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The desperation of jobless losing benefits; Unsurprisngly, gulf crisis is worst maritime spill ever; NYC mosque clears another hurdle; Virginia lawsuit against Obamacare moves forward; Wikipedia uncowed by FBI threat; Backlash begins in Hollywood re 3D technology; and two new books on climate change.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03unemployed.html?scp=5&#038;sq=99&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03unemployed.html?scp=5&#038;sq=99&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>99 Weeks Later, Jobless Have Only Desperation</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03spill.html?sq=spill&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03spill.html?sq=spill&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Gulf Spill Is the Largest of Its Kind, Scientists Say</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/mosque-near-ground-zero-clears-key-hurdle/?hp">http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/mosque-near-ground-zero-clears-key-hurdle/?hp</a></p>
<p>Mosque Near Ground Zero Clears Key Hurdle</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03virginia.html?sq=virginia&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03virginia.html?sq=virginia&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Virginia Suit Against Health Care Law Moves Forward</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03fbi.html?sq=f.b.i.&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/us/03fbi.html?sq=f.b.i.&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>F.B.I., Challenging Use of Seal, Gets Back a Primer on the Law</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/business/media/03-3d.html?sq=3-D&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/business/media/03-3d.html?sq=3-D&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Resistance Forms Against Hollywood’s 3-D Push</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/books/03book.html?sq=warming&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/books/03book.html?sq=warming&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth, by Eric Pooley</p>
<p>The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet, by Heidi Cullen</p>
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		<title>NYT (6): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/01/nyt-6-national-news-68/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can Obama help most in the midterms by avoiding them?; Yet another example of Illinois' bizarre politics; Are wind farms too loud?; "Is the Appleseed Project just a rifle course...or a symptom of a growing hostility toward government?"; Twitter as expression of self; and two new books on Podhoretz and Commentary.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/us/politics/01obama.html?scp=2&#038;sq=midterms&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/us/politics/01obama.html?scp=2&#038;sq=midterms&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>To Help Democrats in the Fall, Obama May Stay Away</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/us/politics/01illinois.html?sq=illinois&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/us/politics/01illinois.html?sq=illinois&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>For One Senate Seat in Illinois, Two Elections on the Same Day</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/us/01wind.html?scp=1&#038;sq=turbines&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/us/01wind.html?scp=1&#038;sq=turbines&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Turbines Too Loud? Here, Take $5,000</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01Appleseed-t.html?sq=firing&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01Appleseed-t.html?sq=firing&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Firing Line</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01wwln-lede-t.html?sq=tweet&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01wwln-lede-t.html?sq=tweet&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>I Tweet, Therefore I Am</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/Linker-t.html?sq=podhoretz&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/Linker-t.html?sq=podhoretz&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Norman Podhoretz: A Biography, by Thomas L. Jeffers</p>
<p>Running Commentary: The Contentious Magazine That Transformed the Jewish Left Into the Neoconservative Right, by Benjamin Balint</p>
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		<title>NYT (4): Int&#8217;l Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/08/01/nyt-4-intl-affairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israeli airstrike kills Hamas official in response to rocket attack; Rethinking the Afghan war; Quiet tension at the India-China border; and a new book on the future of food fish.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/world/middleeast/01gaza.html?_r=1&#038;sq=airstrike&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/world/middleeast/01gaza.html?_r=1&#038;sq=airstrike&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Israeli Airstrike Kills a Hamas Official</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/weekinreview/01sanger.html?sq=rethinking&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/weekinreview/01sanger.html?sq=rethinking&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Rethinking the Afghanistan War’s What-Ifs</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/world/asia/01pass.html?sq=india&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/world/asia/01pass.html?sq=india&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/Sifton-t.html?sq=fish&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/books/review/Sifton-t.html?sq=fish&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food, by Paul Greenberg</p>
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		<title>NYT+ (8): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/07/25/nyt-8-national-news-39/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE MOST CONSERVATIVE SCOTUS IN DECADES; Bernie Sanders on oligarchy; Next DC battle - Bush tax cuts; Will Sherrod return?; Striking a balance b/w crime fighting and privacy re DNA; Record heat wave continues in much of the country; "The impossibility of erasing your online past"; and "Revolutionaries," a "new history" of America.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25roberts.html?scp=1&#038;sq=court&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25roberts.html?scp=1&#038;sq=court&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.buzzflash.com/print/11574">http://blog.buzzflash.com/print/11574</a></p>
<p>No To Oligarchy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/politics/25tax.html?scp=2&#038;sq=tax&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/politics/25tax.html?scp=2&#038;sq=tax&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Battle Looms in Washington Over Expiring Tax Cuts</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/politics/25resign.html?sq=returning&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/politics/25resign.html?sq=returning&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Ex-Official Is Reflecting on Returning</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/business/25stream.html?sq=genetic&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/business/25stream.html?sq=genetic&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>In Fighting Crime, How Wide Should a Genetic Net Reach?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25heatlede.html?scp=1&#038;sq=scorching&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25heatlede.html?scp=1&#038;sq=scorching&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>The Heat Goes On, Scorching Much of the Nation</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?sq=forgetting&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?sq=forgetting&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Web Means the End of Forgetting</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/books/review/Anderson-t.html?sq=revolutionaries&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/books/review/Anderson-t.html?sq=revolutionaries&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America, by Jack Rakove</p>
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		<title>NYT (2): Foreign Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/07/25/nyt-2-foreign-affairs-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re Cuba-u.S. relations, culture beats back embargo; and a new book on the Dreyfus Affair.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/americas/25cuba.html?_r=1&#038;sq=cubans&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/world/americas/25cuba.html?_r=1&#038;sq=cubans&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Artists See Increase in U.S.-Cuba Cultural Exchanges</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/books/review/Damrosch-t.html?sq=dreyfus&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/books/review/Damrosch-t.html?sq=dreyfus&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Dreyfus: Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century, by Ruth Harris</p>
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		<title>NYT (5): Foreign Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/07/18/nyt-5-foreign-affairs-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two young aides bring the State Dept. into the digital age; Global gay pride comes to Warsaw; Guatamalan rain forest threatened; a new book on the politics of global warming; and two new books re Iran.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18web2-0-t.html?_r=1&#038;sq=digital&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18web2-0-t.html?_r=1&#038;sq=digital&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Digital Diplomacy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/europe/18poland.html?sq=warsaw&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/europe/18poland.html?sq=warsaw&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Gay Parade in Warsaw Meets Jeers From Some</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/americas/18guatemala.html?sq=forest&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/world/americas/18guatemala.html?sq=forest&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Ranchers and Drug Barons Threaten Rain Forest</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/business/18shelf.html?sq=global&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/business/18shelf.html?sq=global&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>To the Mat on Global Warming</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/books/review/Moaveni-t.html?sq=dictator&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/books/review/Moaveni-t.html?sq=dictator&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Death to the Dictator: A Young Man Casts a Vote in Iran&#8217;s 2009 Election and Pays a Devastating price, by Afsaneh Moqadam</p>
<p>Between Two Worlds: My Life and Captivity in iran, by Roxana Saberi</p>
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		<title>NYT (5): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/07/04/nyt-5-national-news-58/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is America's social fabric fraying?; The founder of "peace studies" dies; Oil industry continues to reap billions from subsidies; Two books on Eliot Spitzer; and a book on Facebook.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/weekinreview/04Goodman.html?scp=1&#038;sq=rupture&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/weekinreview/04Goodman.html?scp=1&#038;sq=rupture&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>The Great Rupture</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/us/02boulding.html?scp=1&#038;sq=elise&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/us/02boulding.html?scp=1&#038;sq=elise&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Elise Boulding, Peace Scholar, Dies at 89</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/business/04bptax.html?sq=oil&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/business/04bptax.html?sq=oil&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Billions From Subsidies</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Confessore-t.html?sq=ungoverned&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Confessore-t.html?sq=ungoverned&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, by Peter Elkind</p>
<p>Journal of the Plague Year: An Insider&#8217;s Chronicle of Eliot Spitzer&#8217;s Short and Tragic Reign, by Lloyd Constantine</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Pogue-t.html?sq=database&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/books/review/Pogue-t.html?sq=database&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World, by David Kirkpatrick</p>
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		<title>Marla Miller&#8217;s &#8216;Besty Ross and the Making of America,&#8217; review by Marjoleine Kars</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Swiggard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marla Miller  &#124;  Sunday, July 4, 2010  &#124;  The Washington Post
&#8220;&#8230;While we know that by 1777 Ross worked as a flagmaker for the revolutionary government of Pennsylvania, the archival record does not support the notion of just one maker of the Continental flag. Rather, Miller reminds us, the flag, &#8220;like [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Marla Miller  |  Sunday, July 4, 2010  |  The Washington Post</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;While we know that by 1777 Ross worked as a flagmaker for the revolutionary government of Pennsylvania, the archival record does not support the notion of just one maker of the Continental flag. Rather, Miller reminds us, the flag, &#8220;like the Revolution it represents, was the work of many hands.&#8221;&#8230;.&#8221;&#8230;BS.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070203991_pf.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070203991_pf.html</a></p>
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		<title>NYT (12): National News</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As NYS prepares to use new voting machines, a lawsuit is filed over flaws; SCOTUS (i) strengthens 2nd Amendment; (ii) offers head-scratching ruling re tobacco, (iii) offers other decisions; "Labor" just can't get a break; Robert Byrd dies, and what that means for Dems; Obama reverses Bush space policy; Blago trial opens with wiretaps but no pizza; Bloomberg is not living up to "diversity" in staff; Online bullying becomes increasingly serious issue; and new books on geoengineering.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/nyregion/28vote.html?sq=ballot&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/nyregion/28vote.html?sq=ballot&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>New Ballot Machines Are Flawed, Suit Says</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29scotus.html?sq=justices&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29scotus.html?sq=justices&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Justices Extend Firearm Rights in 5-to-4 Ruling</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/business/29tobacco.html?sq=tobacco&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/business/29tobacco.html?sq=tobacco&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Supreme Court Rejects Appeals of Tobacco Ruling</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29court.html?sq=discriminate&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29court.html?sq=discriminate&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Justices Rule Against Group That Excludes Gay Students</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/business/28union.html?sq=labor&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/business/28union.html?sq=labor&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Labor’s New Critics: Old Allies in Elected Office</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/politics/29byrd.html?sq=pillar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/politics/29byrd.html?sq=pillar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Robert C. Byrd, a Pillar of the Senate, Dies at 92</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/politics/29cong.html?ref=politics&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/politics/29cong.html?ref=politics&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Death of Byrd Complicates Democrats’ Strategy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/science/space/29orbit.html?sq=space&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/science/space/29orbit.html?sq=space&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Obama Reverses Bush’s Space Policy</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29blago.html?sq=wishful&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/us/29blago.html?sq=wishful&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Blagojevich Tapes Show Tactical Maneuvering and Wishful Thinking</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29diversity.html?sq=diversity&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/nyregion/29diversity.html?sq=diversity&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Mayor Falls Far Short of a Vow on Diversity</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/style/28bully.html?sq=bullies&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/style/28bully.html?sq=bullies&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Online Bullies Pull Schools Into the Fray</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/science/29scibks.html?sq=tomorrow&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/science/29scibks.html?sq=tomorrow&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>When the Day After Tomorrow Has Come</p>
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		<title>NYT (5+): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/06/27/nyt-5-national-news-56/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of judge's decision, Prop 8 case is likely to go to SCOTUS; Kagan hearings may also be about Roberts and Obama; What might a "liberal court" look like?; Cannabis meets capitalism; and five new books on economics, including Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, hedge funds, and Roubini on "the future of finance."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/27prop8.html?sq=gay&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/27prop8.html?sq=gay&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Both Sides in California’s Gay Marriage Fight See a Long Court Battle Ahead</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/politics/27kagan.html?sq=kagan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/us/politics/27kagan.html?sq=kagan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Kagan Hearings May Have Wider Focus</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/magazine/27Court-sub-t.html?sq=liberal&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/magazine/27Court-sub-t.html?sq=liberal&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Imagining a Liberal Court</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/business/27pot.html?sq=cannabis&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/business/27pot.html?sq=cannabis&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>When Capitalism Meets Cannabis</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Barrett-t.html?sq=prophet&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Barrett-t.html?sq=prophet&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance, by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Salmon-t.html?sq=bear stearns&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Salmon-t.html?sq=bear stearns&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns, by Alan C. Greenberg and Mark Singer</p>
<p>Chasing Goldman Sachs: How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street Down&#8230;and Why They&#8217;ll Take Us to the Brink Again, by Suzanne McGee</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Freeland-t.html?sq=hedge&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Freeland-t.html?sq=hedge&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite, by Sebastian Mallaby</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Bowley-t.html?sq=legends&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Bowley-t.html?sq=legends&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Devil&#8217;s Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High-Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, by Vicky Ward</p>
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		<title>NYT (4): Global Affairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between oil spills and hunting, the bluefin may be near extinction; Guinea will have first free elections in over 50 years; Price tag for security for Canadian summits - $12 million per hour; and two new books on Islam and Middle East politics.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/magazine/27Tuna-t.html?sq=tuna&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/magazine/27Tuna-t.html?sq=tuna&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Tuna&#8217;s End</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/world/africa/27guinea.html?sq=guinea&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/world/africa/27guinea.html?sq=guinea&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Guineans Revel in Prospect of First Free Vote</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/business/global/27security.html?sq=security&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/business/global/27security.html?sq=security&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Canada Agog at Security Price Tag for Summit</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Rodenbeck-t.html?sq=muslim&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Rodenbeck-t.html?sq=muslim&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East, by Bernard Lewis</p>
<p>Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, by Fred. M. Donner</p>
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		<title>NYT (4): Foreign Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/06/25/nyt-4-foreign-affairs-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will firing of McChrystal lead to change in strategy?; Will China buy its own products?; Pakistan sentences five American Muslims to 10 years; and Oliver Stone's new film about Chavez et al.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/europe/25petraeus.html?sq=afghan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/europe/25petraeus.html?sq=afghan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>As Generals Change, Afghan Debate Narrows to 2 Powerful Voices</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25china.html?sq=china&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25china.html?sq=china&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>China’s Export Economy Begins Turning Inward</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25pstan.html?sq=pakistani&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/world/asia/25pstan.html?sq=pakistani&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Pakistan Sentences Five Americans in Terror Case</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/movies/25south.html?scp=2&#038;sq=border&#038;st=cse">http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/movies/25south.html?scp=2&#038;sq=border&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>South of the Border</p>
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		<title>NYT (8): National News</title>
		<link>http://www.michaelbutler.com/blog/civic/2010/06/20/nyt-8-national-news-36/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime stats do not support immigration hyperbole; Salazar in the crosshairs re MMS; Bill Clinton praises Kagan; A family portrait of the Kagans; A timely new book on...oil; how English became "the world's language"; and a young adult book on Joe McCarthy.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20crime.html?sq=border&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20crime.html?sq=border&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>On Border Violence, Truth Pales Compared to Ideas</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20team.html?sq=salazar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/20team.html?sq=salazar&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Cleanups of Spill and an Agency Test Salazar</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/politics/20clinton.html?sq=clinton&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/us/politics/20clinton.html?sq=clinton&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Bill Clinton Speaks Out on Kagan</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/nyregion/20kagans.html?sq=kagans&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/nyregion/20kagans.html?sq=kagans&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=3&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Kagan Family: Left-Leaning and Outspoken</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20fFOB-WWLN-t.html?sq=dysregulation&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20fFOB-WWLN-t.html?sq=dysregulation&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Dysregulation Nation</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20shelf.html?sq=perspective&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/20shelf.html?sq=perspective&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century, by Tom Bower</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Blount-t.html?sq=globish&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Blount-t.html?sq=globish&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Globish: How the English Language Became the World&#8217;s Language, by Robert McCrum</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Heller3-t.html?sq=mccarthy&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Heller3-t.html?sq=mccarthy&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy, by James Cross Giblin</p>
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		<title>NYT (3): Foreign Affairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building self-government in Afghanistan; China agrees to rise in its currency; and a new book "fact-checks" War and Peace.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Afghanistan-t.html?sq=afghanistan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Afghanistan-t.html?sq=afghanistan&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Afghanistan’s Civic War</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/global/20yuan.html?sq=china&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/business/global/20yuan.html?sq=china&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=4&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>China Signals a Gradual Rise in Value of Its Currency</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Mazower-t.html?sq=napoleon&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/books/review/Mazower-t.html?sq=napoleon&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of &#8220;War and Peace,&#8221; by Dominic Lieven</p>
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		<title>NYT (16): National News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Alterman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OBAMA OUT-BUSHING BUSH ON MEDIA LEAKS; What 'Moby Dick' and the oil spill have in common; Call for inquiry into S. Carolina primary; Kagan may have to recuse in half of SCOTUS cases; Crist vetoes ultrasound bill; VAWA protections extended to gay couples; GOP thwarted in attempt to stop carbon limits; Why won't Obama lead his party?; 9/11 workers get larger settlement; Must blogs reveal product placements?; The connection between animal abuse and other crimes; Are we getting closer to a meeting of the (human and computer) minds?; New books on "American hubris," neoconservatism, Custer's final battle, and the Comanches; and a D.C. exhibition about "performers, politics and pop culture."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/us/politics/12leak.html?sq=obama&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/us/politics/12leak.html?sq=obama&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Obama Takes a Hard Line Against Leaks to Press</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/weekinreview/13kennedy.html?sq=ahab&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/weekinreview/13kennedy.html?sq=ahab&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Ahab Parallax: ‘Moby Dick’ and the Spill</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11greene.html?sq=carolina&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=6&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11greene.html?sq=carolina&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=6&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Investigation Is Sought Into Primary in S. Carolina</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9009/13937740/Kagan_would_sit_out_some_big_Supreme_Court_cases">http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/9009/13937740/Kagan_would_sit_out_some_big_Supreme_Court_cases</a></p>
<p>Kagan Would Sit Out Some Big Supreme Court Cases</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/us/politics/12ultrasound.html?sq=florida&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/us/politics/12ultrasound.html?sq=florida&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=5&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Florida Governor Vetoes Abortion Bill</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11gender.html?sq=gay&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11gender.html?sq=gay&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Gay Couples Gain Under Violence Against Women Act</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11epa.html?sq=carbon&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/us/politics/11epa.html?sq=carbon&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Senate Rejects Republican Effort to Thwart Carbon Limits</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/magazine/13midterms-t.html?sq=democrat&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/magazine/13midterms-t.html?sq=democrat&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Democrat in Chief?</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/nyregion/11zero.html?sq=9/11&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/nyregion/11zero.html?sq=9/11&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Ground Zero Deal Gives Plaintiffs $712.5 Million</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/weekinreview/13goodman.html?sq=blogs&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/weekinreview/13goodman.html?sq=blogs&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=2&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Now in Blogs, Product Placement</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/magazine/13dogfighting-t.html?sq=animal&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/magazine/13dogfighting-t.html?sq=animal&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Animal-Cruelty Syndrome</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html?scp=1&#038;sq=merely&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/business/13sing.html?scp=1&#038;sq=merely&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Merely Human? That’s So Yesterday</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/books/review/Gelb-t.html?sq=icarus&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/books/review/Gelb-t.html?sq=icarus&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris, by Peter Beinart</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/books/review/Gewen-t.html?sq=neoconservatism&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/books/review/Gewen-t.html?sq=neoconservatism&#038;st=cse&#038;scp=1&#038;pagewanted=print</a></p>
<p>Neoconservatism: The Biography of a Movement, by Justin Vaisse</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn, by Nathaniel Philbrick</p>
<p>Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History, by S.C. Gwynne</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/arts/design/12hope.html?scp=1&#038;sq=hope&#038;st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/arts/design/12hope.html?scp=1&#038;sq=hope&#038;st=cse</a></p>
<p>Hope For America: Performers, Politics and Pop Culture</p>
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