Republican Runs Street People on Green Ticket

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07illinois.html?hpw=&pagewanted=print

Fed Up With Politics, and Politicians, in Illinois

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07delaware.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=print

A Rallying Cry Amid Attack Ads in Delaware

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07arizona.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=print

In Arizona, Corn With Politics on the Side

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/us/politics/07clerks.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

Polarization of Supreme Court Is Reflected in Justices’ Clerks

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/nyregion/07term.html?sq=new yorkers&st=cse&scp=3&pagewanted=print

New Yorkers Strongly Back Shorter Term Limits

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/education/07teachers.html?sq=teachers&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

In a New Role, Teachers Move to Run Schools

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/07/business/07gift.html?sq=soros&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

Soros to Donate $100 Million to Rights Group

Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/05/cnn-poll-number-of-people-who-say-economy-in-very-poor-shape-on-rise/#more-120685

CNN Poll: More People Blame G.O.P. For Economic Situation

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/weekinreview/05tanenhaus.html?sq=god&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print

God and Politics, Together Again

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/technology/internet/05craigs.html?sq=craigslist&st=cse&scp=4&pagewanted=print

Craigslist Blocks Access to ‘Adult Services’ Pages

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/05rfk.html?scp=3&sq=kennedy&st=cse

Intended as Tribute, Criticized as Extravagance

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Frum-t.html?sq=unhappy&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

Right Star Rising: A New Politics, 1974-1980, by Laura Kalman

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/books/review/Handy-t.html?sq=dylan&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

Bob Dylan in America, by Sean Wilentz

“…Created in Norway three decades ago, Olweus (pronounced ol-VEY-us) is one of the few anti-bullying programs with documented results. Its goal is to change the very culture of a school — to convince all students and adults, parents included, that they’re responsible for treating each other well…”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/05/a_school_culture_that_exposes_bullies?mode=PF

“…The great teachers are the ones who ignite you with their own passion for a subject. They show you who you are and where you might be going. They’re the ones you remember all your life, long after the test scores have been forgotten….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/09/03/a_teaching_moment?mode=PF

Obama Declares an End to Combat Mission in Iraq

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/world/asia/01gasattack.html?sq=poison&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print

Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/business/energy-environment/01champagne.html?scp=2&sq=champagne&st=cse

A Greener Champagne Bottle

“….Soon, not only the so-called “best’’ colleges but also state schools will be beyond the reach of the middle class. Obama should use the full power of his office to make clear that colleges cannot keep pushing up the cost of the American Dream….”….BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/31/a_crisis_of_spiraling_tuition?mode=PF

“…Our almost mythic belief that education at a prestige institution will guarantee future success drives parents to any strategy that is affordable — and many that aren’t — regardless of whether this is good for their children….”….BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/27/fulfillment_in_failure?mode=PF

A Gulf Science Blackout, by Linda Hooper-Bui

“Is independent spill research being undermined?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25stansell.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

A Forgotten Fight for Suffrage, by Christine Stansell

“How the South resisted ratifying the 19th Amendment.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/opinion/25friedman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Steal This Movie, Too, by Thomas L. Friedman

“Education’s heroes are already showing the way.”

“…The criminal case against six alleged bullies, now winding through the courts of central Massachusetts, wasn’t just a quest for justice in the case of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old who hanged herself last winter after months of high school torment. It felt like a victory for victims past and present, a step toward eradicating teenage cruelty….”…BS

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/08/22/the_real_work_against_bullying?mode=PF

“…Innovative small schools are cultivating the skills of inquiry, problem solving, and creative thinking that our democracy and our economy desperately need….”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/vision/147796/meet_the_educators_fighting_to_restore_a_sense_of_civic_duty_in_school_kids

Appeasing the Bond Gods, by Paul Krugman

“Imaginary threats, all-too-real sacrifices.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/opinion/20tough.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Don’t Drop Out of School Innovation, by Paul Tough

“Congress should finance unproven but promising education experiments.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/opinion/20budiansky.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Math Lessons for Locavores, by Stephen Budiansky

“Transporting food from far away actually uses up very little energy.”

“…Fundamentalist evangelists are hiding their religious agenda to sneak into public schools and preach to a captive audience of students….”…BS

http://www.alternet.org/teaparty/147794/evangelicals’_stealth_mission_to_sneak_jesus_into_our_public_schools/

Colorado Races Test Voters’ Anger

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/nyregion/09lamont.html?sq=lamont&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

Lamont Moves to Center in Connecticut Race

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/nyregion/09conn.html?sq=connecticut&st=cse&scp=4&pagewanted=print

In Connecticut, a New Level of Intensity for Primaries

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09students.html?sq=deportations&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print

Students Spared Amid an Increase in Deportations

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/us/09manning.html?sq=leak&st=cse&scp=3&pagewanted=print

Early Struggles of Soldier Charged in Leak Case

Does anyone doubt that once a society ceases to be able to afford schools, public transit, paved roads, libraries and street lights — or once it chooses not to be able to afford those things in pursuit of imperial priorities and the maintenance of a vast Surveillance and National Security State — that a very serious problem has arisen, that things have gone seriously awry, that imperial collapse, by definition, is an imminent inevitability?

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Putting Our Brains On Hold, by Bob Herbert

“America loses its lead in college-level achievement.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/opinion/07collins.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Yankee Doodle Daffy, by Gail Collins

“Connecticut, land of ill-gotten paneling.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/opinion/07blow.html?ref=opinion

Haiti’s (Would Be) Hip-Hop President, by Charles M. Blow

“The question for Wyclef is: ‘Why, Clef?’”

Senate Confirms Kagan in Partisan Vote

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/politics/06endowment.html?scp=1&sq=lawmakers&st=cse

Corporate Funds Aid Centers Tied to Lawmakers

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/politics/06prop.html?scp=5&sq=ruling&st=cse

Gay Marriage Ruling a Challenge for Both Parties

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/us/06assess.html?ref=politics&pagewanted=print

In Same-Sex Ruling, an Eye on the Supreme Court

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/science/earth/06wolf.html?sq=wolves&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=print

Judge Orders Protection for Wolves in 2 States

In Iowa Tour (Already), Republican Tests His Voice

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/us/02guard.html?sq=buildup&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print

Border Deployment Will Take Weeks

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?sq=students&st=cse&scp=1&pagewanted=print

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/technology/02tumblr.html?dbk=&pagewanted=print

Media Companies Try Getting Social With Tumblr

Breaking a Promise on Surveillance

“The administration’s request…is an unnecessary and disappointing step backward toward more intrusive surveillance from a president who promised something very different during the 2008 campaign.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29thu1.html?ref=editorials&pagewanted=print

Showdown in Arizona

“The federal judge who ruled on Arizona’s tragic, noxious new immigration law on Wednesday did not stop all of it from taking effect Thursday, but she preliminarily halted the worst of it.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/opinion/30krugman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Curbing Your Enthusiasm, by Paul Krugman

“Obama, his enemies and his supporters.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/opinion/30brooks.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Growth Imperative, by David Brooks

“Mix & match from R & D.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/30/opinion/30neidermeyer.html?ref=opinion

G.M.’s Electric Lemon, by Edward Niedermeyer

“The worst thing about the Volt? As a taxpayer, you’ve already bought it.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29kristof.html?ref=nicholasdkristof&pagewanted=print

1 Soldier Or 20 Schools?, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“America’s focus on weapons has gotten a bit out of balance.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/29/opinion/29wilentz.html?ref=contributors&pagewanted=print

In Haiti, A Lesson For U.S. Health Care, by James Wilentz

“Partnerships for public and private providers could work here, too.”

Addicted to Bush, by Paul Krugman

“The love that never went away.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Moral Naturalists, by David Brooks

“Grounding virtue in the day to day.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23engel.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

There’s Only One Way to Stop a Bully, by Susan Engel and Marlene Sandstrom

“Teach students kindness, along with algebra and history.”