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The Week is the name taken by three weekly newsmagazines founded in the United Kingdom. All three iterations of the magazine were noted for a witty, trenchant and political review of events[citation needed], and employed an approach that summarizes and contextualizes news and opinion writing from other publications. The Week is currently published in both UK and U.S. editions by Dennis Publishing Ltd.. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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The GOP decline starts Phase Two
Republicans seem to be enjoying their August delirium and perhaps they should. For them, it only gets worse from here as the economy improves and Democrats ride growth—and ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Republicans' Paranoid Style
What were the protests supposedly about? Taxes and government spending. But in fact, the President's economic program has already cut taxes for 95 percent of Americans—and ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The vanishing shopping mall
Enclosed shopping centers, long the cathedrals of American consumerism, are closing their doors by the hundreds as the recession continues to clobber retail sales. Is ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The crisis -- and Geithner plan -- explained
Q: But at least some economists know how to fix this, right? A: We think so. We recommend four things: (a) The Federal Reserve should purchase Treasury bonds for cash in as ...Posted by Kelly Garrett -
Is writing for the rich?
It’s not obvious how young writers without accommodating, well-to-do parents or a trust from gramps make it these days. Surely they can’t spend a year or two blogging ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
End Times for Reaganism
But now McCain is learning the hard way, even if he won’t yet admit it, that the Reagan playbook’s time has come and gone. The old Republican trick was to lie about taxes: ...Posted by Chris Finnie
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On health-care, GOP faces risk, too
Are the wheels coming off the Democratic plan to revolutionize American health care? We can only hope so. But as Republicans resist the new controls, new taxes, and new ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Palin won't be GOP nominee in 2012
Sarah Palin is the bright red thread in the dull grey fabric of the Republican Party. She is charismatic, quirky, melodramatic, and fervently anti-choice, anti-gay, and ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Chrysler's road out of bankruptcy
President Obama’s announcement that Chrysler will declare bankruptcy “isn’t as bad as it sounds,” said Matthew DeBord in Slate's The Big Money. Chrysler won’t ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Obamas take Europe
President Obama this week wrapped up one of the more productive and substance-filled presidential trips to Europe in recent history—but at times it felt more like two ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Holding on to happiness in hard times
With economists projecting a gloomy Christmas and an even gloomier 2009, new research offers clues into how a dispirited nation can hold on to some optimism. Is there a cure ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The trouble with Georgia
Russian forces attacked neighboring Georgia, hitting military and civilian targets, after Georgia tried to reassert control over the Russian-backed breakaway region of South ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Giving Iraq another look
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has made a series of statements recently in an apparent appeal to centrist voters. Obama said he supports gun-ownership rights, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Mercy for Lawyer Who Helped Terrorist
A federal judge in New York this week sentenced radical lawyer Lynne Stewart to 28 months in prison for passing messages to and from a convicted terrorist. Federal prosecutors ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
The skies darken for the GOP
"Republicans and conservatives, brace yourselves!" said Fred Barnes in The Weekly Standard. On Election Day, your domination of Congress will come to an end. For 12 years, the ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
McCain: Is the Republican senator Bush's heir apparent?
The Republican race to succeed George Bush is on, said John Dickerson in Slate.com. Last weekend, some of the GOP's brightest talent could be found preening before delegates ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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