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Fighting climate change with nuclear energy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Jun. 19 (Opinion) - Nuclear power is currently the only carbon-free energy source that can provide base load electricity, Stepp writes, a characteristic crucial to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change. Next-generation nuclear energy offers even more productive strategies for reducing carbon emissions. ...

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The Court: Congress Regulates Federal Elections

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By The Editorial Board - Jun. 18 (Editorial) - Editorial: The Court: Congress Regulates Federal Elections

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A Promising Moment in Iran

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Jun. 18 (Editorial) - The election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran’s next president creates an opportunity to move forward on a negotiated agreement to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program and to begin to repair three decades of hostility with the United States. The question is whet

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NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wired - By James Bamford - Jun. 13 (Comment) - NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning. Meet the Spy Chief Leading Us Into Cyberwar

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Op-Ed Columnist: Affirmative Reaction

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:53:00 -0700

New York Times - By By BILL KELLER - Jun. 10 (Opinion) - In the coming days the Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case that could further restrict the use of race as a factor in college admissions. A white student denied a place at the University of Texas at Austin claims that although Texas uses race spa

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Europe’s Social Contract, Lying in Pieces

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By DAVID C. UNGER - Jun. 09 (Editorial) - Editorial | Sunday Observer: Europe’s Social Contract, Lying in Pieces

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The Split Between the States

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Jun. 06 (Editorial) - Editorial: The Split Between the States

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Sebelius ordered to make exception on transplant

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Brett Norman,Jason Millman - Jun. 05 (Comment) - A federal judge has ordered Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to allow Sarah Murnaghan, a 10-year-old in Pennsylvania dying of cystic fibrosis, to be moved to the adult lung transplant list. No

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How Christie Can Maximize the G.O.P.’s Chances in New Jersey

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By NATE SILVER - Jun. 04 (Opinion) - How Christie Can Maximize the G.O.P.’s Chances in New Jersey

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Allysia Finley: A Farmers' Rebellion Lifts the California GOP

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Allysia Finley - May. 25 (Opinion) - An election upset sends a pro-business Republican to Sacramento and gives hope to the moribund state party.

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In Raw Milk Case, Activists See Food Freedom On Trial

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

All Things Considered - By Maria Godoy - May. 23 (Comment) - Activists say the case against Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger is about raw milk — and much more. His supporters have turned the case into a rallying cry for personal food freedom and the rights of farmers and consumers to enter into private contracts without government intervention.

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Latitude: In Pakistan, Even Jibes About Food Suggest Violent Underlying Divisions

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By HUMA YUSUF - May. 22 (Opinion) - Shahzaib Akber/European Pressphoto Agency Supporters of Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party, in Karachi called for a new poll after contesting results of the May 11 election. KARACHI — It’s a measure of Pakistanis’ obsession with

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The Real I.R.S. Scandal

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By SHEILA KRUMHOLZ, ROBERT WEINBERGER - May. 16 (Opinion) - NEWS that employees at the Internal Revenue Service targeted groups with “Tea Party” or “patriot” in their name for special scrutiny has raised pious alarms among some lawmakers and editorial writers. Yes, the I.R.S. may have been worse than clumsy in co

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Best of the Web Today: 'Hate Crime' Hoaxes

Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - May. 03 (Opinion) - Why are they so common, especially on campus?

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Exempting Congress From ObamaCare

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Apr. 29 (Opinion) - The Members try to protect themselves from 'Medicaid plus.'

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Climate change inspires a new literary genre: cli-fi

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 27 (Opinion) - Cli-fi, or 'climate fiction,' describes a dystopian present, as opposed to a dystopian future. And don't call it 'science fiction.' Cli-fi is literary fiction. ...

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A red state/blue state chasm

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Fred Hiatt - Apr. 22 (Opinion) - In the week since modest gun control died in the Senate , those of us who don’t think guns make the country safer have been inclined to blame a few cowardly senators whose votes could have shifted the outcome. ...

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Argument over NRA T-shirt gets eighth-grader jailed. Dress code run amok?

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 21 (Comment) - A student at a West Virginia middle school was suspended and arrested after a confrontation with a teacher over an NRA T-shirt with a picture of a rifle on it.

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Criminalizing Children at School

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By The Editorial Board - Apr. 18 (Editorial) - Districts should think twice before deploying more cops in schools because it might hurt students more than it helps them.

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Why the 90 percent lost on gun background checks

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 18 - The Senate defeated background checks for gun sales, despite 90 percent of Americans favoring broader checks. The simplest explanation for this is Senate procedures, but NRA intensity counts for a lot. The way ahead for gun control groups is to match the NRA email for email. ...

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Jeremy Grantham on how to feed the world and why he invests in oil

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Leo Hickman - Apr. 16 (Opinion) - The co-founder of investment group GMO on what books he's reading and why he wants to fund 'avant garde' farming Yesterday, I posted part one of the transcript from my Saturday Guardian interview with Jeremy Grantham, the environmental philanthropist and the legendary fund manager. Here's part two... Jeremy Grantham on what first led him to engage with environmental issues: It started [in the mid-1990s] with a visit to the Amazon and to Borneo with the kids. And without thinking about it you start talking about the logs along the side of the river and the lack of mature forests in Borneo. We were on family trips and happened to do a couple of tropical forests back to back. I'm sure that played a role, but we didn't treat it as an epiphany. I would argue that one of our children got there first. While we were environmentalists, but low key, one of my sons happened to get a job which saw him end up in a dry tropical forest in Paraguay for five years and then off into the forestry ...

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Jeremy Grantham on population growth, China and climate sceptics

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Leo Hickman - Apr. 15 (Opinion) - 'The world's most powerful environmentalist' on battling the 'misinformation machine' and why China is his 'secret weapon' My interview with Jeremy Grantham, the environmental philanthropist and legendary fund manager, was published in the Guardian on Saturday. As I have done for my interviews with the likes of Al Gore , Bill McKibben and James Lovelock (in 2010 and 2012 ), I have taken the time to transcribe the full interview so readers can see what Grantham said in the kind of detail that the print edition of the Guardian can't provide. The interview lasted three hours, so I have split the transcript in two. I will publish part two tomorrow, but here's part one... Jeremy Grantham on why he has stepped up his environmental activities: It's data driven. We [the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment ] were gracefully moving into the environment, save these animals and habitats, and all these good things, then the data on resources - starting about four years ago – ...

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With Tougher Standardized Tests, a Reminder to Breathe

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By KYLE SPENCER - Apr. 14 (Comment) - At Public School 10 on the edge of Park Slope, Brooklyn, parents begged the principal to postpone the lower school science fair, insisting it was going to add too much pressure while they were preparing their children for the coming state tests. On State

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Op-Ed Contributor: Save Wounded Knee

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By JOSEPH BRINGS PLENTY - Apr. 12 (Opinion) - THE Lakota Sioux word “takini” means “to die and come back” but is usually translated more simply as “survivor.” It is a sacred word long associated with the killing of scores of unarmed Lakota men, women and children by soldiers of the United States Arm

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FiveThirtyEight: Which Governors Are Most Vulnerable in 2014?

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By MICAH COHEN - Apr. 09 (Opinion) - Ten of the 32 governors who are eligible to run for re-election in 2014 have net negative approval ratings. Eight of those 10 are Republicans, including four who rode the 2010 wave to power and now appear to be in some danger.

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