Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Looking At What's Still Wrong with Wall Street

By ALLAN SLOAN

The giant financial institutions that make up Wall Street have been bailed out, thanks to trillions of dollars of our money, and are on track to hand out record-breaking multibillion-dollar bonuses while millions of regular folks are hurting

Did Karzai's Brother Help or Hurt the U.S. in Afghanistan?

By TIM MCGIRK

If Ahmed Wali Karzai really worked for the CIA, it's not at all clear he was an asset

House Republicans Hope the Economy Will Help Overcome the 'Party of No' Label

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON

To overcome criticism that the Republican Party doesn't stand for anything, Eric Cantor has a plan

Why Iran Will Push Back on the West's Nuclear Offer

By TONY KARON

The problem with 'confidence-building' agreements is that the two sides are pursuing mutually exclusive goals. And Iran believes it can get a deal more to its taste

Health Care: Do the Right Thing on Taxes

By JOE KLEIN

To pay for health-care reform, both parties need to get serious about a topic neither one mentions: taxes

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Swampland

By Michael Scherer

The great American poet and prose-mangler William Burroughs once offered some words of advice for young people, words that work just as well for inhabitants of Washington D.C.: “An old junk pusher told me,” he wrote, “ 'Watch whose money you pick up.' ” This is especially true in politics. Whatever Howard Dean's other noble characteristics, [...]

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"He's got more guts than a Missouri mule."
LIONEL TURNER,
the 82-year-old father of U.N. contractor Chris Turner, on his son's bravery defending a hotel housing U.N. workers during a Taliban attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. Five U.N. workers were killed
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Czech Republic's E.U. Holdout Has Public Support

By Katerina Zachovalova

Czech President Vaclav Klaus remains the lone holdout on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty. He's intent on shoring up support among German-wary voters first

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