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On Health Care, Justice Will Prevail
By LAURENCE H. TRIBE
Given the clear case for the health care law’s constitutionality, it’s distressing that many assume its fate will be decided by a partisan, closely divided Supreme Court.
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The Splendor of Cities
Rahm Emanuel’s run for mayor of Chicago showcases the strengths specific to city governance and urban politics. Comment
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A Terrible Divide
With too many condemned to shrunken standards of living, the U.S. needs new ideas on a grand scale. Comment
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Parrying the Big Cuts
Without a new spending bill, the government will shut down. It is a prospect that seems to delight many newly elected Republicans. Comment
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Tehran 1979 or Berlin 1989?
Obama should put together a Marshall Plan to back the emergence of Arab individual rights.
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Is Caution the Right U.S. Strategy?
There are risks in the administration’s go-slower approach on Egypt.
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Mothers-to-Be Are Getting the Message
By DAVID BORNSTEIN
A free service, text4baby, delivers crucial health advice via text message to pregnant women and new mothers.
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A Bad Document's Good Idea
By JOHN J. MILLER
What the Confederate Constitution got right: six-year terms.
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What Is Academic Work?
By STANLEY FISH
In academic debate for academic debate's sake, the pleasures are as palpable as they are esoteric.
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Women in Science
Kathryn Clancy of the University of Illinois and John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin discuss barriers for female scientists.
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No One Size Fits All
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany is finally playing a role in the euro crisis. But her proposals ask too much and do not offer enough in return.
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Expensive Prisons
Governor Cuomo’s new budget proposes two sensible steps toward the long overdue goal of closing down unnecessary prisons.
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Equal Rights Ascending
A group of women who fought for four years for the equal right to bridge-painting jobs have finally won.
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Thomas L. Friedman From Tahrir Square
The Op-Ed columnist on American foreign policy and the new reality in Egypt.
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An Interview With ElBaradei
The Op-Ed columnist Roger Cohen speaks with Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and opposition leader, about democracy in Egypt.
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Will City Pensions Be Cut?
Mayor Bloomberg calls for cuts in benefits for new New York City employees. Should — or will — they be adopted?
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Cold Hopes, Warm Dreams, Chilly Schemes
By JAMIE MALANOWSKI
A convention in Washington to head off confrontation, and one in Mississippi to form a government for slaveholding states.
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