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Rethinking Their Pledge
A few Republicans say deficit reduction is more important than an inflexible anti-tax oath.
Editorials
Editorial
A Hole in the Endangered Species Act
A tiny rider in the budget bill elevates politics over science and threatens the gray wolf.
Editorial Observer
The Children’s Book Comes to Life Electronically. Should We Be Alarmed?
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
When pages talk and pictures dance, maybe reading changes, too.
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How Not to Plan for the Future
The agreement between Congress and the White House to virtually eliminate money for high-speed rail is harebrained.
Op-Ed Contributors
For Parrots, Freedom’s Just Another Word
By ELLIOT SILBERBERG
A parrot’s bizarre double life reminds us that there’s nothing to be ashamed of in staying close to home, if that’s where the heart is.
The Arab Spring Is 2011, Not 1989
By JEAN-MARIE GUÉHENNO
The West must accept that it is not the central player in the Arab revolt. But it need not be passive.
A Return to the Cultural Revolution?
By WEI JINGSHENG
The arrest of Ai Weiwei shows the evolution of a new, 'legal' brand of repression in China.
Op-Ed Contributor
Our Obsolete Approach to Medicaid
By SCOTT WALKER
Replacing the Medicaid entitlement program with block grants would help control costs and personalize health-care delivery.
Op-Ed Contributor
Fair Vote, Fragile Future
By DELE OLOJEDE
Nigeria’s new president must secure support in the north, and confront the country’s savage inequalities.
Using Refugees as Weapons
By KELLY GREENHILL
Qaddafi's threatened use of demographic bombs is not unique.
A Gathering of BRICS
By PHILIP BOWRING
The other BRICS might pause to consider their relationship with China.
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Columns
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The Real Royals Say ‘I Do’
By ROGER COHEN
No nation can script a feel-good moment, a global fantasy, quite like Britain.
Op-Ed Columnist
Patients Are Not Consumers
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Politicians talk about the act of receiving health care as if it were no different from a commercial transaction, like buying a car.
Op-Ed Columnist
Creed or Chaos
By DAVID BROOKS
“The Book of Mormon” is hilarious and contains a feel-good, benign message, but the implications of vague religiosity don’t fly in real life.
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