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Recent events bear an intriguing resemblance to 1937-38, and the recession within a Depression, which galvanized policy makers who had grown complacent about the recovery.
The civilian toll of the C.I.A.’s drone campaign in Pakistan has been in bitter dispute since the strikes were accelerated in 2008.
The rioting in Britain has turned into a challenge to state authority and, for the police itself, one more entry in a catalog of crisis and condemnation.
Across the country, angry constituents are deriding their representatives for not being tough enough on the debt deal. Above, a town hall-style meeting in Virginia Beach.
Criticism of President Obama’s record was overshadowed by a burst of incivility among the Republican candidates.
The Republican candidates who squared off in Iowa made several misleading, incomplete or simply false claims.
As competition for cancer patients and treatments intensifies, more medical centers are offering a controversial chemotherapy procedure.
Protesters complain that Israel now has one of the largest gaps between rich and poor in the industrialized world.
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The faces of the 30 American military personnel killed when the Taliban shot down a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan.
Over 15 years, Zabar’s has sold thousands of pounds of its lobster salad. There’s just one quibble: there’s no lobster in it.
Beneficiaries should be allowed to challenge cuts in payments to doctors and hospitals.
“Glee: The 3D Concert Movie” notes just how terrific it is to be yourself.
Spain’s housing market is reeling from the dual blows of the global financial crisis and the euro-zone debt crunch.
The 2011 Mustangs were impressive from the moment they went on sale in 2010, but now Ford has stepped up with a pair of new V-8s for the Mustang GT and the Shelby GT500.
Alan Trefler of Pegasystems, a business technology company, says that on his team, “it’s not enough to have an opinion — it has to be an informed opinion.”
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Opinion »Editorial: Starving in SomaliaMillions in Somalia are at risk of starvation and require an immediate and generous international response. |
Opinion »Op-Ed: Turning the Wrong PageThe House of Representatives should keep its storied program for high schoolers. |
Opinion »Why Aren’t Germans Protesting?In Room for Debate, economists wonder how Europe’s debt will change life for German taxpayers. |
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