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The paradoxes of Christopher Hitchens
By now, Christopher Hitchens, who has died from esophageal cancer after weeks of radiation treatment at the Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, will know whether there is or is not a God.
America’s unfulfilled promise to Iraqis
The war Obama inherited from George W. Bush officially ended this week when U.S. soldiers rolled up the flag of military forces in Iraq in a low-key ceremony. The remaining U.S. soldiers will be out by Dec. 31. They leave behind thousands of the faithful Iraqis Obama described on the campaign trail.
20 big ideas for 2012
In the spirit of the aphorism “The future is not something to be predicted, it’s something to be achieved,” we need to make progress on these issues now to prevent next year from being a complete disaster.
Arab Spring, Russian Winter
If you are one of the autocrats who survived the annus horribilis of 2011, here are three lessons, drawn from some smart Russians and Russia-watchers, of what the unexpected Slavic protests this month could mean.
In Milwaukee, an evaporating middle class
From 1970 to 2009, the percentage of Milwaukee-area families that were middle class declined from 37 percent to 24 percent, according to a new analysis by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.
Lessons from MF Global
There are many lessons to be learned from the failure of MF Global. First and foremost financial firms cannot be relied on to self-police. Even after the passage of Dodd-Frank, our regulatory system has large supervisory gaps.
A shoe, a song and the promise of the West
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