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David Brooks’ bias toward elite values

David Brooks enjoys a rarefied spot in the political discourse -- a conservative with crossover appeal among liberals. But this is a function of style, not substance. Brooks deserves credit for not...

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The dirty secret of public-sector union busting

Amid all the rightful outrage over Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to do away with collective bargaining rights for public sector unions in Wisconsin, one important point has been neglected: The demise of...

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The Brits are furious: Why aren’t we?

Depending on whom you ask, between a quarter- and half-million people marched through the streets of central London last weekend to protest against cuts to public services. Organized by trade unions...

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Why is it so hard to raise taxes on the rich?

In his speech on the budget Wednesday afternoon, President Obama finally came out unequivocally in support of higher taxes for the rich. As many commenters have pointed out, taxing the rich is a...

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When conservatives choose God over science

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry officially declared three days last week to be "days of prayer" in response to the wildfires and droughts that have been plaguing the state, many progressives reacted with a...

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The upside of “puritanical” politics

The charges of sexual assault against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn this week came not only a few days before revelations that Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a love child with a member of his...

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Sarah Palin and profit-motive politics

Since kicking off her "One Nation" bus tour, Sarah Palin has insisted that she's just on a road trip to see iconic places in American history, like the part of New Hampshire where Mitt Romney declared...

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The lessons of Solyndra

The recent declaration of bankruptcy by the solar power company Solyndra and investigation into the circumstances of the company's loan approval has both the left and right in a tizzy. Republicans are...

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What Obama got right on green jobs

With Solyndra-gate stretching into another week, it seems like a good time to point out that not only is the bankruptcy of the California solar start-up an intentional distraction from larger questions...

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GOP fights for dirty air

With the passage of two bills rolling back federal regulations of industrial boilers and delaying regulation of cement kilns, House Republicans opened a new front in their war on the EPA on Thursday:...

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Keystone pipeline as GOP poison pill

Ever since the Obama administration announced it would delay its final decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline until 2013, Republicans in Congress have been plotting ways to get around the...

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Pipeline installed on Capitol Hill

The controversy over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline intensified Saturday when the Senate voted to approve a bill extending unemployment benefits and the payroll tax holiday that also included a...

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Obama punts the Keystone pipeline

Dead or alive, the Keystone XL pipeline now runs through the heartland of American politics.The Obama administration announced today that it has rejected the proposed 1,700-mile pipeline that would...

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Trench warfare rages over Keystone pipeline

When the Obama administration announced last month that the Keystone pipeline project would be delayed pending a more thorough environmental review of its impacts, Keystone's opponents celebrated, but...

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Pipeline foes beat back bogus gas price claims

Ever since President Obama delayed the decision to grant TransCanada a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline pending further environmental review back in January, Republicans have been cooking up...

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Keystone pipeline will spill, study predicts

Republicans have sought to frame the Keystone XL pipeline as a job-creating project being thwarted by “radical environmentalists.” Is it? A new Cornell University study claims that the pipeline could...

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The truth about Keystone

When President Obama announced his support for the southern half of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline last week in Cushing, Okla., it was a blow to the environmental groups that had worked to stop the...

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Worse than Keystone

Coal is without question our dirtiest fuel source: When burned, it dumps toxins like mercury and nitrogen oxides into the air and packs an outsize punch when it comes to carbon emissions. Since America...

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Climate skeptics still not worried

With huge swaths of the mountain West in flames, chunks of the eastern seaboard suffering power outages after a massive storm, and nearly three-quarters of the lower 48 experiencing dry or drought...

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Will 2013 be the year we finally address climate change?

As Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast in late October, everyone from Bill McKibben to Andrew Cuomo declared the storm our wake-up call on climate change. Now we would finally have that...

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