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Fri, May 18
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Facebook Goes Public
Facebook takes the leap. JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon takes one for the team. TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts gets rolled. Greece leaving the Eurozone?
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Fri, May 11
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Gay Marriage: State or Civil Right?
President Obama goes public with his evolution on gay marriage; JPMorgan Chase loses and bank reformers gain; Europe's anti-social economy, and Sen. Lugar's lament.
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Fri, May 11
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Gay Marriage: State or Civil Right?
President Obama goes public with his evolution on gay marriage; JPMorgan Chase loses and bank reformers gain; Europe's anti-social economy, and Sen. Lugar's lament.
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Fri, May 4
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The Argument for Crony Capitalism
April jobs numbers disappoint, a Chinese dissident exposes a sore spot in US-China relations and a Bain Capital-ist revives the argument for income inequality.
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Fri, May 4
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The Argument for Crony Capitalism
April jobs numbers disappoint, a Chinese dissident exposes a sore spot in US-China relations and a Bain Capital-ist revives the argument for income inequality.
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Fri, Apr 27
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Playing The Bin Laden Card
The economy slows as it grows. The Obama campaign plays the Bin Laden card. Romney takes five more primaries; Gingrich announces that he?ll announce he's out.
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Fri, Apr 20
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Bureaucrats Gone Wild
The squeaky clean Secret Service and General Services Administration are ensnared in scandals involving behavior befitting the bad guys they usually investigate.
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Fri, Apr 13
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North Korea's Missile Malfunction
North Korea's dud missile launch complicates an already difficult relationship with the international community.
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Fri, Apr 6
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Obama, Candidate in Chief
President Obama took direct aim at presumptive GOP challenger Mitt Romney, and fended off criticisms over a weak jobs report and accusations that he stuck it to SCOTUS.
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Fri, Mar 30
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Getting a Read on the Supremes
The US Supreme Court heard 3 days of arguments over the Affordable Care Act. Is this the end of the mandate? Our system of social insurance? What of judicial deference?
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Fri, Mar 23
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If I Had a Son, He'd Look like Trayvon
President Obama speaks out on the killing of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Is it right for a president to weigh in on a federal investigation?
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Fri, Mar 16
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Going for Brokered?
GOP hopeful Rick Santorum's hopes spring eternal after GOP primary wins this week. Romney still has a commanding lead, but what might a brokered convention look like?
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Fri, Mar 16
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Going for Brokered?
GOP hopeful Rick Santorum's hopes spring eternal after GOP primary wins this week. Romney still has a commanding lead, but what might a brokered convention look like?
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Fri, Mar 9
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Good Jobs News, but Where Are the Good New Jobs?
This week the President claimed credit for the unemployment rate not going up. After a visit from Israeli PM Netanyahu can he claim credit for Israel not hitting Iran?
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Fri, Mar 2
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Forecast: Dreier, Then Snowe
Ahead of Super Tuesday, the GOP fans the debate over birth control coverage...and gets burned. The President has tough words for Iran. Another moderate lawmaker retires.
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Fri, Feb 24
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Higher Gas Prices: Problem or Solution?
Romney hangs Santorum by his Senate record. Gas prices keep going up -- but is that such a bad thing? Oh right, maybe it is. US winks at, nudges Syria's opposition.
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Fri, Feb 17
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Cars, Contraception and Calling China on the iPhone
Mitt Romney?s Michigan problem. Apple's China problem. Congress quietly passes a budget. A new novel warns of an economy ruled by robots ? but is it already upon us?
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Fri, Feb 10
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Birth Control Back-Pedal
The Obama Administration changes health insurance rules on birth control; Rick Santorum gets a rousing welcome at CPAC and the rest of the week's political happenings.
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Fri, Feb 3
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Walking It Back
A breast cancer research funder learns the power of the web -- the hard way. Mitt Romney gets schooled on the power of the sound-bite after a "very poor" choice of words.
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Fri, Jan 27
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Campaigning vs. Governing
Whether it was the President's State of the Union or the GOP debate in Jacksonville, Florida, passions were on display this week for the President and his challengers alike.
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Fri, Jan 20
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SOPA, SOTU...and South Carolina
As the GOP candidates blow through South Carolina, the Internet lights up over who owns content and what President Obama must say in his upcoming State of the Union speech.
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Fri, Jan 13
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Appreciating Tony Blankley
We remember friend and colleague, Tony Blankley, who championed the conservative view over six years of Left Right Center and who passed away last week.
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Fri, Jan 6
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The (Elusive) Middle Class Agenda
President Obama and the GOP candidates all tout their Middle-Class Agendas, so whose agenda addresses wage earners in a time of technological change and globalization?
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Fri, Dec 30 2011
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Third Party Politics
The backlash against Obama on the left and the tepid support for Romney would seem to make this a fine time for an independent party to emerge. But it's also the year of...
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Fri, Dec 23 2011
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Extreme Makeover: US Economy Edition
Globalization, advancing technology and the real estate collapse have led to a long-term economic crisis. Time for a tectonic shift in America? Or just muddle through?
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Fri, Dec 16 2011
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Leaving Iraq: Better or Worse Off?
As the US pulls out, what's our legacy in Iraq? On Capitol Hill, the parties switch sides over a tax break. Iconoclast Christopher Hitchens, loses his fight with cancer.
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Fri, Dec 9 2011
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Europe Kicks the Can
European leaders ? except Britain -- agree to come together. Conservatives pile on GOP frontrunner Gingrich. Which past president will President Obama be compared to next?
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Fri, Dec 2 2011
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Occupy This and That
Unemployment numbers disappoint. The Fed?s trillions in secret loans. A federal judge scorches the SEC. Europe back from the abyss. Will elections be Egypt's undoing?
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Fri, Nov 25 2011
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Third Party Politics
The backlash against Obama on the left and the tepid support for Romney would seem to make this a fine time for an independent party to emerge. But it's also the year of...
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Fri, Nov 18 2011
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Occupied by Occupy
An update on the Occupy protests, rescuing the Euro, the Supreme Court on Obama's healthcare reform law, and the Super Committee and the deficit reduction deadline.
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