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Arlen Specter: A Brief Political Obituary

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May 20, 2010 01:37 AM

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We reflect on Senator Arlen Specter's loss to Joe Sestak in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary. Occasionally forgetting which side he was on, the Senator ended up on neither.

Quote of the Day

Mein Führer! I can walk!

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May 19, 2010 10:50 PM

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"Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity."

—Herman Kahn

Overnight Bag

Latin America and Britain

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May 19, 2010 07:49 PM

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Overnight Bag is TDI's essential roundup of the latest in international affairs from papers around the world.

Coast to Coast

Morons, Liars, and Baby-Killers

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May 18, 2010 10:16 PM

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The Miami Herald finds something disgusting at the beach

Harvards show their knack for fraud, top educators miss their marks, and midwesterners commit infanticide.

Coast to Coast is TDI’s roundup of the latest regional headlines from across the U.S.

Security

Risky Business

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May 18, 2010 08:54 PM

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The recent bombing attempt in Times Square again highlights how much our safety depends on terrorists' incompetence. Does it make sense that we spend billions trying to stop them? Let's crunch the numbers.

Reporter At Large

A Stone’s Throw From Civilization

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May 18, 2010 06:13 PM

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Barbed wire now surrounds much of Bethlehem

In the West Bank city of Bil'in, the Israeli security wall is becoming a way of life.

Mutual Annihilation

Trouble in the Beehive

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May 18, 2010 06:00 PM

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KSL TV Salt Lake City

The primary races in Utah have exposed new political tension in a state once defined by "establishment" conformity. Is this the canary in the gold mine for centrism?

Quote of the Day

Princetonian says what?

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May 18, 2010 05:43 PM

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"I am an aristocrat. I love liberty, I hate equality."

—John Randolph of Roanoke (1773 - 1833), Virginia statesman, slave owner, and eccentric cad

Narcoreligions

Heroin and the Holy Death

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May 17, 2010 06:15 PM

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guanabee.com

Long have drug cartels enjoyed free reign in poor areas of Mexico. But now, the political dimensions of the narcotics trade are leaving their mark on Mexican religious and cultural life as well, with bizarre and unseemly results.

Leftist Polemic

Market Worship

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May 16, 2010 12:56 PM

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Market fanatics in their temple

Last week, Wall Street briefly plunged back into turmoil. Clearly the Invisible Hand is a false god and the High Church of Capitalism is a fraud. It's high time we stop taking the "free markets" on faith.

A Lion In Spring? Interpreting the British Election

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May 15, 2010 12:24 PM

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More than a rejection of Labour or the rise of a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, the recent British general election represents the political education of David Cameron. The new Prime Minister's mastery of British political topography will be the root of his strength.

Overnight Bag

Merkel in Season, Rome and Beijing Reconciling?

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May 15, 2010 12:15 PM

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Overnight Bag is TDI's essential roundup of the latest in international affairs from papers around the world.

Quote of the Day

Ben Franklin Edition

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May 15, 2010 12:00 PM

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"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner."

—Benjamin Franklin (attributed)

Detours

You Wait Here!

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May 14, 2010 09:47 PM

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Detained for three hours at Israel's Ben Gurion airport, Laura wishes she left her copy of Voices of Hezbollah at home.

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