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Battle of the binge
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Do college students really like to get drunk? The question should be thrown at the nearly 100 college presidents asking government to consider lowering the legal drinking age to 18 from 21. If colleges simply assumed most young people prefer not to imbibe, they'd find ways to help them be teetotal rather than tipsy.
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Keep the option of single-sex ed
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - As the school year approaches and students debate whether to get Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana folders and pencils, parents have more substantive decisions to make involving the educational prospects of their children.
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My housing bust redemption
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - It was the spring of 2005 and the housing market was in a frenzy. Against my better instincts, I let my realtor convince me to join the fray. Although that decision cost me much of my life savings, it taught me a lesson that years of graduate school never did – believe it or not, life's not about the money.
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Scheunemann, Iraq and Georgia
(The Nation)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:01:02 GMT
The Nation - The Nation -- If there's any comic relief in the war between Russia and Georgia, it's this statement from Randy Scheunemann, John McCain's top foreign policy adviser: "In the twenty-first century, nations don't invade other nations." Coming from America's No. 1 advocate for invading Iraq -- Scheunemann headed the neocon-inspired Committee for the Liberation of Iraq in 2002 -- that's rich.
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Patience Needed in Pakistan
(The Nation)
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Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:03:46 GMT
The Nation - The Nation -- Things are iffy in Pakistan, with the new civilian coalition getting shakier and the future of Pakistan uncertain after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf, the military president who'd seized power in 1999.
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Obama Brings a Knife to a Gunfight
(RealClearPolitics.com)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:30:38 GMT
RealClearPolitics.com - Two months ago Obama declared of the McCain campaign, "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." And while Obama has sharpened his message of late, today he pulled out a pocketknife and McCain responded by pulling out a .44 Magnum.
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Which Candidate Would Be a Better Leader?
(RealClearPolitics.com)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:30:07 GMT
RealClearPolitics.com - Kudos to Pastor Rick Warren for pulling off his Saddleback Church forum with Barack Obama and John McCain--and for devoting a quarter of the airtime to the critical but oft-neglected topic of leadership. Even this brief inquiry has given voters important new insight into the two men as people, and some sense of the contrasting styles with which they would lead the nation.
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History's Back
(The Weekly Standard)
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Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:00 GMT
The Weekly Standard - One wonders whether Russia's invasion of Georgia will finally end the dreamy complacency that took hold of the world's democracies after the close of the Cold War.
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