Best of 2008
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Serious Error in Diebold Voting Software Caused Lost Ballots in California County
() An investigation shows that the paper mail-in ballots were scanned properly by officials into the central-count ...Posted by Mike LaBonte -
The Joshua Generation
() Barack Obama could not run his campaign for the Presidency based on political accomplishment or on the heroic ...Posted by Leo Romero -
An eroding model for health insurance
() The health insurance system has become increasingly expensive and inaccessible. It leaves patients responsible for ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The real Sarah Palin: An Apostle of Alaska
() John McCain was not her dream pick. Only a year ago, when the republican primaries were just beginning, Alaska Gov. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Preparing the Battlefield
() Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations ...Posted by Harv Roth -
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand
() The Pentagon has cultivated "military analysts" in a campaign to generate favorable news coverage of the Bush ...Posted by Leo Romero
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A case study in housing collapse
() Thousands of miles from the trading floors of global stock markets, an abandoned house in one of Tampa's poorest ...Posted by Leo Romero -
How Will Treasury Pick the Banks to Save? Just Trust Them
() Lacking clear criteria, the process lacks crucial transparency, said Ross Levine, a professor of economics at Brown ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Maverick Misleads
() McCain's campaign launched a TV ad touting his running mate, Palin, and offering a comparison to Obama. Some of its ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Whatever Happened to Iraq?
() During the early stages of shock and awe, Americans were glued to the news as Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
() An in-depth, multimedia look at the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its geopolitical repercussions. ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Gay Marriage: Our Mutual Joy
() Let's try for a minute to take the religious conservatives at their word and define marriage as the Bible does. ...Posted by Leo Romero -
It's time
() It is impossible to forecast how important any presidency will be. Back in 2000 America stood tall as the ...Posted by Donica Mensing -
A threat explodes in Georgia
() For the best possible illustration of why Islamic terrorism may one day be considered the least of our problems, ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Tom Brokaw's Disturbing Defense of the Media and Iraq
() What is most appalling, however, is that it took McClellan's book to produce a debate about this tremendously vital ...Posted by Beth Wellington
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The War We Don't Know
() While Russia and America see the conflict in abstract terms about spheres of influence and protecting allies, for ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
McCain, spying and executive power: A complete reversal in 6 months
() Last December, the GOP nominee was giving answers that were the same as those of the ACLU and Russ Feingold. Now, ...Posted by Solvei Blue -
Love Thy Neighbor
() As a reporter covering religion at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the last four years, I've been a witness to ...Posted by Dale Penn
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A somewhat outdated and mild overview of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's outrageous policies that keep secret from taxpayers how their money was allocated and to whom. Sources cited here--economics and business professors--are not exactly the requisite experts for a story like this. ... More »
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