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It's true that Romney has changed or modified his position on some major issues -- including abortion, a federal assault weapons ban and Reaganomics, as the DNC says. But the video strains the truth ... More >>","authors":"Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, Brooks Jackson, D\u2019Angelo Gore, Scott Blackburn, Lalita Clozel","source":{"rating":"3.9","name":"FactCheck","framebuster":false,"id":"factcheck","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.2","num_reviews":"2","title":"Op-Ed Columnist: A Banker Speaks, With Regret","url":"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/opinion/kristof-a-banker-speaks-with-regret.html","date":"2011/11/30","id":8442538,"story_type":"Opinion","quote":"A former banker for Chase Home Finance speaks up about how executives were encouraged to make subprime mortgages and were rewarded for it.","authors":"Nicholas D. 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Eighteen Church of England bishops, backed by Williams and the archbishop of York, John Sentamu, are demanding that ministers rewrite their flagship plan to impose a \u00a3500-a-week benefit cap on families. In an open letter in Observer, they say the Church of England has a \"moral obligation to speak up for those who have no voice\". Their message is that the cap could be \"profoundly unjust\" to the poorest children in society, especially those in larger families and those living in expensive major cities. 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Occupy LSX has since sparked a remarkable national debate about the kind of society in which we want to live, its priorities and values. In that spirit, the Observer brought together several opposing voices to continue the great debate. Yvonne Roberts So, can capitalism be fixed, Louise? Louise Cooper It's all a question of balance and I think it's moving the pivotal point back a little. Capitalism is clearly the only way that economies work. Capitalism works in the biggest communist state, China. So, as with everything, there needs to be a balance between the returns to those that supply capital and those that supply human capital. 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For years, it was touted by the likes of John McCain, Mitt Romney, Scott Brown, Chuck Grassley, Bob Bennett, Tommy Thompson, Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham, John Thune, Judd Gregg, and many other ... notable GOP officials.","authors":"Joshua Holland","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.8","num_reviews":"1","title":"Obama's \"21st Century Trade Deals\" Look a Lot Like the Same Bad Policies He Campaigned Against","url":"http://www.alternet.org/world/152359/obama's_"21st_century_trade_deals"_look_a_lot_like_the_same_bad_policies_he_campaigned_against","date":"2011/09/09","id":7717894,"story_type":null,"quote":"Starting this week in Chicago, the US will be hosting the first major trade negotiations since the \"Battle in Seattle\" World Trade Organisation talks came here in 1999.","authors":"Timothy A. 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