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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Warming up a new politics?
Hours before the House passed its cap-and-trade bill last week, freshman Democrats Tom Perriello and Frank Kratovil were pondering the political fallout of the votes they were about to cast in favor of a plan Republicans were denouncing as "cap-and-tax." read story
Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton: New tools expand loan access for Wisconsin small businesses
Wisconsin small businesses provide a strong structural framework for our economy: When they prosper, we all do. read story
Courtland Milloy: Supreme Court ruling got it wrong on rights
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that the equal opportunity rights of white firefighters in New Haven had been violated when city officials threw out a promotion test on which no African Americans and two Hispanics qualified for advancement. read story
Rep. Thomas Nelson: Budget moves Wisconsin forward
The national economic downturn has devastated the budgets of Wisconsin and 46 other states across the nation, causing historically high deficits. Democrats control some of these states and Republicans control others, but partisanship has made little difference. The challenges we face call for tough choices and real leadership, and no decision is without controversy. read story
Amy Goodman: Honduran coup must be undone
The first coup d'etat in Central America in more than a quarter-century occurred last Sunday in Honduras. read story
Jawad Al Bolani: Iraq mission not yet accomplished
Tuesday was the deadline by which U.S. troops were to withdraw from major Iraqi cities. This clear line in the sand must provide some relief to many Americans, whose sacrifice has been extraordinary. read story
Fred Wade: Wisconsin dodged bullet in state budget -- this time
In signing the 2009-2011 budget bill, Gov. Doyle relinquished an unprecedented opportunity to raise fees and taxes, and increase caps on state borrowing, in ways that the Legislature did not approve in the bill. read story
Laura Bush: Continuing repression in Burma demands world's response
For two weeks, the world has been transfixed by images of Iranians taking to the streets to demand the most basic human freedoms and rights. Watching these courageous men and women, I am reminded of a similar scene nearly two years ago in Burma, when tens of thousands of Buddhist monks peacefully marched through their nation's streets. They, too, sought to reclaim basic human dignity for all Burmese citizens, but they were beaten back by that nation's harsh regime. read story
Benjamin Wittes and Jack Goldsmith: Obama should emulate FDR, not Bush, on detention policy
Soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Bush administration faced a fateful choice about terrorist detainees: Should it get Congress on board, or go it alone? read story
Robert D. Kaplan: Only an insider can bring change in Iran
The now-joined struggle for Iranian hearts and minds is where the universal battle of ideas -- democracy vs. tyranny -- meets the dictates of Middle Eastern geography. Whereas Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are puzzle pieces carved out of featureless desert, with no venerable traditions of statehood, the roots of a great Persian power occupying the Iranian plateau date to the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid empires. read story
