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The Tortured Memos
While admitting to destroying videotapes of interrogations and releasing the terrorism memos is a good start, a lot more transparency is needed from the government.
Who’s Running Immigration?
Let President Obama and the homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, show they are in charge by ending scattershot raids and Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s abuses.
Helping Students, Not Lenders
The federal budget rightly calls for phasing out the all-too-corruptible portion of the college lending program that relies on private lenders.
More Regards for Broadway
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to make Broadway safer and more hospitable for pedestrians is worth trying.
Letters
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Bloggingheads: Jindal and Race
Eve Fairbanks, left, of The New Republic and Ann Althouse of the University of Wisconsin Law School debate possible racial bias in criticism of Gov. Bobby Jindal.
Hurray for Hollywood?
The columnist Nicholas D. Kristof will do anything to get people's attention on the situation in Eastern Chad -- even tagging along with a Hollywood celebrity, George Clooney.
Columnists
Stage of Fools
This is the first pork-filled federal budget from a new president who promised to go through the budget “line by line” and cut pork.
Obama’s Ball and Chain
I fear that President Obama’s first term could be eaten by Citigroup, A.I.G., Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, and the whole housing/subprime credit bubble.
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Op-Ed Contributors
Lahore Murder Mystery
The assault on the Sri Lankan national cricket team left Pakistanis clinging to rumors that their own government, or perhaps India, was involved.
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Blogs
Obama's Letter to Russia
Not everyone thinks the president's secret offer to President Dmitri Medvedev was first class.
Let Them Eat a Little Bit of Cake
In these troubled times, is it better to spend or save?
Columns
Guest Column: Genome Mania
The race to discover: once it was DNA, more recently the human genome sequence.
A Last Look at Updike and Cheever
The John Cheever-John Updike show from 1981 revisited, and shown at full length.
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Answering Your Darfur Questions
The columnist addresses readers’ questions about the arrest warrant for Sudan’s president.
Genome Mania
The race to discover has led scientists from DNA to a quest for the human genome sequence, writes Stephen Quake.
Op-Classic, 1998: Steps and the City
New York just unveiled a plan to make part of Broadway a haven for pedestrians. In 1998, Tony Hiss discussed the city’s history of balancing walkers and drivers.
Freakonomics on NYTimes.com
The authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner bring their blog to The Times.
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