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How many minority faces would you see at a Tea Party event? Why, more than on MSNBC's entire lineup, Mr. Olbermann
William McKenzie: The fallacy of the Tea Party approach
Jacquielynn Floyd: Whatever Joe Stack was, it's not one of us
Leftist, rightist, extremist? Communist, entrepreneur, patriot? Whatever he is, he's not the guy next door, because we-the-people-next-door don't kill anybody when we get mad
Lee Harris: Understanding Joe Stack, anger and ideology
DMN: Balance Texas' budget on this three-legged stool
The list of cuts that rolled out of state agencies aren't nearly enough to balance Texas' budget. We must find savings elsewhere
William Murchison: Rick Perry's not-so-frivolous lawsuit
Actually, a lot of people beyond Rick Perry (and chief gubernatorial foe Kay Bailey Hutchison) worry about EPA's foray into regulation not originally contemplated by Congress in the Clean Air Act
Mike Hashimoto: Adding up the words on the constable mess
Craig Watkins, as he has on so many issues, attempted to overwhelm the politics. Instead, the politics again overwhelmed him
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Robert C. Pozen: U.S. public debt hits its tipping point
As research shows, once gross public debt exceeds 90 percent of GDP, the adverse effects on the economy come quickly. At the end of 2010, U.S. public debt will be close to the 100 percent mark
Thomas L. Friedman: Welcome to the lean years
Robert J. Barro: One year in, stimulus is a bad deal
Wyden and Gregg: A bipartisan plan for tax fairness
Bruce Bartlett: How not to create jobs
Bruce Ackerman: How to control future John Yoos
The torture memos are the predictable product of an institutional set-up that puts the meaning of national security law at the mercy of politicized offices and legal staffs. Reform that structure
Debra J. Saunders: Yoo case is about politics, not ethics
Marc Thiessen: Obama should rethink his 'torture' options
Michael I. Krauss: How do Muslim nations view terrorists?
