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Seven years ago, as Brokaw pointed out, McCain himself was sounding redistributionist, complaining about President Bush's tax cuts. Campaigning against Bush in 2000, he said that "when you ... reach a certain level of comfort, there's nothing wrong with paying somewhat more." Obama has said no more than this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama, the Wealth Spreader | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

This problem is compounded by the lack of transparency in states’ procedures for maintaining voter lists. A study by The New York Times indicated that Colorado, Louisiana, and Michigan all had a decline in the membership on voter lists since August 1 of this year that cannot be...

Author: By Bilal A. Siddiqui | Title: A Free and Fair Election | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Eric S. Chivian ’64, one of the authors of “Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity,” believes that the answer to treating stomach ulcers may lie with the gastric brooding frog. “It’s mostly the...

Author: By Jillian K. Kushner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Nobel Peace Laureate Touts Biodiversity | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

There's nothing illegal about the Cabinet's coordination of its members' giving, according to Lawrence Noble, campaign-finance expert with the Washington-based firm Skadden, Arps. The contributions would be illegal only if the members agreed to give up control of their donations entirely or coordinated them directly with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gay Mafia That's Redefining Liberal Politics | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Alain Lamassoure, a European Parliament member hailing from the south of France, stressed the importance of French and European engagement with the United States and said that a new administration in Washington provides the opportunity for a new era of transatlantic relations, at a speech at the Center for European...

Author: By Ellen X. Yan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: U.S., EU Relations Touted | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

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