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If the court reversed Roe v. Wade or began striking down environmental laws like the Clean Air Act, national majorities might well become energized and alarmed. Although Justice Clarence Thomas has signaled his willingness to overturn Roe and gut the heart of the regulatory state, Kennedy is unlikely to provide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Courting Controversy | 6/28/2007 | See Source »

Things could have turned out a lot worse for friends of McCain-Feingold, because three justices - Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy - wanted to go farther than Roberts and Alito by reversing the 2003 decision and striking down all the statute?s restrictions on ads, including the ban on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Setback for McCain-Feingold? | 6/26/2007 | See Source »

Suicide bombers in Iraq have staged a deadly surge of their own, striking three targets on Monday - including the highly fortified Mansour Hotel in central Baghdad. Early reports put the combined death toll at 50, and climbing. But how are militant groups sneaking their bombs and bombers past the giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brutal New Tactics In Iraq | 6/25/2007 | See Source »

The road to this requirement was astoundingly rocky, characterized by internal politics and turf wars rather than a communal quest for the best curriculum. Discussions were put on hold for months at a time during the winters of 2005 and 2006, while the Faculty lambasted Summers and his leadership style...

Author: By William C. Marra | Title: Curricular Cooperation, Please | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

The most striking example of this pathological perspective is the supposed “great crisis” of our age: environmental destruction. With cultish zeal, many greens bemoan the West’s—especially the U.S.’s—resource-guzzling prosperity, and even...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Hooray for Materialism | 6/6/2007 | See Source »

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