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It would have taken a truly great floor debate to begin resolving some of those difficult areas - a half dozen thorny deal-breakers (how to contain costs, what to do about China) that need to be figured out before any such bill can pass. But not much of that table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why the Climate Bill Failed | 6/9/2008 | See Source »

This is not to say the security improvements in Iraq are illusory. It's just that the war's realities are too elusive to grasp on a brief trip led by people with a vested interest in what you see. In Vietnam, the wisest U.S. officials sought out journalists like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barack, Don't Go to Baghdad | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

What is the illicit good that seniors are willing to subvert University rules to obtain? Tickets to this morning’s Commencement exercises, at which the degrees for thousands of students will be conferred. Each graduating senior is given four tickets to distribute among her parents, extended family, and...

Author: By Daniel P. Robinson | Title: Harvard’s Black Market | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

Allowing the open sale of tickets would have many benefits. Since it would likely increase the supply of tickets more than the demand—because people who need extra tickets are often more willing to break the rules than those who have extra tickets—the price would...

Author: By Daniel P. Robinson | Title: Harvard’s Black Market | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

Patterns of civic engagement among young Americans do remain to some extent divided between this new cohort willing to bet on traditional politics to bring change, and those who prefer non-political engagement through volunteering, community service, and education work. Yet both are proven options, and both are far more...

Author: By Robert A. Paarlberg | Title: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Class of 2008 | 6/5/2008 | See Source »

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