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In tracking down and eliminating terrorists, we need to change our metaphor from a “war on terror” – exactly what, pray tell, is that?

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Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government.
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I can tell you that the job of trying to tell the truth about people whose job it is to hide the truth is about as complicated and difficult as trying to hide it in the first place.
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When we were covering the 2008 campaign I told my young African American colleagues that despite the historical significance of victory, Barack Obama was going to break their hearts.
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Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country.
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The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.
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News is what people want to keep hidden and everything else is publicity.
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Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms of government, but it has one saving grace: it allows us to know and say that it isn’t.
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The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it’s changing the conversation.
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Our media and political system has turned into a mutual protection racket.
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How can those of us who are parents help our children recognize their bliss?
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