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by danps
Last week an explosive report on the fall of a Wall Street titan was released to relative silence in large outlets. Will they give it the attention and analysis it deserves, or will the recent tendency to miss big stories reassert itself?
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Two of the leading voices for financial reform have made uncharacteristically business-friendly noises lately. Does it represent a change of position, a misunderstanding, or have they always held those opinions?
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A long awaited examination of possible ethics violations by the authors of the Bush administration's torture memos was finally released late last week. As has seemed typical on this topic, the official document raises more questions than it answers.
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The idea of a public option has started to pop up beyond just the health care debate, and pursuing it could provide a very effective complement to the traditional means of protecting the public.
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Shameless leaders have created a culture of impunity. Those who want accountability might need to adapt their expectations and keep an eye on the long run.
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If Ben Bernanke's nomination to head the Federal Reserve gets scuttled, the head of the Kansas City Fed might be an attractive alternative.
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Martha Coakley's defeat was largely about the candidate and local issues, but a restless national environment should raise some troubling parallels to Democrats.
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In the same way that some of the lustiest cheerleaders for war declined the opportunity to serve themselves, some of those most loudly calling for eliminating deficits seem curiously unaware of the Pentagon.
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The executive branch has its very own team of lawyers theoretically dedicated to providing the very best legal advice. In practice it seems to offer more rationalization and obfuscation than gold plated counsel. What exactly is the value to the public?
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A CD's worth of the year's best songs, generally from off the beaten path.
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There is a great deal of frustration with the filibuster at the moment, but it tends to be unpopular across the political spectrum - and we're probably stuck with it for the foreseeable future.
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The government has an increasingly free hand in deciding what information it releases to the public, and its response has unsurprisingly been towards less disclosure.
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With the renomination of the current Federal Reserve chairman meeting some opposition, now is the time to start thinking about who might be a good replacement.
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The president has been getting some resistance from within his party for several new proposals, but an extremely consequential area of conflict is being largely overlooked.
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Recent actions by the Department of Justice in the case of a Guatánamo detainee are more suited for the Queen of Hearts than a court of law, and the most plausible explanations are corruption or incompetence.
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The damage done by the Bush administration to the rule of law occurred over a few years - relatively quickly in legal terms. Repairing it will be a much longer task, as repairing always is.
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The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has cultivated a pugnacious persona, but on financial reform he may be fighting for the wrong side.
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Troop levels and insurgency strategies have dominated the discussion about Afghanistan, but there may be an important ulterior motive for those in favor of a ramped up military effort.
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Various attempts to reform the financial system are bouncing around the capitol these days. The reaction of one of Wall Street's biggest players to them may be as good an indicator as any of how serious they are.
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The health care debate and last weekend's activities in the capitol produced some high profile disagreements on the left. Part of it is the tug of war to set the party agenda, but part of it is also in the Democrats' DNA.
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