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Hanford safety issues dog new plant
Questions surround the construction of a glassification plant. Will a cleanup plan create new nuclear dangers?
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The GOP debate in Vegas: a lemon
The basic situation for the candidates remained static after this poorly managed debate on CNN. But it was revealing of some personality traits.
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The Amanda Knox obsession: all about us
The public and media obsession speaks to a problem in our narcissistic culture. We could wrestle with our issues about violence in a healthier way through serious art.
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Local conservatives dine on John Bolton's hot talk and Mitch Daniels' smart math
The Washington Policy Center's banquet featured two of the GOP's almost-candidates: foreign policy hawk John Bolton and brainy budgeteer Mitch Daniels. Maybe Daniels should have run for president?
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A doomsday scenario in 2012
A leftist contemplates the unraveling of generations of political progress in next year's election. The Occupy movement may be just a foretaste of the resistance soon to come.