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Opinion: Caution -- Big Risks Ahead

Jan 4th 2010 – 5:00AM
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(Jan. 4) -- If the past decade is notable for anything, it's the number of times we said to ourselves, "Things will never be the same." Isn't that what we said after 9/11? After Hurricane Katrina? After Lehman Brothers collapsed? After our government bailed out Citibank, AIG and General Motors? These are things most of us...

Opinion: Dude, Where's My Flying Car?

Nov 18th 2009 – 5:40PM

(Nov. 18) -- I turned 40 this year and, alas, like many before me who've entered middle age, I've fallen quite short of my long-term career goal. In my case, that was to become a space-suited technician in a dusty lunar city. AP Photo/Heinz Ducklau This year also happens to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the...

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The ZUGO reimagines the Yugo for the 21st-century cheapskate

By Autoblog Staff Jan 01st 2012 - 04:03PM

The Zastava Yugo 45 was intended to be a serious car.

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Herman Cain 2012: 'I Left The Democrat Plantation A Long Time Ago'

By Luke Johnson Oct 11th 2011 - 05:50PM

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Monday night on Fox News' "The Sean Hannity Show" that he "left the Democratic plantation," echoing language used by African-American Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) this summer.

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Dumb Question of the 21st Century: Is It Legal?

By Tom Engelhardt May 31st 2011 - 11:45AM

Is it legal for the president of the United States to target an American citizen for assassination?

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Gary Hart: The Face of 21st-Century Conflict

By Gary Hart Mar 21st 2011 - 11:09AM

What principles do we use to decide on intervention where neither side threatens us and where clear moral authority is not possessed by anyone?

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