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Weiner: As American as political redemption
Anthony Weiner, now running for mayor of New York, is the latest in a long line of disgraced officials seeking not only absolution, but political resurrection from voters.
What does Apple really owe taxpayers? A lot, actually.
Even as Apple sizzles in the Senate hot seat for alleged tax evasion and finds itself the object of a Justice Department investigation into price-fixing ebooks, the company still enjoys a vast reservoir of good faith with the American people
The real IRS scandal
Though the courts have ruled that a tax-exempt group’s political activity must be 'insubstantial,' lawyers have argued this means as much as 49 percent – and the IRS has gone along. Even that has been flagrantly violated.
Vetting the Syrian rebels, stock gyrations, and A-Rod’s return
Most of those pushing for providing arms and other aid to the Syrian rebels -- which the Obama administration announced last week it will now do -- have promised that the rebels could be “vetted” so that weapons and other assistance don’t end up in the hands of jihadists and other bad actors.
Turkey’s economy is vulnerable
PM Tayyip Erdogan’s harsh actions against protestors could backfire economically. Turkey depends on foreign investors to fund its big current account deficit. If they turn tail, interest rates will rise, hurting the economy and undermining one of Erdogan’s sources of popularity.
Why Russia won’t deal on NATO missile defense
Moscow is unlikely to cooperate on a seriously flawed, expensive system against an Iranian threat it doesn't see as imminent.
Edward Snowden, model dropout
Leaving aside the merits of Snowden’s decision to leak sensitive information to the press, his idiosyncratic educational experience points, however improbably, to a much brighter future for all young Americans, and indeed for anyone around the world hungry for knowledge.MOST COMMENTED
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