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An Army Sergeant employed at West Point Military Academy has been charged with secretly videotaping female cadets in the school's showers and locker rooms.
Americans want more access to concealed firearms. But should they get their wish?
Cyclists and motorists spar, in the roads and the legislatures, over who gets the road.
Ginned-up protests are dominating health care town halls.
Debate splits, but not along partisan lines
Republicans lead Democrats in New Jersey and Virginia by 14 points in two new surveys
Is it OK to cut health care costs by asking grandpa and grandma to die at home?
Why do cybersecurity czars keep quitting? Do we even need one?
Or is the press too obsessed with the question?
That's the question liberal pundits are asking following an embarrassing poll.
As Sarah Palin resumes private life, contemplations of The Year of Palin are emerging
The below-the-radar health insurance practice has many critics, and they're getting louder.
Obama's second attempt at a plan seems unlikely to please the opposition.
Two questions you're not allowed to ask about health care.
They're both partisan wingnuts, but few deny they're treated differently. Why?
Is the device humane? What about effective? Liberals and conservatives seem to agree on this one.
Columnists weigh in on this and other vexing questions in the health care debate.
Atlantic bloggers take on the big, fat story.
What's driving Democrats to consider taking down one of their own members in the Senate?
Mitt Romney takes to the op-ed pages to celebrate his roundly-dismissed health care reforms in Massachusetts.
The President's numbers on health care reform take a dive, and columnists wonder if he's the right salesman for the job.
If SCOTUS confirmation hearings are useless, then what should we do about it? Notes on a shoddy process and how to improve it.
Ira Glass says health care is boring. Here are ten quotes from the past week to prove him wrong.
Everyone agrees it's a wise idea, but reform may be harder than driving safely while thumb-typing.
Commentators are offering fresh ideas aimed at helping Obama avoid the fate of the last major push for an overhaul.
Dobbs defends against critics in other networks and his own.
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