Thursday, October 21, 2010

Thursday's Top News: Restoring the American Dream

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Restoring the American Dream

By Fareed Zakaria

The grim reality is that technology and globalization are shattering the middle class. With the midterms around the corner, the good news is that a bipartisan policy agenda can return the country to prosperity. But no one says it will be easy

Campaign Finance Reformers Survey the Wreckage

By Michael Crowley / Washington

The successes of McCain-Feingold are unraveling, and prospects look dimmer by the day

Chechen Terrorists, Despite a Schism, Come Back Ferociously

By Simon Shuster / Moscow

The attack on the parliament on Chechnya is growing evidence that the old breed of terror has once again dominant in the rebel underground

Paging Principal Skinner: Evaluating School Leaders

By Andrew J. Rotherham

The current attempts to assess principals' effectiveness are no better than for teachers, and in some ways worse

Ted Kaufman, the Temporary Senator

By Joe Klein

Ted Kaufman never wanted to be a Senator. Maybe that's why he was so good at it

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Swampland

By Mark Thompson

It's always enlightening to dive into the military's historical archives, because armies have been doing the same things for hundreds of years. While the troops in charge today might think they're blazing a new trail, chances are good soldiers a generation or two earlier traveled the same path, now overgrown with the passage of time. [...]

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From TIME's Archives: The Anita Hill Saga

A phone call from Clarence Thomas' wife Virginia re-ignites a nearly 20-year old controversy. A look back at how it all began

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"The weapons we have are principles and values, which are the best weapons for prevention."
MARISOL VALLES GARCIA,
the new police chief of Praxedis G. Guerrero in Chihuahua, Mexico. The twenty-year-old accepted the top job in the police force, stating that she's tired of people living in fear
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Can Britain's Conservatives Escape Thatcher's Legacy?

By Catherine Mayer

The Tories have worked hard to convince voters of their compassion but welfare cuts, announced at their annual conference, bring echoes of the party's bracing past

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