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Robert Scheer: Treat Palestinians Like Jews

If nothing else, this assault on decency by the Israeli government was clearly intended to derail the peace talks that President Barack Obama has encouraged. But instead of calling Israel on its savagery, the U.S. is virtually alone in the world in its embarrassingly mild rebuke.

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Robert Scheer: Treat Palestinians Like Jews

Souter’s Challenge to Scalia – E.J. Dionne, Jr.

It should become the philosophical shot heard around the country. In a remarkable speech that received far too little attention, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter took direct aim at the conservatives’ favorite theory of judging.

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Souter’s Challenge to Scalia – E.J. Dionne, Jr.