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Intel’s $1.25 Billion Settlement

Intel may have reached a deal with Advanced Micro Devices, but that does little for consumers hurt by anticompetitive practices.

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The ‘Highly Qualified Teacher’ Dodge

Recent decisions in Washington continue to allow poorer schools to be disproportionately staffed by unqualified teachers.

A Farewell to Lou

Lou Dobbs calls himself Mr. Independent, but he is closer in style and method to the right-wing ranters who mold the facts to shape the argument.

Ethics Watchdogs Snarl at the Messenger

The House ethics committee should focus on policing members’ behavior rather than complaining about the new Office of Congressional Ethics.

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Letters

Katherine Streeter

Abortion and Health Care Legislation (7 Letters)

Medicare Doctor Payments (1 Letter)

The Value of Virtual Goods (1 Letter)

Motives, Choice and Fort Hood (2 Letters)

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Redistricting, New York Style

Mapmaking in New York can be a dark art form designed to make certain that incumbents in the majority party are safe from electoral competition (aka democracy).

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Bloggingheads: Afghanistan as Duty

Christopher Preble, left, of the Cato Institute and Peter Beinart of the New America Foundation debate public support for the Afghanistan war.

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My Grandmother’s War Stories

An artist shares his grandmother’s tales of hardship during World War I.

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PAUL KRUGMAN

Free to Lose

With long-term unemployment at its highest levels since the 1930s and on the rise, the U.S. should consider policies that address job growth directly.

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DAVID BROOKS

Meet John Thune

The junior senator from South Dakota has conservative roots but is pragmatic at the surface, and may be a strong Republican candidate in 2012.

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ROGER COHEN

Of Fruit Flies and Drones

President Obama has shown a quiet predilection for drone warfare, but the U.S. should not be targeting people for killing without a public debate.

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Op-Ed Contributors

Eating by the Numbers

By JULIE S. DOWNS, GEORGE LOEWENSTEIN and JESSICA WISDOM

Research shows calorie posting is unlikely to have much impact on obesity. Lawmakers should consider a range of methods to tip people towards healthier food choices.

Where Credit Isn’t Due

By JOHN CARNEY

The unintended consequences of proposals like credit card rate freezes and tax credits for home buyers may wind up creating even worse problems.

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Domestic Disturbances

'Mad Men,' Maddening Times

By JUDITH WARNER

The Stupak-Pitts amendment is a distressing throwback to an era when women's rights were considered expendable.

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The Betrayal

By TIMOTHY EGAN

If last year's sale of Anheuser-Busch -- and Budweiser! -- to a European brewer was a hint that a social contract had been broken, the evidence has only been piling up since then.

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