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Robert Kuttner: The Volcker Rule: Return to Sender

Co-founder and co-editor, 'The American Prospect'

Paul Volcker deserves better. In the hands of Tim Geithner's Treasury, the Rule named for Volcker supposedly limiting speculative mischief by government-guaranteed banks is fast becoming a cumbersome parody of itself. Financial regulatory officials, at the behest of Wall Street, have turned a simple bright line into a convoluted monstrosity. In the absence of a clear line, Wall Street can always field more lawyers than the government can spare regulators, and what an awful waste of taxpayer money.

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The Unfaithful Candidate

Michael Smerconish, 02/27/12

Radio host

What separates us from Iran or al-Qaeda if we are going to pick our presidents according to religious litmus tests? Perhaps Romney could have quoted the First Amendment and reminded people that it ensures every American's ability to exercise his faith. But he remained silent.

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Talk Nerdy to Me: Science Meets Style: What Futuristic Fashion Says About Our Culture
Cara Santa Maria and Sarah St. Lifer, 02/24/12
Scientific, futuristic thought is alive and well in the world of fashion.

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World

The World Wishes Mandela Well and Needs Him

Mohamed A. El-Erian, 02/26/12

CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO

Mr. Mandela, we wish you a quick and full recovery. You have materially improved the well-being of millions and you continue to be a beacon for the many who struggle daily for a better and more just world.

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Religion

Contagion and the Conflict Between Religious Beliefs and Immunization

Bill Moyers, 02/26/12

Managing Editor, Moyers & Company

Now seven states are considering legislation to make it even easier for mothers and fathers to spare their children from vaccinations, especially on religious grounds.

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Entertainment

Elizabeth Reaser on Broadway, Breasts and Playing Opposite the Big Boys -- Brave and True

Nancy Doyle Palmer, 02/26/12

Journalist and screenwriter

Elizabeth Reaser talks a little about the sexuality of this role and the physical challenge of the playing both a young teen and a grown woman who is particularly well-endowed.

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Business

Mother America Always Loved Manufacturing Most

Leo W. Gerard, 02/27/12

International President, United Steelworkers

It's illogical, even unpatriotic to use tax dollars to subsidize companies that send jobs overseas, transferring America's manufacturing power to foreign countries like China.

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Politics

Rick Santorum's Fuzzy First Amendment

Feisal G. Mohamed, 02/26/12

Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Appearing on ABC's This Week, Rick Santorum elaborated on his statement that watching John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association made him want to "throw up."

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World

Saudi Arabia and Syria -- Iran Is in the Background

Dr. Josef Olmert, 02/27/12

Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina

Saudi Arabia wants Bashar Assad down and as quickly as possible because they may believe that with that happening, the military option against Iran can become more attractive, if not to the Obama administration, then to Israel.

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Politics

Mandatory Ultrasound Laws Violate Women's Rights and Bodies

Terry O'Neill, 02/27/12

President, National Organization for Women

Turning the clock back includes shaming women for their sexuality and punishing them for terminating a pregnancy (which is still legal, by the way). This brings us to one of the more degrading tactics up the radical-right sleeve: mandatory ultrasound laws.

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Politics

Ahead of Arizona Primary: A Decline in Political Cache of State Immigration Laws

Kristian Ramos, 02/27/12

Policy Director, Hispanic Demographics, Immigration NDN

It is disingenuous at best for the Republican Party to say out of one corner of their mouth that our immigration system is broken, then do everything they can to stop any wholesale fix. Our states and our country deserve better.

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Latino Voices

Actor Demian Bichir Talks Hollywood, Scarlett, Oscars & Being Latino (PHOTOS)

S.J. Main, 02/27/12

Film Producer, CEO of the Latino Film Fund

Whether Oriol's subject in frame is gang life, a fashion model or celebrity, he presents an artistic voice that is distinctly Los Angeles-bred.

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World

Containing Fukushima: What Future for Japan?

K.T. Hiraoka, 02/26/12

Student of Japan working in the public sector

What is most needed for Japan to get out of its current intellectual slump and to restore vitality are government and corporate sectors that espouse transparency and accountability consistently and over time.

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Entertainment

The 2012 Oscars: Billy Crystal Was Better Than Last Year's Hosts, But It Was Far From His Best

Michael Russnow, 02/27/12

Screenwriter, former Member WGAW Board of Directors, former U.S. Senate aide

Billy Crystal was best in his sincere tribute to his friend, veteran Oscar producer Gil Cates, who died last year. However, memories are a funny thing and it's unfortunate Crystal had to compete with long ago terrific performances by himself.

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Politics

Michigan's Republican Primary: A Regrettable Return to the Politics of Discord and False Hope

Andrew S. Doctoroff, 02/27/12

Former journalist; Detroit lawyer

It is, indeed, ironic that the GOP presidential candidates now flailing about in Michigan have in front of their eyes a Republican blueprint for responsible, effective governance.

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World

The Coalition Against Iranian Oil: Winners and Losers

Sara Vakhshouri, 02/27/12

Fmr. advisor to the Director of the National Iranian Oil Company International

Considering the E.U.'s ban on 150 thousand barrels a day of oil coming from Syria, combined with unrecovered production drops in Libya, the E.U. will feel pressure from not buying Iranian oil. But will Iran feel any?

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Impact

A Billion Change: Supporting Nonprofits Through Skills-based Pro Bono Service

Sen. Mark Warner, 02/27/12

Democratic U.S. Senator from Virginia; Honorary Chairman, A Billion+Change

In tough times, we need to find more creative ways to help. Many American businesses have agreed to partner with their employees to donate pro bono services, leveraging the extraordinary talents of their workforce to help support community needs.

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Politics

Chelsea Clinton for Congress? What Does That Tell Us About America?

Steven Strauss, 02/26/12

Advanced Leadership Fellow, Harvard University

Western media criticize the favorable treatment received by offspring of the politically important outside the U.S. But Ms. Clinton's rapid career progress raises the same issues for America as with the princelings overseas.

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Travel

Hungry For Experiences And Hitting The Road

Rick Steves, 02/27/12

Writer of European travel guidebooks and host of travel shows on public television and public radio (www.ricksteves.com)

Nicolina works with street kids in Rio, providing them with the outlines of anatomically correct hearts and cheering them on as they fill these hearts with their hopes.

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Business

The Iceman Goeth: Politicians Ignore the Biggest Threat to American Jobs

Scott Bittle, 02/26/12

Senior Fellow, Public Agenda

The jobs crisis is the first priority for most Americans, and rightly so. Yet we're spending far too much time asking the wrong questions: can we "hold onto" the jobs we have? Should we cut taxes? Does a college education pay off?

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Politics

Don't Do As I Do, Do As I Say

David Leopold, 02/26/12

Past president, American Immigration Lawyers Association

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu fancies himself a "Leader on Border Security" and an immigration hardliner. Yet it turns out that Babeu was willing to help one immigrant: Jose Orozco, his Mexican boyfriend.

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UK Lifestyle

Are You Addicted to Change - And Allergic to Commitment?

BritChick Paris, 02/26/12

British girl living the Parisian life with all its highs and lows

I am certainly not cured of my fear of being tied down. But I know now that fantasising about a life that 'could' be means you miss out on the life you have. Head in the clouds is fine but feet on the ground is better.

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Politics

Both Sides Now: Spitzer/Matalin on Santorum as SNL's Church Lady and Murray=OWS?

HuffPost Radio, 02/26/12

Matalin and Spitzer debate whether Santorum's religious conservatism has veered into Church Lady Comstockery ("Is it Satan?"). Will Mitt's money win Michigan? Then: why did the GOP cave and is Charles Murray the cultural equivalent of OWS?

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Culture

My Life In Mixed Tapes

Summer Pierre, 02/26/12

Illustrator; Author, 'The Artist in the Office: How to Creatively Survive and Thrive Seven Days a Week'

I captured my own life with these collections. To look at them now they do feel like their own diary. The ones I made for myself chronicle the arc of my musical taste and thus the arc of my personal development.

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Tech

The Patent Condundrum -- For Startups

Steve Rosenbaum, 02/26/12

CEO, Magnify.net; Author, 'Curation Nation'; NYC Entrepreneur At Large

Within the startup world, patents are seen as anti-competitive force that stifles innovation. We're in a place where we need to walk a tightrope between the world of predatory patent prosecution and the need to promote one's invention with current patent law.

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