High school debate and the demise of public speech

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A town fights back against a big-box coup

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How Egypt lost its parliament

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When your vote counts for nothing

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From emails sent in June to Michigan state legislator Lisa Brown after she spoke out against a bill restricting access to abortion. Brown ended her comments by saying, “Mr. Speaker,…

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As economic adversity continues to spread, from Athens to Madrid, London to the Beltway, austerity has become a most dangerous idea. What now dominates the world is the popular theory…

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Remember the moment when “the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”? It was late in the spring of 2008, and that was one…

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Mitt Romney as bad fiction

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The content of Obama's character

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