All The Monitor's View
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Price shock in global food
Riots over grain prices call for a rethink of global stability based on better farming.
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REAL ID, real resistance
States have legitimate concerns about lack of funding for more secure driver's licenses.
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New cats for Wall Street's mice
A Treasury plan to simplify rules for the financial industry could both nurture and fix it.
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Cull of the wolf
The gray wolf's comeback – and plans to hunt it – is setting off howls that can't be ignored.
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The Battle of Basra
Lessons from this six-day conflict may decide if Iraq is to have a strong government.
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NATO caution on Ukraine, Georgia
New members have been good for the alliance. Let's not rush toward Ukraine and Georgia.
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Be prepared to help Zimbabwe
Elections could mark the beginning of the end of Mugabe's rule. The world must be ready.
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Arabian rights
Saudi Arabia's king is trying to reform his society, but his moves are painfully slow.
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Pen a letter, for fun and posterity
Can HBO's 'John Adams' series revive letter-writing?
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Don't fold on Internet gambling ban
A 2006 US law has cut Web-based betting. If anything, the law needs to be toughened.
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The very model for a modern China
While China used bullets in Tibet, Taiwan used ballots to register dissent in an election.
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Trigger happy on gun rights
The high court must balance its leaning toward a gun ownership right with society's interest in safety.
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Not so black and white
Obama's extraordinary speech on race captured the subtleties of today's debate.
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Five years on: media's role in Iraq
The press plays an unwitting role in the subtle battle to influence public opinion.
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Turkey wrestles with Islam's place
Turkey's prime minister must build trust in issues of mosque and state.
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Tibet's nonviolent path
Both China and followers of the Dalai Lama in Tibet need to return to peaceful means.
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What Bush can win while at the Olympics in China
He can persuade China not to trade with an Iran racing to make weapons-grade uranium.
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Lessons from Spitzer's fall
The system set up to catch financial misdeeds by politicians works.
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Protection for home schooling
A ruling against home schooling reveals a belief that children are mere creatures of the state.
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Reduce drug traces in tap water
One solution: Require that buyers return their unused pharmaceuticals to vendors.
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