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Commencement 2013: A sampling of advice to this year's college grads
Here are some memorable excerpts from this spring's college commencement addresses.
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Playing the IRS card: Six presidents who used the IRS to bash political foes
Since the advent of the federal income tax about a century ago, several presidents – or their zealous underlings – have directed the IRS to use its formidable police powers to harass or punish enemies, political rivals, and administration critics. Here are six infamous episodes.
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Briefing IRS 101: Seven questions about the tea party scandal
The Internal Revenue Service is under the microscope now, as revelations have emerged that the agency wrongly targeted conservative groups seeking nonprofit status. Here’s an accounting of what has happened, along with the ramifications.
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Opinion 3 priorities for Pakistan's new government
After 14 years, Nawaz Sharif is back at the helm in Pakistan. The nuclear-armed country faces a welter of problems, from terrorism to tensions with Afghanistan, India, and the United States. To move Pakistan forward, Mr. Sharif must focus on three priorities.
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Briefing Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
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Wanted: More science and math teachers in the US
School officials hope financial and training incentives will help fill the need for 200,000 new teachers.
12/29/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion India: Let Kashmir go
Resolving the disputed territory would benefit all.
12/29/2008 12:00 am -
US economy's gloom expected to begin lifting by late '09
Until then, employment, output, and housing prices will keep falling.
12/29/2008 12:00 am -
Discoveries Enjoy your leap second
The leap second the world's timekeepers will add tomorrow will bring the world's high-tech atomic clocks back into sync with time as defined by Earth's rotation
12/29/2008 12:00 am -
Diggin' It What's the answer to protecting plants while melting snow?
Is sand really better for plants and the environment than snow-melting chemicals?
12/28/2008 12:00 am -
Promoting peace in Afghanistan – with a lighter touch
A provincial reconstruction team's visit to a remote area underscores the challenges of winning hearts and minds.
12/26/2008 12:00 am -
Economic bright spot: energy prices
Gasoline and some heating costs are expected to be relatively low in 2009.
12/26/2008 12:00 am -
USA
12/24/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion Want green jobs? Watch California.
Instead of waffling on green energy, the US must offer consistent support.
12/24/2008 12:00 am -
The artist who created the White House Christmas card
Landscape painter Tim Lawson re-created the view from the Truman balcony for a holiday card that the Bushes sent to friends and dignitaries around the world.
12/24/2008 12:00 am -
USA
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
Can America spend its way to economic recovery?
Conservatives, resisting big government outlays on principle, begin to build the case for other options.
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
A surge of Special Forces for Afghanistan likely
Defense officials say it will fill urgent gaps but Special Forces officers are skeptical.
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
Bush pushes Persian Gulf nuclear agreement
But critics say the US should go slowly on a deal that would help a crucial trading partner for Iran.
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion Living through 'It's a Wonderful Life'
Beyond what our family lost this year, there was so much we gained.
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion Corruption's cost, beyond Blagojevich
'Rent-seeking' hurts society and perverts the work of government.
12/23/2008 12:00 am -
At Iraqi border outpost, signs of improving ties with Iran
As US forces pull back, Iran is expected to widen its influence in Iraq, despite the two countries' history of war and mistrust.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Suspected US drone attack in Pakistan kills at least seven Taliban
Monday's attack came amid discussion of doubling the US forces in Afghanistan by mid-2009.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Obama weighs a supersized stimulus plan
His team looks ready to spend at least $675 billion on projects to jolt the US economy.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Opinion Does the bailout spree signal the end of democracy?
Loose fiscal policy is said to doom democracies to despotism.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Will Obama's war strategy produce a peace dividend?
A move out of Iraq could save America $370 billion.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Now in vogue: saving
Attitudes change as Americans take financial hits.
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Bright Green An open-source engine?
Will the American cars of the future be powered by gasoline, biofuels, natural gas, or electricity? If the Set America Free Coalition has their way, the answer will be "all of the above."
12/22/2008 12:00 am -
Unions pose difficult political test for Obama
How firmly will he stand with his labor allies during the painful restructuring of the auto industry?
12/21/2008 12:00 am -
Chapter & Verse Obama chooses his poet
12/20/2008 12:00 am
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