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Feb 10

Party Gridlock in Washington Feeds New Fear of a Debt Crisis

Jackie Calmes – The New York Times
February 16, 2010

Senator Evan Bayh’s comments this week about a dysfunctional Congress reflected a complaint being directed at Washington with increasing frequency, and there is broad agreement among critics about Exhibit A: The unwillingness of the two parties to compromise to control a national debt that is rising to dangerous heights.

After decades of warnings that budgetary profligacy, escalating health care costs and an aging population would lead to a day of fiscal reckoning, economists and the nation’s foreign creditors say that moment is approaching faster than expected, hastened by a deep recession that cost trillions of dollars in lost tax revenues and higher spending for safety-net programs.
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6
Feb 10

Palin, Visible and Vocal, Is Positioned for Variety of Roles

By MARK LEIBOVICH – The New York Times
Published: February 5, 2010

WASHINGTON — Without leaving home, Sarah Palin will be able to reach much of her political base, courtesy of a soon-to-be-built television studio in her living room paid for by her newest media patron, Fox News. From her house in Wasilla, Alaska, Ms. Palin also sends missives to 1.3 million Facebook “fans,” writes newspaper columns, Tweets and signs copies of her book for donors.

She reads daily e-mail briefings on domestic and foreign policy from a small group of advisers who remained loyal after her tumultuous vice presidential campaign in 2008. And though she has fashioned an image as an antiestablishment conservative, she also speaks regularly to a bipartisan nobility of Washington insiders who have helped enrich her financially and position her on the national political stage.
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27
Jan 10

Burqa : le “New York Times” accuse Sarkozy d’”attiser la haine”

LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | 27.01.10 | 18h04
Le grand quotidien amĂ©ricain New York Times s’est invitĂ© mercredi dans le dĂ©bat sur l’interdiction du voile intĂ©gral en France, accusant le gouvernement français d’”attiser la haine” dans un Ă©ditorial intitulĂ© “Les talibans applaudiraient”.

“Il est facile de voir que les droits des femmes sont violĂ©s quand un gouvernement leur ordonne de dissimuler leur corps sous un voile entièrement couvrant“, Ă©crit le quotidien new-yorkais dans un Ă©ditorial au ton très offensif. “Il devrait ĂŞtre aussi facile de voir la violation quand une commission parlementaire française recommande [...] l’interdiction des services publics, dont les Ă©coles, les hĂ´pitaux et les transports publics, aux femmes qui portent ces voiles“, poursuit le texte.
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