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The Point of No Return

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For The Obama Administration, The Prospect Of A Nuclearized Iran Is Dismal To Contemplate: It Would Create Major New National-Security Challenges And Crush The President’S Dream Of Ending Nuclear Proliferation.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Sep 1, 2010
Length: 39 minutes (9,908 words)

‘Why Has He Fallen Short?’

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Of course Barack Obama was too hot not to cool down. He was the one so many were waiting for—not only the first African-American president but also the nation’s long-awaited liberator after eight years of Bush-Cheney, the golden-tongued evangelist who could at long last revive and sell the old liberal faith, the first American president in memory to speak to voters as if they might be thinking adults, the first national politician in years to electrify the young. He was even, of all implausible oddities, a contemporary politician-author who actually wrote his own books.

Author: Frank Rich
Published: Aug 19, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,310 words)

The Volcker Rule

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Obama’s economic adviser and his battles over the financial-reform bill.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jul 26, 2010
Length: 22 minutes (5,605 words)

The White House’s Dinner Theater

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A White House state dinner can serve as diplomatic overture, fund-raising tool, or cultural statement. As Obama social secretary Desirée Rogers discovered, it can also be a P.R. fiasco.

Source: Vanity Fair
Published: Jun 1, 2010
Length: 36 minutes (9,041 words)

Ed Whitacre’s Battle to Save GM from Itself

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Brought in by Obama’s car czar to help revive the automaker after bankruptcy, “Big Ed” fired CEO Fritz Henderson and took the wheel himself. GM’s sales are bouncing back, but Whitacre’s redesign is just beginning

Source: Businessweek
Published: Apr 29, 2010
Length: 15 minutes (3,902 words)

Tim Pawlenty: The Esquire Interview

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The Minnesota governor, whom many expect to run for president in 2012, on bailouts, health care, whether Obama is a socialist, and where Republicans go from here

Source: Esquire
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 35 minutes (8,854 words)

Mars or Bust

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While the aerospace community waits for February when President Obama will announce the 2011 budget, effectively setting NASA’s direction for the near future, aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin agitates for a manned mission to Mars.

Published: Jan 1, 2010
Length: 14 minutes (3,625 words)

What Makes a Great Teacher?

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For more than a decade, one organization has been tracking hundreds of thousands of kids, and looking at why some teachers can move them three grade levels ahead in a year and others can’t. Now, as the Obama administration offers states more than $4 billion to identify and cultivate effective teachers, Teach for America is ready to release its data.

Source: The Atlantic
Published: Feb 1, 2010
Length: 8 minutes (2,159 words)

The Post-Imperial Presidency

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Even as Obama increases troop levels, he is scaling back American foreign policy.

Source: Newsweek
Published: Dec 5, 2009
Length: 35 minutes (8,976 words)

Sarah Palin, WWE Star

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Obama knows the long odds against a right-wing populist winning the presidency, no matter how good she looks in a skirt or running clothes, brandishing a gun. He shouldn’t be too cocky, however, because the death of the center is ultimately a problem for him and the whole country.

Source: True/Slant
Published: Nov 20, 2009
Length: 14 minutes (3,642 words)