David Brooks on Most Different Systems

In poverty and health care.

Thomas Friedman on the "Radical Center"

Say what you will about the content of most of this article. For the purposes of POL 105 note that the most important part of the piece is at the end: the proposals for institutional reform. Note in particular the proposal for a change in electoral rules (at the state level).

Immigration

One of these links courtesy of a classmate:

On the one hand...

On the other hand...

Christian Science Monitor on Drone Attacks

For the record, in light of our discussions: the Obama Administration has dramatically increased the use of "drone" attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan, relative to the Bush Administration.

Chapter 7 comments

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Chapter 6 comments

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Chapter 5 comments

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