Ezra Klein: Why Are 64 Senators Writing a Letter to President Obama, Not Laws?

 Why Are 
 64 Senators 
 Writing a Letter, 
 Not Laws? 
OPINION
Mar 21, 2011 9:38 AM CDT
Many Chinese Salt-Buyers Want Their Money Back
Many Chinese Salt-Buyers Want Their Money Back
Mar 21, 2011 9:23 AM CDT
Top Las Vegas Drug Prosecutor in Paris Hilton, Bruno Mars Cases Arrested for Crack Cocaine
 Paris Hilton 
 Drug Prosecutor 
 Nabbed for Crack 
Mar 21, 2011 9:08 AM CDT
29% of Us Can't Name VP
 29% of Us Can't Name the VP 
Mar 21, 2011 8:54 AM CDT
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Libya Protests: Captured 'New York Times' Journalists Released
 Libya Releases 
 Captured NYT 
 Journalists 
Mar 21, 2011 8:40 AM CDT
Bahrain Protests: King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa Says Foreign Plot Has Failed
 Bahrain: 
 Foreign Plot 
 Has Failed 
Mar 21, 2011 8:25 AM CDT
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Did Wyclef Jean Lie About Getting Shot in Haiti? Police, Doctors Say it Was Broken Glass, Not a Gun
 Did Wyclef Jean Lie 
 About Getting Shot? 
Mar 21, 2011 8:10 AM CDT
In One Libya Town, 'Absolute Carnage'
 In One Libya Town, 
 'Absolute Carnage' 

Mar 21, 2011 7:44 AM CDT
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Japan Nuclear Plant: Workers Again Evacuated From Fukushima Dai-ichi After Smoke Rises From Reactor
 Workers Evacuated 
 From Japan Nuclear Plant 
Mar 21, 2011 7:28 AM CDT
25% of Young Professionals Want to Work for Google
25% of Young Professionals Want to Work for Google
survey says
Mar 21, 2011 7:15 AM CDT
Former Sumo Wrestler Kelly Gneiting, 400 Pounds, Completes Los Angeles Marathon
 400-Pound Man 
 Finishes LA 
 Marathon 
Mar 21, 2011 7:00 AM CDT
Yemen Commanders Defect from President Ali Abdullah Saleh as Tanks Enter Streets

 Army Commanders  
 Defect in Yemen 


Mar 21, 2011 6:44 AM CDT
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AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Reactions: Not Good for Consumers
 AT&T, T-Mobile Merger 
 Bad News for Consumers 
early reactions
Mar 21, 2011 6:29 AM CDT
Big East Loses Big in NCAA Tournament
 Big East Loses Big Time 
ncaa tournament
Mar 21, 2011 6:13 AM CDT
Google Rips China for Attacking Activist Gmails
 Google: China Blocking Gmail  
Mar 21, 2011 6:00 AM CDT
Daniel Ellsberg Busted at Manning Protest
Pentagon Papers Leaker
Arrested at Manning Protest
Mar 21, 2011 5:44 AM CDT
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Mets Owners: We Knew Nothing of Madoff Scam
Mets Owners: We Knew Nothing of Madoff Scam
Mar 21, 2011 5:08 AM CDT
Rachel Uchitel Now a Private Dick
 Rachel Uchitel 
 Now a Private Dick 
Mar 21, 2011 4:00 AM CDT
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21 Dead in Pakistan Mine Explosion
Bleak Outlook for 31 Men
Trapped in Pakistan Mine
Mar 21, 2011 3:35 AM CDT
Barry Bonds Starts Trial in Doping Case
 Barry Bonds' 
 Perjury Trial 
 Begins 
Mar 21, 2011 3:09 AM CDT
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Web Site Takes On Les Pessimists
Site Takes On World Champs of Pessimism: the French
Mar 21, 2011 2:46 AM CDT
Japan's Death Toll Hits 18,000
 Japan's Death Toll Hits 18K 
Mar 21, 2011 2:25 AM CDT
Ex SNL Actress Slams 'Sickening' Gay Kiss on Glee
 Ex SNL Actress 
 Slams 'Sickening' 
 Gay Kiss on Glee 


Mar 21, 2011 2:08 AM CDT
Gadhafi Compound Bombed
 Gadhafi Compound Bombed 
Mar 21, 2011 12:25 AM CDT
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Der Spiegel Runs Photos of Soldiers With Dead Afghan
Der Spiegel Runs Photos of Soldiers With Dead Afghan
Mar 20, 2011 6:24 PM CDT
Oprah Makes Nice With Ex-Pals— but Why?
 Oprah Makes Nice 
 With Ex-Pals— 
 but Why? 
Mar 20, 2011 5:53 PM CDT
World's Costliest Natural Disasters
 World's Costliest 
 Natural Disasters 
Mar 20, 2011 4:59 PM CDT
Free House: Iowa Loophole Gets Couple Facing Foreclosure a House for One Payment
Loophole Gets Couple a House for Just One Payment
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 20, 2011 4:30 PM CDT
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Egyptian Voters Approve Constitution Changes
 Egyptian Voters Approve 
 Constitution Changes 
Mar 20, 2011 4:03 PM CDT
Emilio Estevez on Brother Charlie: At Times I Want to Shoot Him
 Emilio on 
 Brother Charlie: 
 At Times I Want 
 to Shoot Him 
Mar 20, 2011 3:37 PM CDT
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South Carolina Goes After Facebooking Prisoners
South Carolina Goes After Facebooking Prisoners
Mar 20, 2011 3:09 PM CDT
AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39B
 AT&T to Buy T-Mobile for $39B 
Mar 20, 2011 2:37 PM CDT
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In Bolivia, a Quinoa Quandary
 In Bolivia, a Quinoa Quandary 
Mar 20, 2011 2:14 PM CDT
John Travolta Qantas Video: Crew Peeved by 'Capt. Travolta' Safety Video

 Qantas Crew 
 Peeved by 
 'Capt. Travolta' 
 Video 
Mar 20, 2011 1:45 PM CDT
Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh Fires Entire Cabinet, as Calls for Ouster Increase
 Yemen President 
 Fires Entire 
 Cabinet 
Mar 20, 2011 1:23 PM CDT
Operation Odyssey Dawn: Moammar Gadhafi Vows 'Long War'
 Gadhafi Vows 'Long War' 
Mar 20, 2011 12:48 PM CDT
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Plan to Train Saudi Fighter Pilots in Idaho Under Fire
Plan to Train Saudi Fighter Pilots in Idaho Under Fire
Mar 20, 2011 12:45 PM CDT
Mark Bittman on Animal Cruelty: We Can't Kick a Dog, but We Can Torture Farm Animals
We Hate Animal Cruelty—Unless We're Eating
the Animal
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 20, 2011 12:30 PM CDT
Anthony Robles, ASU Wrestler With One Leg, Wins NCAA Title
 ASU Wrestler Wins 
 NCAA Title—With 1 Leg  
Mar 20, 2011 11:59 AM CDT
Images of the 'Supermoon'
 Scenes From the 'Supermoon' 
Mar 20, 2011 11:10 AM CDT
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Libya Intervention: Admiral Mike Mullen Says Strikes Having 'Significant Effect'
 Mullen: Libya No-Fly Zone Is Up 
UPDATED
Mar 20, 2011 10:48 AM CDT
Lindsey Graham: Obama Is Acting Like Leadership Is an 'Inconvenience'
 Graham: 
 Leadership an 
 'Inconvenience'
 for Obama 


TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Mar 20, 2011 10:27 AM CDT
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Prince William Hints at Honeymoon in Australia
 William: 
 Maybe We'll 
 Have Aussie 
 Honeymoon 
Mar 20, 2011 9:36 AM CDT
New Hidden Danger: Ski Wax
 New Hidden Danger: Ski Wax 
Mar 20, 2011 9:06 AM CDT
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Wyclef Jean Shot: Singer Treated in Haiti for Gunshot Wound to Hand
 Wyclef Jean 
 Shot in Hand 
 in Haiti 



Mar 20, 2011 8:35 AM CDT
New Phone Etiquette: Don't Call Anyone
 New Phone Etiquette: 
 Don't Call Anyone 
OPINION
Mar 20, 2011 7:53 AM CDT
Michael Moore Blasts President Obama on Twitter for Libya Intervention
 Michael Moore 
 Twitter-Blasts Obama 
Mar 20, 2011 7:31 AM CDT
US Could Learn From Japanese Grace
 US Could 
 Learn From 
 Japanese Grace 
NICHOLAS KRISTOF
Mar 20, 2011 7:15 AM CDT
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