Week of October 7, 2013
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Obama, the Debt, and the 14th Amendment Actually, the 14th Amendment DOES give the president the power to raise the debt ceiling. NEW YORK TIMES |
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Stalin: The Tyrant as Editor Stalin wasn't just a ruthless dictator -- he was a damn effective editor. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION |
 | #3 The Shutdown Is a Sideshow. Debt Is the Threat An entitlement-driven disaster looms for America, yet Washington persists with its game of Russian roulette. WALL STREET JOURNAL |
 | #4 Defaming the Cold Warriors Returning to Diana West's book, American Betrayal. NATIONAL REVIEW |
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Tea Party Tactics Lead Straight Back to Secession Forget the Confederacy -- look the nullification crisis for a way out of this mess. BLOOMBERG |
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The Moderates Who Lighted the Gingrich Fuse How GOP moderates enabled the Tea Party takeover. NEW YORK TIMES |
 | #7 Republicans on the Wrong Side of History The die is cast. They wrecked the car, dug their own grave; no matter what you call it, history’s verdict came early. NEW YORK TIMES |
.jpg) | #8 Five Things Bill O’Reilly Flubs in "Killing Jesus" The Holy Spirit may have inspired "Killing Jesus," but he didn’t fact-check it. CNN |
 | #9 Erdogan Stokes the Sectarian Fires Turkey was supposed to be the stable Middle East partner of the West. No more. NEW YORK TIMES |
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Nazis, Lynching and Obamacare How absolutely bonkers -- yet how unsurprising -- our political analogies have come to this. NEW YORK TIMES |