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• 17 Wal-Mart: Theft or Union-Busting?

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 12, 2005

• 16 Democracy in Mexico?

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 12, 2005

• 15 Is Judicial Independence Unlimited?

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 12, 2005

• 14 Analysis, Character, and Chance

  in Culture — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 07, 2005

• 13 Notes on the Bankruptcy Bill

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Apr 07, 2005

• 12 The Valerie Plame Affair: The Dam has Burst...

  ... and the floodwaters are starting to pour down on Fort George W. Bush. The CIA has formally asked the Justice Department to start an investigation of whether two senior officials in the Bush White House deliberately revealed the identity of an undercover CIA officer to get back at her husband for his role in revealing the "Yellowcake Road" hoax. Justice has officially begun a preliminary inquiry. Revealing the identity of a covert agent is an aggravated felony punishable by up to ten years in prison.

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Sep 28, 2003

• 11 High-Level Defection?

  Has Ashcroft gone over to the French?

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Mar 25, 2003

• 10 A Public, or Just an Audience?

  The LA Times treats politics as a spectator sport.

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Mar 19, 2003

• 9 The Battle of the Bulge

  How come the French are so much skinnier than we are?

  in Culture — by Mark Kleiman — on Mar 18, 2003

• 8 Torture

  While you weren't looking, you got to be a citizen of a country that practices torture. How happy does that make you?

  in Politics — by Mark Kleiman — on Mar 16, 2003