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Politics: More Like Reagan?



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Politics More Like Reagan? Why Gingrich is surging past Romney in Iowa. By John Dickerson Posted Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, at 03:30 AM ET DES MOINES—Conservatives prize constancy above all else, but if Republicans are really faced with a choice between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, this will be a nomination defined by reversals. Nominating Gingrich will require conservatives to embrace a sweeping ideological reversal. Nominating Romney will require Republicans to embrace a candidate who is defined by personal reversals. If Mitt Romney is the nominee, conservatives will have to reverse themselves on the idea of constancy itself. His flips are numerous and on videotape. Gingrich would need persuade two of the most powerful forces in modern Republican politics to reverse themselves. Social conservatives and Tea Party activists would appear to have insurmountable objections to Gingrich. Social conservative leaders have long argued that presidents must have a sterling private history. Gingrich has the most checkered personal past in the Republican field, with two divorces and an admitted adulterous affair. Tea Party activists, meanwhile, largely blame establishment politicians in both parties for government bloat and a system that rewards the well-connected and influential. Gingrich was in Congress for 20 years and afterward joined the non-elected establishment, making millions working for Freddie Mac and other private companies seeking influence and advice in Washington. Gingrich appears to be well on his way to winning over social conservatives and Tea Party supporters in Iowa. Gingrich is the front-runner and leads Romney by between 8 and 9 points in the most recent Des Moines Register poll and the NBC/Marist poll. Social conservatives have played a key role ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Iowa Conservatives Ought To Loathe Gingrich. Why Are They Flocking to Him? How Winner-Takes-All Markets Are Making the Rich Even Richer Why Publishing Movie Reviews Early Is Bad for Everyone	Advertisement
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Moneybox: Why Has Inequality Been Growing?



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Moneybox Why Has Inequality Been Growing? How technology and winner-take-all markets have made the rich so much richer. By Robert H. Frank Posted Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, at 12:16 PM ET The first part of this series described how growing income disparities have made it more expensive for middle-income families to achieve many basic goals, such as sending their children to a decent school. Today's installment discusses the forces that have caused income disparities to grow in recent decades. This essay is adapted from Robert H. Frank's recently published book, The Darwin Economy. Effective remedies for growing income disparities require a clear understanding of the forces that have caused them. In their recent book, Winner-Take-All Politics, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson have argued that explosive salary growth at the top has been fueled by a more lax regulatory environment purchased with campaign contributions. That's a spot-on description of what happened in the financial services industry, which is of course the principal target of the OWS movement. But it's an unsatisfactory account of why inequality has been rising in other occupations. The same pattern of income growth we've seen for the population as a whole has been replicated for virtually every subgroup that's been studied. It holds for dentists, real-estate agents, authors, attorneys, newspaper columnists, musicians, and plastic surgeons. It holds for electrical engineers and English majors. And in none of those instances has it been primarily the result of regulatory favors. To be sure, executives sometimes pack their boards with cronies who reward them with exorbitant salaries and bonuses. But such abuses are no worse now than they've always been. On the contrary, improved ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Iowa Conservatives Ought To Loathe Gingrich. Why Are They Flocking to Him? How Winner-Takes-All Markets Are Making the Rich Even Richer Why Publishing Movie Reviews Early Is Bad for Everyone	Advertisement
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Quote on Anti-Semitism Misattributed to U.S. Ambassador Doesn't Ease Criticism

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

1 Quote on Anti-Semitism Misattributed to U.S. Ambassador Doesn't Ease Criticism

Remarks by the U.S. ambassador to Belgium about anti-Semitism among Muslims living in Europe have spurred furious calls for his resignation, but some reports about the speech cited by critics didn't state Ambassador Howard Gutman's actual words.

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3 Facebook Flaw Means Anyone Can See Private Photos

4 Many Earths Out There? Nearly All Kepler Planets May Be the Real Deal

5 Pakistani Star Veena Malik Suing Magazine for 'Nude' Cover Photo

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GOP hopeful on President Obama's speech

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3 Potential Expansion of Fast and Furious Investigation

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Arts: Kyra Sedgwick Interrogates the Procedural



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Culturebox Kyra Sedgwick Interrogates the Procedural TNT's underappreciated The Closer is challenging a tired genre. By June Thomas Posted Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, at 10:37 PM ET People have been underestimating Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson of the LAPD for seven seasons now. Villains are thrown off-guard when the ditsy blonde saunters into the interview room and completely disarmed when she unleashes her Southern drawl. But lurking behind that charming exterior is a cunning officer who extracts confessions from murder suspects as easily as she separates Ding Dongs from their wrappers. Critics and casual viewers have also sorely misjudged *The Closer, which airs on TNT Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. If you've thought about the series at all in the past few years, you've likely considered it to be just another procedural—comfort TV for fans of CSI* and Law & Order. But don't let the squad-room setting and the show's popularity fool you. The Closer is complex, riveting, and beautifully acted, and it belongs in the TV pantheon alongside The Sopranos, The Wire, and Breaking Bad. The show aired its 100^th episode Monday night, and as it nears the halfway point in its final season, The Closer is challenging the TV convention of the heroic crime-solver who takes justice into her own hands—and, in the process, challenging the entire genre of procedural television. Good procedurals are like Old Faithful: Reliability is their defining characteristic. The Closer offers up a quality mystery and a tricky interrogation each week, but unlike, say, CSI, it does so without becoming predictable. Instead, it keeps viewers guessing by varying its dramatic tone. Sometimes the show ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Iowa Conservatives Ought To Loathe Gingrich. Why Are They Flocking to Him? How Winner-Takes-All Markets Are Making the Rich Even Richer Why Publishing Movie Reviews Early Is Bad for Everyone	Advertisement
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Analysis: Court tests liability of healthcare executives

(Reuters) - After decades in relative obscurity, a legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing is finding its way back into some high-profile healthcare prosecutions. | Full Article

Aging in office: U.S. presidents often outlive peers

December 06, 2011 04:33 PM ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Judging by their "before" and "after" photographs, U.S. presidents appear to age before our eyes, adding wrinkles and gray hair with each year in office. | Full Article

Definition of "normal" aluminum in kids varies

December 06, 2011 04:11 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some parents want their children to be tested for aluminum, but there's no agreement on what "normal" levels of the metal are, a new study finds. | Full Article

Spending on depression up, quality of care lagging

December 06, 2011 05:27 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Spending on depression has gone up by nearly a third with no clear improvement in the quality of care, according to Medicaid claims data from Florida. | Full Article

Prostate cancer hormonal therapy cuts deaths: report

December 06, 2011 04:42 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For men with aggressive prostate cancer, hormone-targeted therapy cuts the overall risk of death, according to a new review of past studies. | Full Article


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Geithner backs EU crisis plan, stresses ECB role

December 06, 2011 05:17 PM ET

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw his weight on Tuesday behind a Franco-German plan to tackle the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis and said the European Central Bank had to play a major role in any solution. | Full Article

Congress turns up heat on CFTC, MF Global's Corzine

December 06, 2011 05:25 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers examining the collapse of MF Global skewered the top U.S. futures regulator for sitting out his agency's probe of the bankrupt brokerage, whose former chief executive, Jon Corzine, is due to face his own drubbing later this week. | Full Article

Court approves Lehman plan to exit bankruptcy

December 06, 2011 04:36 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Corp, now just the odds and ends of the global financial behemoth that collapsed in September 2008, received court approval on Tuesday to exit bankruptcy early next year. | Full Article

Obama hits Republicans, Wall Street in populist speech

December 06, 2011 04:54 PM ET

OSAWATOMIE, Kansas (Reuters) - President Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street on Tuesday as he portrayed himself as champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid. | Full Article

FAA chief resigns over drunk drive charge

December 06, 2011 05:21 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. aviation safety official resigned on Tuesday over a drunken driving charge. | Full Article


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Politics More Like Reagan? Why Gingrich is surging past Romney in Iowa. By John Dickerson Posted Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, at 03:30 AM ET DES MOINES—Conservatives prize constancy above all else, but if Republicans are really faced with a choice between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, this will be a nomination defined by reversals. Nominating Gingrich will require conservatives to embrace a sweeping ideological reversal. Nominating Romney will require Republicans to embrace a candidate who is defined by personal reversals. If Mitt Romney is the nominee, conservatives will have to reverse themselves on the idea of constancy itself. His flips are numerous and on videotape. Gingrich would need persuade two of the most powerful forces in modern Republican politics to reverse themselves. Social conservatives and Tea Party activists would appear to have insurmountable objections to Gingrich. Social conservative leaders have long argued that presidents must have a sterling private history. Gingrich has the most checkered personal past in the Republican field, with two divorces and an admitted adulterous affair. Tea Party activists, meanwhile, largely blame establishment politicians in both parties for government bloat and a system that rewards the well-connected and influential. Gingrich was in Congress for 20 years and afterward joined the non-elected establishment, making millions working for Freddie Mac and other private companies seeking influence and advice in Washington. Gingrich appears to be well on his way to winning over social conservatives and Tea Party supporters in Iowa. Gingrich is the front-runner and leads Romney by between 8 and 9 points in the most recent Des Moines Register poll and the NBC/Marist poll. Social conservatives have played a key role ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Iowa Conservatives Ought To Loathe Gingrich. Why Are They Flocking to Him? How Winner-Takes-All Markets Are Making the Rich Even Richer Why Publishing Movie Reviews Early Is Bad for Everyone	Advertisement
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Moneybox Why Has Inequality Been Growing? How technology and winner-take-all markets have made the rich so much richer. By Robert H. Frank Posted Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, at 12:16 PM ET The first part of this series described how growing income disparities have made it more expensive for middle-income families to achieve many basic goals, such as sending their children to a decent school. Today's installment discusses the forces that have caused income disparities to grow in recent decades. This essay is adapted from Robert H. Frank's recently published book, The Darwin Economy. Effective remedies for growing income disparities require a clear understanding of the forces that have caused them. In their recent book, Winner-Take-All Politics, Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson have argued that explosive salary growth at the top has been fueled by a more lax regulatory environment purchased with campaign contributions. That's a spot-on description of what happened in the financial services industry, which is of course the principal target of the OWS movement. But it's an unsatisfactory account of why inequality has been rising in other occupations. The same pattern of income growth we've seen for the population as a whole has been replicated for virtually every subgroup that's been studied. It holds for dentists, real-estate agents, authors, attorneys, newspaper columnists, musicians, and plastic surgeons. It holds for electrical engineers and English majors. And in none of those instances has it been primarily the result of regulatory favors. To be sure, executives sometimes pack their boards with cronies who reward them with exorbitant salaries and bonuses. But such abuses are no worse now than they've always been. On the contrary, improved ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Iowa Conservatives Ought To Loathe Gingrich. Why Are They Flocking to Him? How Winner-Takes-All Markets Are Making the Rich Even Richer Why Publishing Movie Reviews Early Is Bad for Everyone	Advertisement
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Culturebox Kyra Sedgwick Interrogates the Procedural TNT's underappreciated The Closer is challenging a tired genre. By June Thomas Posted Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, at 10:37 PM ET People have been underestimating Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson of the LAPD for seven seasons now. Villains are thrown off-guard when the ditsy blonde saunters into the interview room and completely disarmed when she unleashes her Southern drawl. But lurking behind that charming exterior is a cunning officer who extracts confessions from murder suspects as easily as she separates Ding Dongs from their wrappers. Critics and casual viewers have also sorely misjudged *The Closer, which airs on TNT Mondays at 9 p.m. ET. If you've thought about the series at all in the past few years, you've likely considered it to be just another procedural—comfort TV for fans of CSI* and Law & Order. But don't let the squad-room setting and the show's popularity fool you. The Closer is complex, riveting, and beautifully acted, and it belongs in the TV pantheon alongside The Sopranos, The Wire, and Breaking Bad. The show aired its 100^th episode Monday night, and as it nears the halfway point in its final season, The Closer is challenging the TV convention of the heroic crime-solver who takes justice into her own hands—and, in the process, challenging the entire genre of procedural television. Good procedurals are like Old Faithful: Reliability is their defining characteristic. The Closer offers up a quality mystery and a tricky interrogation each week, but unlike, say, CSI, it does so without becoming predictable. Instead, it keeps viewers guessing by varying its dramatic tone. Sometimes the show ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Iowa Conservatives Ought To Loathe Gingrich. Why Are They Flocking to Him? How Winner-Takes-All Markets Are Making the Rich Even Richer Why Publishing Movie Reviews Early Is Bad for Everyone	Advertisement
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