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Reporter's Notebook: Prisoner Abuse Not the Norm

The treatment by U.S. soldiers of prisoners and detainees kept me up the other night — literally. I was trying to doze on the side of a road in eastern Afghanistan following a late-night raid by troops of the1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (search). The intended target, an alleged …

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It's About More Than Trade

It would be easy to dismiss the hesitation we’re seeing in Congress over the Bush administration’s proposedfree trade agreement with Morocco (search)as just another chapter in the ongoing debate between free traders and protectionists. After all, the usual suspects are raising the typical arguments about labor and environmental standards and …

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Fat Cat Rockers for Kerry

It’s only rock ‘n’ roll, but John Kerry likes it. In a couple of weeks, a bunch of rockers led byBruce Springsteen (search)will launch an extended concert tour designed to help Senator Kerry. “Talking Points” has no problem with this at all. If big business guys can raise money for …

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