Recent Votes

• Advice From Grandma - Thomas L. Friedman New York Times Op-Ed Columnist

  Source: The New York Times

  President Obama's visit to China this week inevitably invites comparisons between the world's two leading powers. You know what they say: Britain owned the 19th century, America owned the 20th century, and, it's all but certain that China will own the 21st century.

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• Who Created Major Hasan? - Robert Wright New York Times Op-Ed Contributor

  Source: The New York Times

  IN the case of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and the Fort Hood massacre, the verdict has come in. The liberal news media have been found guilty — by the conservative news media — of coddling Major Hasan's religion, Islam.

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• Assessing the China Trip - New York Times Editorial

  Source: The New York Times

  President Obama has faced a fair amount of criticism for his China trip. He was too deferential; he didn't speak out enough on human rights; he failed to press Beijing firmly on revaluing its currency; he achieved no concrete results.

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• China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate

  Source: The Times

  Tibet's living Buddhas have been banned from reincarnation without permission from China's atheist leaders. The ban is included in new rules intended to assert Beijing's authority over Tibet's restive and deeply Buddhist people.

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• U.S. Presses China in Case of Geologist - NYTimes.com

  Source: The New York Times

  The Chinese government has held an American oil geologist on suspicion of stealing state secrets for nearly two years, prompting President Obama to raise the issue during his visit to Beijing this week, the American Embassy in Beijing said Friday.

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