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Haaretz

Conservatives vs. Liberals: More Than Politics
Huffington Post
The contest for power between Democrats and Republicans pits two antithetical value systems against each other; two conflicting concepts of freedom, liberty, fairness, right, and wrong; two mutually exclusive notions of the state, the individual, ...
Studies: Conservatives Are From Mars, Liberals Are From VenusThe Atlantic

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Entrepreneur pushes Chinese role in global credit
The Associated Press
"There is no link between a country's political system or its per capita gross domestic product and its ability to repay its debts," Guan said. Dagong has announced agreements to issue ratings for the government of Belarus, which has been downgraded ...

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Reasonable doubt on teacher evaluation
Washington Post (blog)
I'm not close to the negotiations and can claim no expertise on the political machinations outside of public view. At its heart, this seems to me a dispute over jurisdiction: Who has the legitimate authority to regulate the work of an occupation that ...

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AllGov

It's the System, Stupid
New Yorker (blog)
Might it not have been because presidential systems, which invite conflict between their executive and legislative branches, are so bad at making coherent policy and making it stick? Because the political paralysis that that conflict often produced ...
“The United States Constitution is terse and old, and it guarantees relatively ...Wizbang (blog)

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Policy over politics
Baltimore Sun
In this case, it's a provision in the new rate schedule that would charge the owners of homes with sprinkler systems more for water than homes not protected by such fire suppression systems. Boniface wants the provision removed and the executive's ...

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Gov. Corbett's Budget Address: Politicians, Party Chairmen and Candidates React
PoliticsPA
With pending passage of the DSIC bill, we will be encouraging needed investments with private sector dollars for the state's aging public utility infrastructure – natural gas, electric and wastewater systems. This will create thousands of good-paying, ...

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Maldives Crisis Shows India's Lack of Regional Clout
Wall Street Journal (blog)
New Delhi says it would like to champion democratic values in its backyard, but is powerless as developments in Nepal, Sri Lanka – and now the Maldives – show the fragility of recent gains toward freer political systems. India warmly backed former ...

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The Nation, Pakistan

President Karzai reacts towards political system change
Khaama Press
By Ghanizada - Sat Jan 21, 8:51 pm Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday strongly opposed the change of political system in Afghanistan. While speaking during the opening session of the Afghan parliament after winter vacations president Karzai ...
Afghanistan is not a political lab to test new systems: KarzaiThe Nation, Pakistan

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NOLA.com

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Needs Reform Badly
Bayoubuzz
Maybe now we know why the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System's investment return barely beat that of a risk-free 30-year US Treasury bond over the past five years – because its top officers aren't very good critical thinkers, as evidenced by ...
Jindal's gambitGreater Baton Rouge Business Report

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CSG Systems International Reports Results for Fourth Quarter 2011
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSG Systems International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGS), a global provider of software- and services-based business support solutions that help clients generate revenue and maximize customer relationships, today reported results for the quarter ...

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