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Gene Sharp?

Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Published: February 16, 2011

BOSTON — Halfway around the world from Tahrir Square in Cairo, an aging American intellectual shuffles about his cluttered brick row house in a working-class neighborhood here. His name is Gene Sharp. Stoop-shouldered and white-haired at 83, he grows orchids, has yet to master the Internet and hardly seems like a dangerous man. More

They do things different down there in Texas...

Mrs. Bush, Abstinence and Texas
By GAIL COLLINS
Published: February 16, 2011

Today, let’s discuss choices, starting with Barbara Bush raising an alarm and Gov. Rick Perry’s personal experience with sexual abstinence. More

We Gonna Be A Great Banana Republik!

The House freshmen seemed even less concerned about the effect of their budget slashing. “A lot of us freshmen don’t have a whole lot of knowledge about how Washington, D.C., is operated,” Representative Kristi Noem, a Republican of South Dakota, told the Conservative Political Action Conference last week. “And, frankly, we don’t really care.” More

Sure Recipe for Decline: Neglect and Gluttony

By MATT BAI
Published: February 16, 2011
The Caucus

As the White House and Congressional Republicans duel this week over their respective budget proposals, the conversation in the capital is all about the size and role of the federal government. Basically, President Obama would cut some and spend a lot; Republicans would cut a lot and spend much less. More