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  • Obama’s Drone Changes Change Very Little

    President Barack Obama made a number of smart changes to the U.S. drone war and detention policies today, and they should leave all Americans deeply unsatisfied.

  • Why Second-Term Scandals Are Almost Inevitable

    In the last month, there has been a lot of talk about whether American presidents face a second-term curse. It’s not clear that such a thing exists, but any second- term president is likely to have to deal with some real or apparent scandals. The reason isn’t arrogance, distraction or hubris. It’s a matter of arithmetic.

  • How to Humble a Wing Nut

    There is no standard definition of the all-important term “wing nut,” so let’s provide one. A wing nut is someone who has a dogmatic commitment to an extreme political view (“wing”) that is false and at least a bit crazy (“nut”).

  • Goldman Sachs Wins Even When Muzzled by the Feds

    Almost three years ago, when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid $550 million to settle fraud accusations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of the claims was that Goldman misled the bond-insurer ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. in a horribly complex deal named Abacus.

  • Nintendo, Apple, Samsung, Metso: Intellectual Property

    Nintendo Co., maker of the Wii video- gaming system, won a U.S. appeals court ruling that makes it harder for patent-licensing companies to seek an import ban on products as a way to demand royalties.

  • Don’t Mandate Labeling for Gene-Altered Foods

    Should the government require companies to label food that contains genetically modified organisms?

  • Buying Insurance Should Be as Easy as Using an IPad

    As a central part of President Barack Obama’s health-care law, Americans will soon be able to obtain insurance through federal exchanges. But how, exactly, will people apply for coverage?

  • Harvard Law School Can Learn From MOOCs

    Elite universities recognize online courses as a way to educate the masses. Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology teamed up to introduce the nonprofit edX in May 2012, and Stanford, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan were quick to sign on to Coursera Inc., a for-profit platform, which now offers more than 300 free courses.

  • Obama Asks Trade Nominees to Tackle Slumping U.S. Exports

    President Barack Obama asked his nominees for Commerce secretary and trade ambassador to revive U.S. export growth as the administration’s goal of doubling overseas sales by the end of next year slips out of reach.

  • Froman Said to Be Front-Runner for Trade Representative

    President Barack Obama is close to choosing Mike Froman, currently the deputy national security adviser for international economics, as U.S. Trade Representative, according to two people familiar with the matter.

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