The history behind current events.

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  David Greenberg Jan. 31, 2010
  
• Obama's Achilles' Heel What the deficit-commission idea says about his politics.
  David Greenberg Jan. 29, 2010
  
• The Case for Watered-Down Legislation What health care reform advocates can learn from the 1957 Civil Rights Act.
  Fred Kaplan Jan. 22, 2010