THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING
Globe Editorial

The Iraq debate

June 25, 2006

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ONE OF THE defining virtues of liberal democracy is its power of self-correction, a power that can be exercised only when there is honest debate about the big issues. When the public discourse is disfigured by partisan posturing, as in the current jousting over Iraq by Republicans and Democrats, Americans are deprived of the chance to see clearly what has ... (Full article: 985 words)

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