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Playing fiscal detective to track down the logic for the hike is unsatisfying. "Washington opened the sluice gates of military spending after the 9/11 attacks primarily not because it was the appropriate thing to do strategically but because it was something the country could do when something had to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Lean Times, Military Spending Still Gets a Pass | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

The answer is that Reid learned a valuable lesson from health care. Swallowing can be near impossible when you stuff your face, but if you take smaller bites, legislation goes down easier. And so five Republicans so couldn't resist the stripped-down, $15 billion jobs package Reid pushed that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Jobs Bill, Reid Looks for More Small Victories | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

It's a recipe for success that Reid plans on repeating. He has now lined up a series of smaller jobs-related bills. Next up is popular legislation to create a $200 million public-private partnership aimed at increasing tourism in the U.S., which could bring in $4 billion in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Jobs Bill, Reid Looks for More Small Victories | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

Sarah Palin likes to position herself against the eggheads of the world, but she was on the receiving end of her own "I happen to have Mr. McLuhan right here" comeuppance when she got in a public feud with the Fox animated sitcom Family Guy. In the Feb. 14 episode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Outrage Smackdown: Family Guy Defeats Palin | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

Palin posted on Facebook that the scene was "another punch in the gut." This time, however, Palin's outrage prompted not an apology but a smackdown, from Andrea Fay Friedman, a Family Guy voice actress - who actually has Down. "My parents raised me to have a sense of humor," she...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Outrage Smackdown: Family Guy Defeats Palin | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

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