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Commentary | One Minute Debate: 3 Views

3 views on the Iran nuclear deal

3 views on NSA reform

Jobs report: 3 views on the best way to create jobs in the US

3 views on best way to curb US debt

This Delhi cop wants to ‘spread goodness and happiness.’ So he set up a school.

3 views on whether the next Congress should repeal Obamacare

3 views on whether US states should require voter ID

Voter ID laws enacted recently in several states have taken center stage this election cycle. Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson ruled Tuesday that the state could not implement its new voter ID law until after this year's November elections. As the fifth installment of our One Minute Debate series for election 2012, three writers give their brief take on whether US states should require voter ID.

3 views on what the US should do about Iran's nuclear program

3 views on how US should combat illegal immigration

3 views on whether US still needs affirmative action

This November, voters in Oklahoma will consider a ballot measure banning affirmative action in public-sector hiring. And in October, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas case – centered on the use of affirmative action in public-university admissions. As the second installment in our One Minute Debate series for election 2012, three writers give their brief take on whether the United States still needs affirmative action.

3 views on whether states should legalize marijuana

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Why is Christian Science in our name?

Can Syria heal? For many, Step 1 is learning the difficult truth.

Christmas in China, the people’s way

Waste not that broken vacuum. Berlin will pay you to repair your stuff.

Cause of plane crash remains uncertain, as Azerbaijan observes day of mourning

President Biden’s act of clemency: 37 death row inmates avoid execution

Can Syria heal? For many, Step 1 is learning the difficult truth.