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The Public Eye: Election 2010: Remembering Weimar

By Bob Burnett
Monday November 01, 2010 - 05:20:00 PM

It’s been 77 years since Adolph Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, ending the fourteen-year democracy known as the Weimar Republic. A long time ago but painfully relevant as the November 2, 2010 elections near, because there are ominous parallels between Germany in 1933 and the United States in 2010. -more-


Dispatches From The Edge: Money Wars: Beating Up On Beijing?

By Conn Hallinan
Monday November 01, 2010 - 03:33:00 PM

Are the U.S. and China on a collision course? Consider the following: -more-


Senior Power: Death of “a prophetic visionary.”

By Helen Rippier Wheeler
Tuesday November 02, 2010 - 01:32:00 PM

Dr. Robert Neil Butler, M.D.-- psychiatrist-turned-gerontologist -- died in July. He was the first to articulate the concepts of "ageism" and of "productive aging." -more-