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10:05 AM ET, September 15, 2013

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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. and Russia Reach Deal to Destroy Syria's Chemical Arms  —  GENEVA — The United States and Russia reached a sweeping agreement on Saturday that called for Syria's arsenal of chemical weapons to be removed or destroyed by the middle of 2014 and indefinitely stalled the prospect of American airstrikes.
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John Kerry / US Department of State:
Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov After Their Meeting  —  Remarks  —  Intercontinental Hotel  —  SECRETARY KERRY: Well, thank you very much for your patience, not just this morning, but over the last couple of days.  We're very appreciative and particularly grateful to Sergey Lavrov …
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
Obama's Larger Syria Strategy in Disarray
Discussion: CNN, Weasel Zippers and Politico
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
U.S., Russia reach agreement on seizure of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal
CNN:
U.S., Russia agree to framework on Syria chemical weapons
Discussion: Business Insider
Conal Urquhart / Guardian:
Syria: US and Russia agree chemical weapons deal
Associated Press:
US-Russia reach agreement on Syria weapons
Discussion: NO QUARTER USA NET
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Arguments of the Great Recession Are Over.  Hooray.  —  Five years after the financial crisis, the general expert consensus is that the Obama administration did a good but not great response job.  The financial rescue measures saved the banking system from wreaking deep, widespread destruction …
Salon:
Mann and Ornstein: “Brighter future for politics and policy requires a different Republican Party”  —  The Republicans have become a party beholden to zealots — with little respect for science, facts or compromise  —  From the perspective of November 7, the day after the election, change looked promising.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Brad DeLong
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Bill Maher: U.S. looking like Zimmerman  —  Liberal comedian Bill Maher said Friday the U.S. is looking “more like George Zimmerman” with regards to military force and criticized arguments over intervention in Syria.  —  “Forget the Syria debate, we need a debate on why we're always debating whether to bomb someone.
Richard Dawkins / New York Times:
By the Book  —  What's the best book you've read so far this year?  —  I've been reading autobiographies to get me in the mood for writing my own and show me how it's done: Tolstoy (at one time my own memoir was to have been called, at my wife's suggestion, “Childhood, Boyhood, Truth"); …
Discussion: Steve Sailer and Althouse
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama to mark fifth anniversary of financial crisis, highlight response  —  President Obama will speak Monday from the White House Rose Garden to mark the five-year anniversary of the financial crisis and highlight his administration's response to it.  —  Although the nation's housing market …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and Politico
James J. Heckman / Opinionator:
Lifelines for Poor Children  —  What's missing in the current debate over economic inequality is enough serious discussion about investing in effective early childhood development from birth to age 5.  This is not a big government boondoggle policy that would require a huge redistribution of wealth.
Bjørn Lomborg / Washington Post:
Don't blame climate change for extreme weather  —  Bjørn Lomborg, an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School, directs the Copenhagen Consensus Center.  He is the author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist,” “Cool It” and, most recently, “How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and Guardian
The Atlantic Online:
How to Make School Better for Boys  —  Start by acknowledging that boys are languishing while girls are succeeding.  —  I recently appeared on MSNBC's The Cycle to discuss the new edition of my book The War Against Boys.  The four hosts were having none of it.  A war on boys?
Discussion: Althouse and Via Meadia
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
John Boehner Has A Little Problem With His FEC Disclosures  —  Way back in 2009 I had a look at John Boehner's FEC disclosures for his Freedom Project PAC and wondered then whether anyone would take notice of how popular he was with corporate PAC donors.  It's taken four long years …
 
 
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Julia Gillard / Guardian:
Julia Gillard writes on power, purpose and Labor's future
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Joshua Holland / BillMoyers.com:
NFL Concussion Deniers See a “Liberal Sports Media” Conspiracy
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Google knows nearly every Wi-Fi password in the world
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Administration rejects labor's request for ObamaCare subsidies
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Obamacare D-Day becomes a soft launch
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Mark Steyn / National Review:
American Ineffectualism
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