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The International Fallout
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
With the shutdown in effect and the debt crisis looming, America is paying a price abroad as well as at home.
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The Watery Tomb Europe Tolerates
By HANS LUCHT
Migrants’ bodies are usually lost at sea, making it easy to ignore their plight.
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Nazis, Lynching and Obamacare
By FRANK BRUNI
Our language, like our political debate, has gone off the rails. Let’s show words and history more respect. 
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ROGER COHEN
A Jew Not Quite English Enough
The father of Britain's Labour leader is attacked as a disloyal, scheming Bolshevik immigrant. Comment
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Erdogan Stokes the Sectarian Fires
By HALIL M. KARAVELI
Much like his hero Menderes in the late 1950s, Erdogan is dividing Turkey into hostile camps.
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The Anxiety of Exodus
By SHMUEL ROSNER
Israelis are fretting about emigration in spite of the facts.
JOE NOCERA
Why the Debt Ceiling Matters
What would happen if Congress lets the United States government default? Comment
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A Breakthrough on Iraqi Visas
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
In the midst of the federal shutdown, members of Congress managed to rescue an important program that extends visas to Iraqi translators.
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Obama and the Debt
By SEAN WILENTZ
Despite what the president says, he has the power to avoid a debt default.
Opinionator | Draft
When Clothes No Longer Make the Man
By LEE SIEGEL
Until now, the importance of clothes has been both central and stable in fiction.
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A Short History of the Highrise
By KATERINA CIZEK
Dig into 2,500 years of vertical living through an interactive storybook, with rarely seen Times photos, as well as animation, games and submissions from readers.
Opinionator | The Stone
Sex, Doubt and the Pope
By GARY GUTTING
Unless the pope rejects the Church’s stance on homosexuality, birth control and abortion, his recent remarks are just changes of style and tone.
Opinionator | THe Great Divide
Rich People Just Care Less
By DANIEL GOLEMAN
The poor are more attuned to social relations, because they have to be. Reducing the economic gap may be impossible without also addressing the gap in empathy.
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