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1. February 27, 2012 04:29 PM

   A Medicare Memo to Campaign Reporters

   Tailing Mitt on Medicare and Social Security, too

   By Trudy Lieberman

   Dear Colleagues: I have just returned from a reporting trip to Southeast Arkansas, where the folks I visited have very little. They certainly don’t have good health. Some are crippled by bad knees messed up from on-their-feet jobs. Most have diabetes. Some have had strokes. They are lucky, though, that they have Medicare. Without it, they probably would have died...

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2. October 23, 2012 12:50 PM

   Let Detroit do what?

   New interest in an old Op-Ed

   By Mike Hoyt

   What is the most viewed story on The New York Times website right now? It's an Op-Ed piece from nearly four years ago, November 18 2008. The author is one Mitt Romney, who may regret the headline: Let Detroit Go Bankrupt. The reason, of course, is that the piece came up in Monday night's debate, followed by a long debate...

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3. November 9, 2010 12:23 PM

   Q&A: Former Detroit News Reporter Charlie LeDuff

   "The point is if there's something calamitous, let's point it out."

   By Joel Meares

   Charlie LeDuff left The Detroit News last month after a two-year stint in which he reported stories, wrote a regular column, and hosted a weekly web show. On his decision to leave the paper, LeDuff told one blogger, “A man’s got to find a reason after forty-five years to feel it—I want to feel it.” This month, the legacy of...

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