Not Yet World War Iii Edition

Bush

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Old: Justified response to terrorism. New: Time to wrap it up before you destroy Lebanon.

Israel

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Faith-based veto puts narrow religious views above science and saving lives. History will not be kind.

Stem Cells

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“Blame Democrats first” democrat wonders why he’s trailing in democratic primary. It’s your party!

Lieberman

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Old: GOP’s choir-boy Christian genius. New: Just another cynical lobbyist hack. So much for “values.”

R. Reed

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“Sixth Sense” director has no sense of how he comes across promoting himself. There’s blood in the water.

Shyamalan

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Despite Newt Gingrich’s “World War III” talk and Bill Kristol’s idea of attacking Iran, the earth was still standing last week, if a bit warmer.

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CORRECTION: The scanning electron microscope photograph of a stem cell in Periscope’s July 31 Conventional Wisdom Watch should have been credited to David Scharf/Science Faction–Getty Images. NEWSWEEK regrets the error.