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Politically Uncorrected
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G. TERRY MADONNA and MICHAEL L. YOUNG 
Apr 09, 2015
Choosing statewide judges: Going from bad to good enough Theory and practice are often at odds — no more so perhaps than in American government. In cl...
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The rough math facing Ted Cruz
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Apr 02, 2015
WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz was born in 1970, six years after events refuted a theory on which he is wagering his candidacy. The 1964 theory was ...
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Kasich waits in the wings
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GEORGE F. WILL 
Mar 18, 2015
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ideas fly from Gov. John Kasich like sparks from a flint. While explaining his prison reforms, he interrupts himself midsentence — hi...
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Playing games on immigration
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RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. 
Mar 18, 2015
SAN DIEGO — President Obama and his administration still play games with the immigration issue — and, consequently, with people’s lives. When handling...
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Close call, but Brian Williams must go
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RUTH MARCUS 
Feb 12, 2015
Indecision may not be the best quality in a columnist, but in the case of NBC News anchor Brian Williams, that’s what I find in myself: I doubt that t...
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Bobby Jindal’s unpleasant record
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DANA MILBANK 
Feb 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal took his presidential campaign-in-waiting to Washington on Monday trailed by an unwelcome, unsavory and downr...
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Brian Williams’ six-mile stare
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KATHLEEN PARKER 
Feb 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — These are tough times for NBC’s Brian Williams —and tougher times for journalism. The NBC newsman is off the air while the network is “ga...
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Republicans in the immigration minefield
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MICHAEL GERSON 
Jan 27, 2015
WASHINGTON — Any Republican event convened by Rep. Steven King — he of “calves the size of cantaloupes” fame — could easily have degenerated into a fe...
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A tale of two policies
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RUTH MARCUS 
Jan 21, 2015
WASHINGTON — This is a tale of two policies promoted by President Obama: one to make community college free, the other to provide for paid sick leave ...
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When the pope talks …
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KATHLEEN PARKER 
Jan 21, 2015
WASHINGTON — Forget E.F. Hutton. It’s P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen. And then they get busy trying to figure out wh...
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A pope’s human touch
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MICHAEL GERSON 
Nov 18, 2014
WASHINGTON — Pope Francis’ American honeymoon is over (though the whole idea of a papal honeymoon smacks of Borgia-era excess). At first, some politic...
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Rethinking U.S. foreign policy
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GEORGE F. WILL 
Nov 12, 2014
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama’s coming request for Congress to “right-size and update” the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against terroris...
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Obama’s spiteful legacy
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KATHLEEN PARKER 
Nov 12, 2014
WASHINGTON — Post-election analysis falls somewhere between amusing and clueless. In the amusing camp are Democratic strategists who intone that more ...
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The post-euphoric world
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ROBERT J. SAMUELSON 
Aug 18, 2014
WASHINGTON — What we are witnessing in the spreading turmoil around the world — in Iraq, in Ukraine, in Gaza — is the silent rejection of a central te...
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