opinion

Trump’s truth sets us free
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 19, 2016
WASHINGTON — At long last, Donald Trump has set himself free. At a highly choreographed event Friday, the Republican candidate for president of the Un...
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The Trumpification of Mike Pence
Opinion, Сolumns
DANA MILBANK 
Sep 17, 2016
Why does Mike Pence keep getting himself into such deplorable situations? Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee went on CNN on Monday evening, tryi...
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Putin’s post-factual politics
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE F. WILL 
Sep 15, 2016
"In the walls of the cubicle there were three orifices. ... Similar slits existed in thousands or tens of thousands throughout the building. ... For s...
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Rare outbreak of public apologies
Opinion, Сolumns
CATHERINE RAMPELL 
Sep 14, 2016
Move over, kale. The latest dietary craze is crow. A month ahead of Yom Kippur, statements of atonement, regret and contrition are flourishing. “Mista...
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Hillary’s deplorable basket case
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 14, 2016
WASHINGTON — She didn't want to say she was sick. Hillary Clinton, that is, who recently has suffered coughing fits followed Sunday by a near collapse...
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A conservative ‘cri de coeur’
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON 
Sep 13, 2016
WASHINGTON —Elements of the American right are seized with a fashionable despair, employed as a get-out-the-vote operation. "I think this will be the ...
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The week that was … embarrassing
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 13, 2016
WASHINGTON — America has had better weeks than the one just past. Only days away from the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Democrat...
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The glass ceiling isn’t shattered yet
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS 
Sep 12, 2016
WASHINGTON — There are many better reasons to oppose Donald Trump than his rampant sexism. But the brazenness of Trump's recent comments, and the not-...
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The IRS commissioner merits impeachment
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE F. WILL 
Sep 12, 2016
WASHINGTON — Republican congressional leaders ardently want conservative members of the House to not force a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner. ...
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The meaning of 9/11
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON 
Sep 10, 2016
WASHINGTON — Fifteen years after one of the most vivid and violent days in American history, there is still a debate over what the events of Sept. 11,...
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Are printed books (finally) dead?
Opinion, Сolumns
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON 
Sep 10, 2016
If you’re like me, you regard the decline in book reading as another sign of the cultural rot that is eating away at the American character. Why read ...
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Cashing in on presidential prestige
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS 
Sep 09, 2016
WASHINGTON — The president, as he prepared to leave office, was dead broke. So broke, in fact, that he had to take out a loan to get him through the t...
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