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Ode to joy
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 09, 2015
WASHINGTON — It's no longer enough to be a happy warrior; now our candidates must be joyful! Oh, joie. Jeb Bush started the joy bender last week when ...
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Kim Davis is no Rosa Parks
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON 
Sep 08, 2015
WASHINGTON — Rosa Parks is an American hero, but her case was not an accident. Other African-Americans had shown similar defiance (ask Claudette Colvi...
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America’s working people are remarkable
Opinion, Сolumns
RICK BLOOMINGDALE President, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 
Sep 07, 2015
This Labor Day we recognize the incredible achievements of America’s working people and celebrate all those who make our country run. Many of us will ...
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The largest failure of the Obama era
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON 
Sep 04, 2015
WASHINGTON — One little boy in a red T-shirt, lying face down, drowned, on a Turkish beach, is a tragedy. More than 200,000 dead in Syria, 4 million f...
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Trump and Ramos are meant for each other
Opinion, Сolumns
RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. 
Sep 03, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Donald Trump insists he’s no politician. Now, after what happened at a dramatic news conference in Iowa, we know that Jorge Ramos is no jo...
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Globalization at warp speed
Opinion, Сolumns
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON 
Sep 02, 2015
WASHINGTON — Globalization lives. A fascinating but little-noted aspect of the recent financial turmoil is how much it’s been an international event. ...
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Don-Don and the Trumpettes
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 02, 2015
WASHINGTON — The Trump riddle continues to compel: How has he managed to successfully execute such a mass deception? He's by no definition a conservat...
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Trump declares war on demography
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON 
Sep 01, 2015
WASHINGTON — “I don’t want it to be about me,” Donald Trump explained at a recent event in Nashville. In other news: War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery....
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How Liberal is Tom Wolf?
Opinion, Сolumns
G. TERRY MADONNA and MICHAEL L. YOUNG 
Sep 01, 2015
Recently the Huffington Post published a list of the most liberal governors in the nation compiled by the website Inside Government. Surprising some, ...
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One-term Biden could prove unbeatable
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS 
Aug 31, 2015
WASHINGTON — Could Joe Biden be the man for this season? The vice president has been running for president since Hillary Clinton was first lady of Ark...
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Affirming a right to die
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE F. WILL 
Aug 31, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Brittany Maynard was soon to die. The question was whether she could do so on her own terms, as a last act of autonomy. Dr. Lynette Cederq...
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Don’t mess with citizenship
Opinion, Сolumns
RUBEN NAVARRETTE 
Aug 28, 2015
SAN DIEGO — Just when I thought Chris Matthews didn’t have anything helpful, original or insightful to say about immigration, he surprises me by offer...
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Internet roulette
Opinion, Сolumns
ROBERT SAMUELSON 
Aug 28, 2015
WASHINGTON — Are we ready for the “Internet of Things”? Probably not. The phrase — coined in 1999 by researcher Kevin Ashton while working for Procter...
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The havoc that Trump wreaks
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE F. WILL 
Aug 27, 2015
WASHINGTON — Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency. After Don...
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