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 The feds' education power grab

The feds' education power grab

It's time to have a conversation about the issue before we find that the executive branch, or even the entire federal government, has become our national school board.

 

A simpler, fairer way to fund California's schools

Gov. Jerry Brown's budget proposal aims to transform the way the state distributes money to schools.

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The NRA's loose cannon

The NRA's loose cannon

It would be wrong to base one's judgments about politicians too heavily on their gaffes. Public speakers are exposed to microphones so often...

Obama, a more ardent advocate

Obama, a more ardent advocate

Like all such speeches, President Obama's second inaugural address included meditations on the uniqueness of the American experiment and...

Back from the debt-ceiling brink

Back from the debt-ceiling brink

The House GOP seems to have extricated itself from a bind that could have damaged both the American economy and its own political future....

Roe vs. Wade turns 40

Roe vs. Wade turns 40

Forty years ago Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled that women had a constitutional right to an abortion. This one sweeping decision...

 Restricting Vicodin is the wrong Rx

Restricting Vicodin is the wrong Rx

More than 1 million Americans visit an emergency room each year because of prescription drug abuse, and the toll has been rising steadily...

Healthcare reform's fail-safe

Healthcare reform's fail-safe

Although Republicans are eager to repeal the entire 2010 healthcare reform law, they started the new session of Congress last week by taking...

 Judges vs. juries, and the Supreme Court

Judges vs. juries, and the Supreme Court

Legal scholars long have struggled to determine the proper allocation of authority between judges and juries. But you don't have to be an...

 Aaron Swartz and the law

Aaron Swartz and the law

Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide last week at age 26, leaves behind quite a legacy for someone so young. He was an Internet activist...

Obama's speech: One for the 'herstory' books

Obama's speech: One for the 'herstory' books

We, the female people of the United States, would like to thank President Obama, and not just because his inaugural speech Monday was one of...

Overkill in the war on pot

Overkill in the war on pot

As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama emphatically stated that medical marijuana use was an issue best left to the states. One of the first...

 McManus: Obama's call to arms

McManus: Obama's call to arms

On the eve of Inauguration Day, White House political strategist David Plouffe promised that President Obama's inaugural address would...

Goldberg: Good sense and gun control

Goldberg: Good sense and gun control

In the early 1980s, transit officials in Washington couldn't figure out why traffic on the Beltway would grind to a near halt every day...

Newton: Dennis Zine talks back

Newton: Dennis Zine talks back

When I wrote a few weeks ago that City Councilman Dennis Zine seemed an odd fit with the office of city controller, I was fairly sure I'd...

 'Plug-in volunteering' doesn't cut it

'Plug-in volunteering' doesn't cut it

Monday, millions of Americans will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering for community service. They will collect cans of...

 Buried history in Hanoi

Buried history in Hanoi

Out beyond the swank poolside bar at Hanoi's Metropole hotel, which I visited last month, a gated entrance opens onto a dark set of stairs....

 China's me-first foreign policy

China's me-first foreign policy

China's more assertive foreign policy over the last two years has played a key role in getting two arch-conservatives — Japan's Shinzo...