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After Oklahoma, the God debate rages

It was a flash of joy against a relentless backdrop of despair. So, of course, the video of Barbara Garcia’s happy news went viral. Just … Full story    
Updated yesterday

The complicated future of wiretapping

Pushed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Obama administration may ask Congress for the power to snoop on more types of communication online. The … Full story    
Updated yesterday

Tea party rage: Nothing fails like excess

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like. … Full story    
Updated 2 days ago

Obama and the second term curse

Dan Jenkins, a sportswriter of rare wit, once gave us the Ten Stages of Drunkenness, which include these separate points on the road to inebriation: … Full story    
Published:  May 22, 2013

The loss of trust

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amusing. There was … Full story    
Published:  May 21, 2013

Catastrophic coverage not the answer

By Froma Harrop

For years, conservatives have pushed for a health-insurance model emphasizing catastrophic coverage. It works as follows: Consumers pay the cost of ordinary care, such as … Full story    
Published:  May 20, 2013

Whistle-blowers have lost their nerve

Two weeks after the press partied hearty with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the administration admitted that federal authorities had … Full story    
Published:  May 19, 2013

Attacks reveal Democrats’ fears of Ayotte’s rise to prominence

U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte is tougher than she looks. The soft-talking legislator has been standing up to a torrent of dubious denunciations with disarming gentleness … Full story    
Published:  May 19, 2013

Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage

Note to GOP regarding Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don’t know. History will … Full story    
Published:  May 18, 2013

Germs under medical microscope

A 180-degree change in how doctors and hospital administrators think about germs is likely to almost eliminate the biggest risk of being hospitalized: getting an … Full story    
Published:  May 17, 2013

Bangladesh collapse illustrates true cost of sweatshops

It’s good that retailers like L.L. Bean are pledging to do more to ensure that working conditions at their overseas contractors’ plants are better than … Full story    
Published:  May 16, 2013

Requiem for a Grand Old Party

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Has the bell begun to toll for the GOP? The question arises while reading an analysis of Census Bureau statistics on the 2012 election by … Full story    
Published:  May 16, 2013

A word of advice on Graduation Day

Once again, graduation time is upon us. By some iron rule, every graduation must have a graduation speaker, whose role has been compared to that … Full story    
Published:  May 15, 2013

Immigration reform is pro-growth

At the end of the day, the battle over immigration reform is not about dollars and cents. It’s about the soul of a nation. President … Full story    
Published:  May 14, 2013

Benghazi hearings likely to be a bust

Foreign policy matters rarely top the list of voter concerns. That’s especially true in times of challenging economic news. In recent weeks, though, national security … Full story    
Published:  May 13, 2013

Who are the war criminals in Syria?

Last week, several polls came out assessing U.S. public opinion on intervention in Syria. According to the Huffington Post poll, Americans oppose U.S. air strikes … Full story    
Published:  May 12, 2013

April Jobs Aside, We’re Falling Behind

The really good news from April’s employment report is that all the pessimistic, end-of-the-world, spring-swoon forecasters were wrong. It wasn’t a fabulous report. But it … Full story    
Published:  May 10, 2013


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