Opinion Columns
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On Trump-Russia, too much secrecy keeps public in darkSep 06, 2018 1:00 am - National leaders of all stripes have complained for decades that Washington keeps too many secrets. Too much of the government's information is classified, the argument ...
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Day 1 of Kavanaugh hearings was theater too embarrassing to watchSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - If you missed Day One of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing, just try to imagine a mud-wrestling contest attended by banshees howling at the referee. Between senat...
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Trump's words don't buy dinnerSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - By E.J. Dionne Jr. Two Labor Days into Trump's presidency, what has happened to the working class? After Election Day 2016, we heard again and again about how Trump had ...
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Truth is truth; lies are liesSep 04, 2018 1:00 am - A small but significant line was crossed recently when the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, called President Trump a liar for the first time. He's cited th...
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Reauthorize LWCF to protect our outdoors for future generationsSep 03, 2018 1:00 am - Americans who raise their right hand for military service have some common traits - not only a sense of duty and patriotism, but also an inherent connection to the outdo...
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The confused patriotism leading into the midtermsSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - By Kathleen Parker As the late Sen. John McCain's departing call to national unity reverberated across America this past week, Donald Trump's prediction of violence shou...
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Final queries for Judge KavanaughSep 02, 2018 1:00 am - Four decades ago, New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, an intellectual Democrat, observed with amazement and regret that Republicans had become the party of ideas. Tod...
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The stark contrast between a patriot and a poserAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer I was deep into preparing a column about Labor Day, our great end-of-summer celebration of the valiant toil of our working men and women, delving i...
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Despite drawbacks, there is value in political partiesAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - If you take a dim view of our political parties, you're in sterling company. So did George Washington. In his famous Farewell Address, he warned us against "the baneful...
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A hero's farewellAug 30, 2018 1:00 am - The world seems already a lesser place with the passing of Sen. John McCain. The ensuing deluge of accolades and tributes — notwithstanding the president's limp and lat...