Opinion Columns
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Why the Alabama senate race is shifting in Moore's favorDec 07, 2017 12:00 am - After all that has happened, the Alabama Senate race appears to be reverting to a fundamental political truth: A state that is one of the most Republican in the nation i...
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The GOP tax plan is Robin Hood in reverseDec 06, 2017 12:00 am - Most independent analysts have concluded the $1.5 trillion "tax reform" recently approved by both houses of Congress will be a windfall for rich families like the Trumps...
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Michael Flynn's holiday cheerDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - At least three people must have celebrated the news that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversation with a ...
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Senate Republicans needlessly spurn positive step on tax reformDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Some political moments are like an X-ray - revealing down to the bone. Here were Senate Republicans, poised for their first (and only) real legislative victory of the y...
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Zakaria: What if Trump knows his base better than we do?Dec 01, 2017 1:00 pm - Watching the Republican tax plan race through Congress, one is reminded of a big apparent difference between Donald Trump's program and other populist movements in the W...
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What really happened with the GOP platform and RussiaNov 30, 2017 12:00 am - It's one of the enduring misconceptions of the Trump-Russia affair. During the 2016 Republican convention, the story goes, the Trump campaign weakened a critical passage...
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Here's 'what about' Roy Moore that is differentNov 30, 2017 12:00 am - Call the CDC. Alert the surgeon general and put the National Institutes of Health on standby. We're having a severe outbreak of whataboutism. In mild forms, the primary ...
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Magic bullets and fairy dustNov 29, 2017 10:00 pm - At the core of the Republican tax measures now rushing through Congress is a big, fat falsehood: Tax cuts, goes the fantasy, generate so much economic activity and gover...
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Thinking deeper to put sexual harassment in perspectiveNov 29, 2017 10:00 pm - CHICAGO - In mid-November, just west of the Windy City, one of America's most distinguished journalists recalled how hard it is, even in a profession as individualistic ...
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Truth is outed as journalism blocks would-be 'fake news' stingNov 29, 2017 12:00 am - The phrase "the truth will out" has always been at home in American newsrooms where journalists dedicate their days to making it so. Sometimes Truth needs a little nudge...