Opinion Columns
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List of ludicrousness for 2015Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - E.B. White reportedly said "the most beautiful sound in America" is "the tinkle of ice at twilight." In 2015's twilight, fortify yourself with something 90 proof as you ...
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Trump, Kanye and the superwealth ticket in presidential politicsDec 30, 2015 12:00 am - By Catherine Rampell What's better than being kingmaker? Being king. In the good old days, billionaires and hundred-millionaires were content to buy elections for o...
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Why is the middle ground so hard to find?Dec 29, 2015 12:00 am - As someone who covers the 2016 presidential candidates while parenting three young children, I spend half my waking hours keeping an eye on rowdy juveniles who hunger fo...
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Favorite letters of 2015 marked by the passing of a friendDec 28, 2015 5:00 am - Len Brauer's request tells you much about his character: “In lieu of flowers, Len would like for you to go out of your way to do something nice and meaningful for someon...
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An apology to Bernie SandersDec 27, 2015 4:00 am - Hardly a week goes by without some demand for an apology populating my inbox. I have never apologized for two reasons: The usual one is that I'm not sorry. The other is ...
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Unseriousness rises to the top in GOP fieldDec 27, 2015 4:00 am - The Republican field, on the evidence of its fifth presidential debate, is beginning to sort itself by seriousness. Donald Trump alternately advocated war crimes (kill t...
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Without the past, the future holds little promiseDec 25, 2015 5:12 am - WASHINGTON - In the late 1990s, I found myself on a journalists' trip up the great Volga River in Russia starting in the charming old city of Volgograd. Before we left n...
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Kathleen Parker: Trump's trove of embarrassed supportersDec 25, 2015 4:00 am - The biggest political news is that Donald Trump may be doing even better than polls have suggested. Yikes. Apparently, many Trump supporters have been fibbing to pollste...
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The entire Christmas storyDec 24, 2015 5:55 am - This holiday season, let's remember the entire Christmas story. It only begins in a manger in Bethlehem. "Jesus himself was a refugee," notes Matthew Soerens, an officia...
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Byron York: The facts on Rubio, Cruz, and immigrationDec 24, 2015 4:12 am - The Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill passed the Senate after a series of votes in June 2013. Democrats, who controlled the Senate at the time, unanimo...