Lee Hamilton
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The slim hopes for change after this NovemberOct 03, 2014 1:01 am - Members of Congress are home now, campaigning for the upcoming elections. Their messages are all over the map, and for a good reason: they have very little to brag about...
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Always hope in the next political momentSep 05, 2014 1:01 am - Despite these last few months of hot and lazy days, it's been hard not to notice a cold political wind blowing through the country. The magazine Foreign Affairs captured...
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Why government transparency mattersAug 22, 2014 5:01 am - One of the fundamental lessons of 9/11 was that our government carried a share of blame for the failure to stop the attacks. Not because it was asleep at the switch or i...
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Why government fails, and what we should doAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - As election season approaches, I've been pondering a crucial issue about the role of government in our society. It's that our government often fails - and that we need t...
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Why incumbents keep getting re-electedJul 29, 2014 5:01 am - It's no news that Congress is unpopular. In fact, at times it seems like the only real novelty on Capitol Hill would be a jump in its approval rating. In June, a Gallup ...
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Are we doomed to polarization?Jul 13, 2014 5:01 am - We Americans are trapped in a political dilemma. We all like representative democracy, but we don't much like the way it's performing. The reason for this dissatisfactio...
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The lesson Congress should learn from the VA scandalJun 29, 2014 5:01 am - Like other federal scandals before it, the mess involving VA hospitals has followed a well-trod path. First comes the revelation of misdoing. Then comes the reaction: a ...
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What our country needs from the pressJun 17, 2014 5:01 am - These days, the scandal involving long wait times at VA hospitals can feel like some made-in-Washington spectacle generated by politicians looking for headlines. But it ...
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Why I still have faith in CongressJun 04, 2014 5:01 am - It's depressing to read poll after poll highlighting Americans' utter disdain for Congress. But it's my encounters with ordinary citizens at public meetings or in casual...
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Prepare yourself for more of the sameMay 21, 2014 5:01 am - I felt a brief surge of hope about Congress a few weeks ago. It was returning from Easter recess, and Capitol Hill was filled with talk about immigration reform, a minim...