Articles filed under Commentary
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Oscars controversy shows need for continuing conversation on diversityMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Like others, I debated whether I should view the Oscars. The show is long and repetitive and I had not seen most of the movies. I decided to watch how Chris Rock would h...
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The fall campaign starts nowMar 08, 2016 12:00 am - Winter won't turn to spring for two weeks, but the fall campaign for president starts now. After Super Tuesday, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can see clear paths...
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Clinton's America never stopped being greatMar 06, 2016 12:00 am - Sometimes, you take your laughs where you find them. For me, the funniest moment in an otherwise dreary and intermittently scary election year came when Candidate Trump ...
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Could Condoleezza Rice save the day?Mar 06, 2016 12:00 am - By Michael Gerson The GOP is not facing a debate over policy, but rather a hostile takeover by a pernicious force. Traditional Republicans are now presented with a se...
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History repeats itself in Donald TrumpMar 04, 2016 12:00 am - Despite all of these months when you could barely turn on a television without seeing The Donald expounding, the American people are still asking: "Who really IS he?" It...
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Inoculated against truthMar 03, 2016 12:00 am - By Kathleen Parker By now it's obvious that lecturing Donald Trump supporters about why they shouldn't vote for him only confirms their convictions. If you're part of th...
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Slusher: 'Near-mythical' rumors about Trump violate a 'sacred trust'Mar 03, 2016 12:00 am - It's not often one would expect to see the phrases "Donald Trump" and "sacred" in close proximity with each other without an "is nothing" in there somewhere, but as the ...
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Trump's intoxication with power is frightening to considerMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - It is the great, democratic virtue of presidential campaigns that they subject candidates to every kind of stress, eventually revealing their core, their character. For ...
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Trump's Achilles' heelMar 02, 2016 12:00 am - By Donna Brazile A candidate who presents ideas from his or her best perspective represents campaigning at its ethical best. When two or more candidates do this, it allo...
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Changes in gratitude, changes in attitudeMar 01, 2016 12:00 am - Back in December, Princeton professor Robert P. George was in the hospital with heart trouble and it did not sound good. At the time, I happened to be at a conference wi...