Articles filed under Commentary
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Obama’s thin agendaFeb 02, 2014 4:00 am - Crafting a State of the Union address often raises an internal debate at the White House: When should a president dispute a negative judgment by the public and when shou...
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A different kind of carbon taxJan 31, 2014 4:00 am - It will take some convincing, but what if the environmental left could be persuaded to go along with an income tax-cutting, EPA-shrinking, China-in carbon tax? If persua...
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College’s diminishing returnsJan 30, 2014 4:00 am - President Obama is correct in wanting to make higher education more affordable and accessible, but Americans would also be correct in wondering just what they’re paying ...
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Our quagmire in AfghanistanJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - While watching the utterly gripping movie “Lone Survivor” recently, I comforted myself by noting that the four Navy SEALs engaged in a desperate firefight with the Afgha...
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Uncle Sugar goes to townJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - We know what Mike Huckabee meant. Sort of. Kind of. But, really? Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate, talk-show host and erstwhi...
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U.S. mayors forced to innovateJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - I recently came across more proof that lawmakers blocking progress are weakening the institution of Congress: Mayors from across the nation met in Washington, D.C., for...
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The ideological state of the unionJan 27, 2014 2:42 pm - For President Obama, the state of the political union ... could be better. It is not only that the president’s political support is diminished; it is diminished, in lar...
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Our complex presidentJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - There have always been two, not entirely consistent, elements of Barack Obama’s powerful political appeal: his aspirational ambition and his personal sense of complexity...
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In new budgeting, the demise of policy, rise of powerJan 24, 2014 4:00 am - Now that Congress has its immense, $1.1 trillion bipartisan funding bill in hand, Capitol Hill is breathing easier. They ended the specter of a government shutdown for t...
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Pass the chips and get ready for the Big DayJan 23, 2014 8:56 am - And so we embark on a brief interlude of hype, swagger and ridicule leading to a crescendo of cheers and excitement. Super Bowl fever? Sure. That, too. But the descript...