Latest articles by Paul Brandus
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11 fascinating facts about America's presidents and the White House
feature From napping to grocery bills
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The White House Correspondents Dinner is terrible. I'm never going again... after this year.
opinion I just can't help myself
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Barack Obama is not Neville Chamberlain
opinion And it is willfully ignorant to suggest that he is
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The upside of American politicians being techno-phobic Luddites
opinion I, for one, salute our analog overlords
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3 myths about ObamaCare at the Supreme Court
opinion From whether ObamaCare violates the Constitution to a political upside for the GOP...
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Would America accept a president with no college degree?
opinion Scott Walker never graduated from college. He is more than qualified to be president.
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The deficit is shrinking — but it's still a huge problem
opinion We are spending way, way too much money
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You are better off than you were four years ago
feature The question isn't whether things were better in 2008. They weren't. The question is whether Obama handled an unprecedented economic crisis competently or not
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Why you're wrong about gas prices and politics
feature Think gas station owners are raking it in? Think Republicans loathe renewable energy? Think again
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5 myths about gas prices, Big Oil, and the presidency
feature Our national discussion on uncomfortably high gas prices is filled with exaggerations and distortions. It's time we wised up
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Why does Wall Street hate Obama?
feature The titans of Big Finance are raking it in like never before
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My advice to high school grads
feature For starters: Beer is really an awful thing to drink. Costs too much, tastes lousy, and makes you fat.
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Today's White House correspondents are not lapdogs
feature But in the past, they certainly have been
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JFK's murder was not a conspiracy
feature It's been nearly 50 years. It's time to face facts.
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The payroll tax shell game
feature The ballyhooed bill delays a de facto tax hike for millions of Americans — but also undermines Social Security and the economic recovery
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A forecast for divided government in 2013
feature Predictions on how the 2012 election will shake out — dealing victories and blows to Democrats and the GOP alike
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Americans don't really want spending cuts
feature Washington remains hyper-focused on slashing the deficit. But across the country, voters oppose even minor cuts to the federal government's largest programs
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Obama's shortsighted Syria strategy won't work
feature A long-delayed and limited strike won't oust Assad. Nor will it chasten America's enemies. So what's the point?
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The summer of ObamaCare, avoidance, and our discontent
feature Goodbye, summer. And good riddance.
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Remembering 9/11: How safe are we today?
feature Your chance of dying in a terrorist attack is infinitesimal. And yet, many of us remain quite worried.
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The GOP's stunning hypocrisy
feature Conservatives seem almost eager to deny food and health care to the neediest Americans
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Who will 'win' the government shutdown?
feature Here we go again...
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Why we don't need the Keystone Pipeline
feature Proponents claim it will bring down gas prices, create jobs, and preserve national security. Not so fast...
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The lessons of Boston
feature Monday's tragic bombings were undeniably a terrorist attack. Now, let's learn from our post-9/11 mistakes
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