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Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

10 years later, the Iraq war is still a failure

The mission, muddy as it was, remains unaccomplished

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

What it's like to cover the papal conclave

And what the conclave says about the future of the Catholic Church

 
D.B. Grady
D.B. Grady

How our love of gadgets makes us hate each other

Apple and Google evangelists are nearly as zealous as their religious counterparts. And these tribal divisions will only get worse as technology gets better

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

How Obama blew it on the sequester — and how he's fixing it

The swiftest cure for arrogance is a drop in the polls

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

The presidency is not powerless

And The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza is wrong to claim it is

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

A return to practical conservatism

Randian purists want to dismantle America's popular entitlement programs. That's impractical — and cruel, to boot

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

The moral and economic benefits of compassionate conservatism

There's nothing wrong with compassion. In fact, there's a whole lot right with it

 
D.B. Grady
D.B. Grady

How Microsoft is failing Windows 8

The company's brilliant engineers must feel like velociraptors handcuffed to brontosauruses

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

Once again, Washington fails

Surprise! With the sequester, our lawmakers have once again manufactured a totally unnecessary and very harmful crisis

 
Matt K. Lewis
Matt K. Lewis

Chris Christie is the new Jon Huntsman

Once again, liberals are baffled that conservatives aren't leaping to embrace the Left's favorite Republican

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

Simony at the Church of Hope and Change

Selling political favors and access — that's change no one can believe in

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

What I learned at the gun show

If you've never been, you really must go. It's a fascinating sociological expedition

 
Paul Brandus
Paul Brandus

The favorite films of every modern president

The White House has been home to film screenings since 1915. And Jimmy Carter set the record by watching some 2.5 movies a week while in office

 
Edward Morrissey
Edward Morrissey

What Uncle Sam could learn from the Catholic Church

We absolutely ought to have a safety net for the very needy — but it won't come cheap

 
D.B. Grady
D.B. Grady

Cyber is a fraudulent weapon in a nonexistent war

Corporate fearmongers are eager to make a fortune from the phony threat of cyber-terror

 

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