Latest articles by Paul Brandus
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The summer of ObamaCare, avoidance, and our discontent
feature Goodbye, summer. And good riddance.
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What the Chen Guangcheng debacle reveals about Obama
feature The president surely knows that protecting a threatened Chinese activist is the right thing to do. But sadly, it seems he lacks the resolve to truly follow through
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How Obama blew it on the sequester — and how he's fixing it
feature The swiftest cure for arrogance is a drop in the polls
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Uncle Sam is actually good at building websites
feature Just not Healthcare.gov
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The many misconceptions of Mitt Romney's veepstakes
feature The punditocracy assumes Mitt will surely pick a No. 2 who can deliver a swing state. Don't bet on it
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Is the Iran deal Obama's 'Nixon goes to China' moment?
feature It's either a historic breakthrough, or, in the words of Israeli's wary Benjamin Netanyahu, a "historic mistake"
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Ronald Reagan would demand more gun control
feature The GOP hero fought the NRA, and won. It's time for more Republicans to follow his example
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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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The messy tax fight that will ruin Christmas
feature Obama wants tax rates and the debt ceiling to go up. Republicans want spending levels to go down. Get ready for gridlock
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5 things to be encouraged about in 2014
feature It's not all bad
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Yes, Republicans can impeach President Obama
feature But it would be a boneheaded move for numerous reasons
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What I learned at the gun show
feature If you've never been, you really must go. It's a fascinating sociological expedition
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Why I like guns but hate the NRA
feature The gun-rights lobby shamelessly continues to peddle piles and piles of big fat lies
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Obama's top 5 successes
feature The president will surely boast of his accomplishments during Tuesday night's State of the Union address. So what exactly are they?
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The media's shameful exploitation of political soundbites
feature If you listened only to cable-news bobbleheads, you'd think President Obama is a clueless economic neophyte and Mitt Romney hates firefighters
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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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Nearly all Americans think of themselves as patriots
feature And they're right
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Why Cantor's upset is bad news for Obama
feature If you think Barack Obama has trouble dealing with House Republicans now, you haven't seen anything yet
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How much privacy will you trade for security?
feature They are both important. But they don't always coexist nicely
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Why Joe Biden's debate swagger matters — and why it doesn't
feature The vice president fired up the base and put Republican Paul Ryan back on his heels. But history shows that even boffo VP performances rarely move the needle
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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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How Hannity, Rove, and Romney became the liberal elite
feature In Todd Akin's world, the top GOP leaders kicking him toward the exits are actually left-wing powerbrokers trying to sabotage the conservative cause
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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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Be thankful for messy politics and noisy protesters
feature Many Americans are fed up with our gridlocked politics and sputtering economy. But there's still plenty to be grateful for
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