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Jack Kemp's gift—and curse—to GOP
opinion Unfortunately, while [his] positive legacy goes for the moment unclaimed, Kemp’s negative legacy has been eagerly embraced. Like some of his political heirs, Kemp not only hoped for the best, too often he was willing to gamble the futu
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Qaddafi's gift to Obama
opinion The hero's welcome given to the convicted Lockerbie bomber in Tripoli diverted media attention from embarrassing questions about the bomber's release to the much easier issue of the bomber's reception. ... President Obama is unlikely now to have
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Has Obama turned his back on dissidents?
opinion President Obama has been careful not to inject himself into the turmoil of Iranian politics. But there are times when an American president must stand up for human rights.
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The reckless Right courts violence
opinion Hysterical talk from TV and radio hosts may be a cynical marketing exercise. But it's getting too dangerous to ignore.
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Obama's stimulus: Cheap politics, costly consequences
opinion Perhaps results would have been better had the stimulus been directed at the economy instead of at the 2010 campaign.
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Afghanistan—a quagmire worth fighting for
opinion George Will may be right that Afghanistan is not the Good War. But it's a "good enough" war, and despite all the travails, the U.S. can't afford to lose it.
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The stimulus roundabout
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Obama's selective blindness
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Obama at Gettysburg
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Obama's cynical Afghan ploy
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The trillion-dollar tedium of health reform
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The pro-life delusion
opinion Is America becoming more prolife? A new poll by Gallup says so. . . . But the poll is wrong. Worse, it's misleading-and threatens to send Republicans careening in precisely the worst possible direction in pursuit of votes they will not find.
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The urgent case to reform conservatism
opinion A new poll suggests that the ranks of conservatives are growing. It also gives recalcitrant conservatives another excuse to resist desperately needed change.
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Sonia Sotomayor is a diversity hire
opinion Diversity hiring is as old as the Republic and as American as deep-dish pizza. Only our hypocrisy about it is new.
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