By Robert J. Samuelson   Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, weighed in last week on one of the pressing issues facing the Trump administration and…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, weighed in last week on one of the pressing issues facing the Trump administration and…

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By Kathleen Parker   Of all the losers in this season of discontent, the mainstream media top the list. I don’t say this lightly and sincerely fear that loss of…

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By Kathleen Parker   Of all the losers in this season of discontent, the mainstream media top the list. I don’t say this lightly and sincerely fear that loss of…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Donald Trump, it seems, embraces the old dictum: Make no small plans. Already, he’s published an agenda for his first 100 days in office, recalling…

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By Kathleen Parker   When I opened my front door Wednesday morning after little sleep and numb from a bad dream that wasn’t a dream, a dreary rainfall glazed the…

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By Kathleen Parker   You can feel the tension. Strolling down the street, shopping at the corner market, stopping for a bite at the local tavern, friends and neighbors greet…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   However this election turns out, the 2016 campaign for the White House will undoubtedly be remembered for its vulgarity, mean-spiritedness and mendacity. It has been…

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By Kathleen Parker   The last place — and I do mean the very last place — any candidate wants to be is in the frame with Anthony Weiner. This…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   To understand this nasty and nutty campaign, you have to go back to 1973, which is before roughly 60 percent of today’s Americans were alive.…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   To understand this nasty and nutty campaign, you have to go back to 1973, which is before roughly 60 percent of today’s Americans were alive.…

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By Kathleen Parker   One more week, give or take. It seems nearly impossible that an election season that began approximately four years ago is nearing its end. After almost…

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By Kathleen Parker   One more week, give or take. It seems nearly impossible that an election season that began approximately four years ago is nearing its end. After almost…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Where are living standards the highest? You might think that’s an easy question to answer. Just take a country’s total income (in the United States,…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Where are living standards the highest? You might think that’s an easy question to answer. Just take a country’s total income (in the United States,…

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By Kathleen Parker   The system is rigged and the polls are phony. As E-Day draws nigh, Donald Trump and his spokesvolken have contrived every possible excuse for the Republican…

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By Kathleen Parker   The system is rigged and the polls are phony. As E-Day draws nigh, Donald Trump and his spokesvolken have contrived every possible excuse for the Republican…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   There was a time when ticket splitting was common. Voters would support one party’s candidate for president and the other’s for Congress. At its peak…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   There was a time when ticket splitting was common. Voters would support one party’s candidate for president and the other’s for Congress. At its peak…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   While everyone fixates on the U.S. election, developments in the world economy threaten to create problems for the next president and, possibly, trigger a major…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   While everyone fixates on the U.S. election, developments in the world economy threaten to create problems for the next president and, possibly, trigger a major…

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By Kathleen Parker   ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If I were to distill a recent public discussion about the state of our nation to one word, it would be “worried.”…

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By Kathleen Parker   ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If I were to distill a recent public discussion about the state of our nation to one word, it would be “worried.”…

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By Kathleen Parker   It should surprise no one that this presidential election — the first ever to involve a female nominee from a major party — has devolved into…

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By Kathleen Parker   It should surprise no one that this presidential election — the first ever to involve a female nominee from a major party — has devolved into…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   A reactionary is someone who wishes to return, usually unrealistically, to an earlier and more appealing era. We have two reactionaries running for president. Both…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   A reactionary is someone who wishes to return, usually unrealistically, to an earlier and more appealing era. We have two reactionaries running for president. Both…

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By Kathleen Parker   ELON, N.C. – When I first heard that some Elon University students were protesting my invitation to speak on campus and saying my thoughts were “dangerous,”…

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By Kathleen Parker   ELON, N.C. – When I first heard that some Elon University students were protesting my invitation to speak on campus and saying my thoughts were “dangerous,”…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Rosy Scenario is alive and well. There is a long and dubious tradition among politicians of projecting high — usually unrealistic — rates of economic…

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By Kathleen Parker   Only in the strangest-ever presidential election could a former beauty queen’s weight be considered a deal-breaking issue of, if I may, gargantuan proportions. Pretend it’s two…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   The conversation — or argument — we’ve been having on immigration has been remarkably skewed. It’s been all about the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants,…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   The conversation — or argument — we’ve been having on immigration has been remarkably skewed. It’s been all about the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants,…

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By Kathleen Parker   As the first presidential debate approaches, fists clench, jaws tighten and invectives giggle in anticipation. Game on! To half the country, it’s a sure win for…

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