By Robert J. Samuelson   There is no tooth fairy. Republicans and Democrats take note. Taxes will surely continue to play a big role in the presidential campaign. The Republicans…

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By Kathleen Parker   Soon after Wednesday night’s Republican debate, the phone rang: “Did the fat lady sing?” asked the voice on the other end. “Probably,” I said. Meaning, it…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Give it a B-minus. The budget deal reached by congressional leaders has much to recommend it. Its biggest virtue, assuming it’s passed by Congress and…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   By now, it must be obvious to almost everyone that the federal debt ceiling has outlived whatever usefulness it once had. It does not discipline…

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By Kathleen Parker   Who the blast is Sidney Blumenthal? Doubtless many watching Thursday’s House select committee hearing on Benghazi must have wondered the same. This obviously important person’s name…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   We have all manner of policy proposals from the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but there’s a sobering disconnect between what they’re advocating and the…

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By Kathleen Parker   With the latest poll numbers tallied and political pundits having spoken, a consensus has emerged: Hillary Clinton won the first Democratic debate and, barring a Benghazi…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   We journalists often have mixed feelings about what we report and write. Naturally, we like to see our reporting vindicated by events or other reporting.…

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By Kathleen Parker   The worst job in the world, it turns out, isn’t the U.S. presidency but speaker of the House of Representatives. “It’s where you go to die,”…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   It’s no secret that although the U.S. economy is near “full employment” (September’s jobless rate: 5.1 percent), its rate of growth of about 2 percent…

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By Kathleen Parker   The lede to this column is a deep, guttural groan that originates in the throat and expands into the lungs before collapsing in the pit of…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   And now comes the life-expectancy gap. It may change the national conversation over Social Security and an aging society — for the worse. We all…

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By Kathleen Parker   In the spirit of charity prompted by Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S., let’s not call them bigots. Let’s just call them the clueless, the incurious,…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   These are worrying days for the Federal Reserve, America’s central bank. Surrounded by critics on the left and right, it can hardly do anything without…

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By Kathleen Parker   Sometimes what seems the least consequential detail tells the most about a person’s character — or at least his or her intentions. Such was the case…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Amid all the new government programs and tax cuts that have been proposed by the various presidential candidates — or will be as the campaign…

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By Kathleen Parker   Some in the media were quick to dismiss Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s speech attacking Donald Trump as the opportunistic rant of a 1 percenter. That is,…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   The wage-price spiral is dead — or at least dormant. As the Federal Reserve debates when to raise short-term interest rates, this is good news.…

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By Kathleen Parker   Donald Trump has a point when he talks about the need for immigrants to learn English. “That’s how we assimilate,” he says. Which is true, as…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   A fascinating but little-noted aspect of the recent financial turmoil is how much it’s been an international event. It started with doubts about China’s economy,…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   A fascinating but little-noted aspect of the recent financial turmoil is how much it’s been an international event. It started with doubts about China’s economy,…

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By Kathleen Parker   The Trump riddle continues to compel: How has he managed to successfully execute such a mass deception? He’s by no definition a conservative, and yet he…

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By Kathleen Parker   The Trump riddle continues to compel: How has he managed to successfully execute such a mass deception? He’s by no definition a conservative, and yet he…

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By George F. Will   SAN DIEGO — Brittany Maynard was soon to die. The question was whether she could do so on her own terms, as a last act…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   First was the dot-com bubble, then the housing bubble. Now comes the commodities bubble. We don’t fully understand the stock market’s current turmoil, but we…

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By George F. Will   Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency. After Donald Trump finishes plastering a…

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By George F. Will   Every sulfurous belch from the molten interior of the volcanic Trump phenomenon injures the chances of a Republican presidency. After Donald Trump finishes plastering a…

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By George F. Will   It has come to this: The GOP, formerly the party of Lincoln and ostensibly the party of liberty and limited government, is being defined by…

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By George F. Will   It has come to this: The GOP, formerly the party of Lincoln and ostensibly the party of liberty and limited government, is being defined by…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Are we ready for the “Internet of Things”? Probably not. The phrase — coined in 1999 by researcher Kevin Ashton while working for Procter &…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   Are we ready for the “Internet of Things”? Probably not. The phrase — coined in 1999 by researcher Kevin Ashton while working for Procter &…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   For many months, economy-watchers have been obsessed with “lift off”: the moment the Federal Reserve raises short-term interest rates, which have been held close to…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   For many months, economy-watchers have been obsessed with “lift off”: the moment the Federal Reserve raises short-term interest rates, which have been held close to…

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By Kathleen Parker   It is perhaps time to stop wondering what The Donald’s got that the others ain’t got. What he’s got is conservative America’s number, which has less…

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By Kathleen Parker   It is perhaps time to stop wondering what The Donald’s got that the others ain’t got. What he’s got is conservative America’s number, which has less…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   It was nice while it lasted, but it’s over and may not return for many years, if ever. The “it” is the slowdown in national…

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By Robert J. Samuelson   It was nice while it lasted, but it’s over and may not return for many years, if ever. The “it” is the slowdown in national…

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By Kathleen Parker   CLEVELAND – Not to diminish the importance of the first Republican debate, but it felt like the first in a political survivor series. The question wasn’t…

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By Kathleen Parker   CLEVELAND – Not to diminish the importance of the first Republican debate, but it felt like the first in a political survivor series. The question wasn’t…

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