You wanted anti-establishment? Hold on.

  December 11, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   COLUMBIA, S.C. — If you thought Donald Trump was the face of America’s anti-establishment movement, hold on to your chapeaus: A wild wind is rising. Want…

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You wanted anti-establishment? Hold on.

  December 11, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   COLUMBIA, S.C. — If you thought Donald Trump was the face of America’s anti-establishment movement, hold on to your chapeaus: A wild wind is rising. Want…

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Trump’s risky nationalism

  December 5, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   “For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the future relationship of America to the world is not fully settled.” —…

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Trump’s risky nationalism

  December 5, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   “For the first time since the end of the Second World War, the future relationship of America to the world is not fully settled.” —…

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Why Italy matters

  December 5, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   Italy may be the next stop on the world’s journey to more economic nationalism. First we had Brexit — Britain’s decision to leave the European…

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Why Italy matters

  December 5, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   Italy may be the next stop on the world’s journey to more economic nationalism. First we had Brexit — Britain’s decision to leave the European…

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Trump’s demagogic illogic

  December 5, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   On the first stop of his “thank you” tour in Ohio Thursday, president-elect Donald Trump hit replay on several of his campaign tropes. Among the crowd…

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Trump’s demagogic illogic

  December 5, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   On the first stop of his “thank you” tour in Ohio Thursday, president-elect Donald Trump hit replay on several of his campaign tropes. Among the crowd…

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No tears for Fidel

  December 5, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   Sometimes history doesn’t have to wait to judge — and when it comes to dictators, even dead ones, we shouldn’t either. With news of Fidel Castro’s…

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No tears for Fidel

  December 5, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   Sometimes history doesn’t have to wait to judge — and when it comes to dictators, even dead ones, we shouldn’t either. With news of Fidel Castro’s…

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Jobless by choice — or pain?

  November 28, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   The work ethic is such a central part of the American character that it’s hard to imagine it fading. But that’s what seems to be…

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Jobless by choice — or pain?

  November 28, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   The work ethic is such a central part of the American character that it’s hard to imagine it fading. But that’s what seems to be…

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Trump’s lovely lies

  November 28, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   In this season of Thanksgiving, a quirky source of gratitude has emerged — Donald Trump’s many campaign lies. What else can one call the promises that…

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Trump’s lovely lies

  November 28, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   In this season of Thanksgiving, a quirky source of gratitude has emerged — Donald Trump’s many campaign lies. What else can one call the promises that…

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The meaning of Mitt

  November 28, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   President-elect Donald Trump’s flirtation with Mitt Romney as a possible pick for secretary of state has injected a sliver of hope and change into an evolving…

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The meaning of Mitt

  November 28, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   President-elect Donald Trump’s flirtation with Mitt Romney as a possible pick for secretary of state has injected a sliver of hope and change into an evolving…

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Greenspan: why productivity lags

  November 20, 2016

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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Greenspan: why productivity lags

  November 20, 2016

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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Truth and consequences

  November 20, 2016

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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Truth and consequences

  November 20, 2016

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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Trump’s mission impossible?

  November 13, 2016

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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The curse of victory

  November 13, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   By the time this column reaches most readers, we will (probably) be on the verge of knowing who the next president-elect will be. Regardless of…

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The mourning after

  November 13, 2016

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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America: Still great

  November 9, 2016

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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The real national embarrassment

  November 6, 2016

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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Why we should worry about Deutsche Bank

  November 6, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   Deutsche Bank is in trouble — and that’s bad news for all of us. Deutsche Bank is Germany’s biggest bank with 100,000 employees around the…

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Perverting the presidency

  November 6, 2016

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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Why this campaign was so nasty

  October 31, 2016

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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Why this campaign was so nasty

  October 31, 2016

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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Post-election rules of reckoning

  October 31, 2016

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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Post-election rules of reckoning

  October 31, 2016

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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Measuring economic progress

  October 28, 2016

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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Measuring economic progress

  October 28, 2016

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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The celebrity’s apprentice

  October 28, 2016

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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The celebrity’s apprentice

  October 28, 2016

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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Split your ticket

  October 24, 2016

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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Split your ticket

  October 24, 2016

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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Trump vs. the media

  October 24, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   Regardless of who wins the election, the press — or, at any rate, what used to be called the “mainstream” media — may be the…

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Trump vs. the media

  October 24, 2016

By Robert J. Samuelson   Regardless of who wins the election, the press — or, at any rate, what used to be called the “mainstream” media — may be the…

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You can dress him up, but Trump is Trump

  October 24, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   If Beltway insiders and other East Coast elites ever wondered why so many Americans prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, all they need do is watch…

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You can dress him up, but Trump is Trump

  October 24, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   If Beltway insiders and other East Coast elites ever wondered why so many Americans prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, all they need do is watch…

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How Trump could still win

  October 24, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   As the final presidential debate looms like a Halloween pinata full of October surprises, voters may be less committed to one or the other candidate than…

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How Trump could still win

  October 24, 2016

By Kathleen Parker   As the final presidential debate looms like a Halloween pinata full of October surprises, voters may be less committed to one or the other candidate than…

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Financial crisis 2.0?

  October 17, 2016

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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Financial crisis 2.0?

  October 17, 2016

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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The greatest fear of all

  October 17, 2016

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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The greatest fear of all

  October 17, 2016

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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Who’s the worst person in the world?

  October 12, 2016

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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Who’s the worst person in the world?

  October 12, 2016

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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