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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Nonprofit leaders to explore collaboration on November 15 at Shine the Light
October 24, 2016
DNA Creative Communications (DNA), in partnership with the Community Foundation of Greenville, the United Way of Greenville County and the Hollingsworth Funds, announces the fourth and final part of its…
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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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The new reactionaries!
October 10, 2016
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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The new reactionaries!
October 10, 2016
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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Thinking dangerously
October 10, 2016
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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Thinking dangerously
October 10, 2016
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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Whither, comma?
October 10, 2016
By Kathleen Parker ELON, N.C. – My favorite bumper sticker I’ve never seen: Commas matter. So I’ve always thought, and do still believe with the passion of one whose knuckles…
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Whither, comma?
October 10, 2016
By Kathleen Parker ELON, N.C. – My favorite bumper sticker I’ve never seen: Commas matter. So I’ve always thought, and do still believe with the passion of one whose knuckles…
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Trump’s BFF: Rosy Scenario
October 3, 2016
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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Trump’s BFF: Rosy Scenario
October 3, 2016
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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Will TPP rise from the dead?
October 3, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The question about the TPP — the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Obama’s signature trade agreement — is whether it’s already gone to the political morgue or…
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Will TPP rise from the dead?
October 3, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The question about the TPP — the Trans-Pacific Partnership, President Obama’s signature trade agreement — is whether it’s already gone to the political morgue or…
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Permission to dissent
October 3, 2016
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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Permission to dissent
October 3, 2016
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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Sniffles and The Cyber go to town
October 3, 2016
By Kathleen Parker My heart went out to Donald Trump Monday night when it appeared that he was under the weather. What could be worse than to be sick,…
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Sniffles and The Cyber go to town
October 3, 2016
By Kathleen Parker My heart went out to Donald Trump Monday night when it appeared that he was under the weather. What could be worse than to be sick,…
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