The wrong immigration debate
September 26, 2016
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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The wrong immigration debate
September 26, 2016
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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The last days of free trade?
September 26, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Guess what? A President Trump could adopt his new trade agenda without any authorization from Congress — and this could trigger a global trade war…
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The last days of free trade?
September 26, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Guess what? A President Trump could adopt his new trade agenda without any authorization from Congress — and this could trigger a global trade war…
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The Trump letters
September 26, 2016
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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The Trump letters
September 26, 2016
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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Trump’s truth sets us free
September 26, 2016
By Kathleen Parker At long last, Donald Trump has set himself free. At a highly choreographed event Friday, the Republican candidate for president of the United States finally issued…
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Trump’s truth sets us free
September 26, 2016
By Kathleen Parker At long last, Donald Trump has set himself free. At a highly choreographed event Friday, the Republican candidate for president of the United States finally issued…
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The old Fed is dead
September 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The betting is that the Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates at this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, its key policymaking body.…
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The old Fed is dead
September 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The betting is that the Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates at this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, its key policymaking body.…
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Will the real child poverty rate please stand up?
September 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson America is on the mend. Witness the good news in the latest version of the nation’s “economic report card”: the Census Bureau’s annual estimates of…
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Will the real child poverty rate please stand up?
September 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson America is on the mend. Witness the good news in the latest version of the nation’s “economic report card”: the Census Bureau’s annual estimates of…
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Hillary’s deplorable basket case
September 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker She didn’t want to say she was sick. Hillary Clinton, that is, who recently has suffered coughing fits followed Sunday by a near collapse during New…
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Hillary’s deplorable basket case
September 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker She didn’t want to say she was sick. Hillary Clinton, that is, who recently has suffered coughing fits followed Sunday by a near collapse during New…
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Build the wall
September 11, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Just because Donald Trump isn’t qualified to be president — and just because much of his agenda is hateful and undesirable — doesn’t mean that…
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Build the wall
September 11, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Just because Donald Trump isn’t qualified to be president — and just because much of his agenda is hateful and undesirable — doesn’t mean that…
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Are books (finally) dead?
September 11, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson If you’re like me, you regard the decline in book reading as another sign of the cultural rot that is eating away at the American…
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Are books (finally) dead?
September 11, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson If you’re like me, you regard the decline in book reading as another sign of the cultural rot that is eating away at the American…
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The week that was … embarrassing
September 11, 2016
By Kathleen Parker America has had better weeks than the one just past. Only days away from the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Democratic and Republican…
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The week that was … embarrassing
September 11, 2016
By Kathleen Parker America has had better weeks than the one just past. Only days away from the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Democratic and Republican…
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If animals could vote
September 11, 2016
By Kathleen Parker The animal kingdom will have lost one of its staunchest defenders when the Oval Office is abandoned by Barack Obama, who through a series of critical,…
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If animals could vote
September 11, 2016
By Kathleen Parker The animal kingdom will have lost one of its staunchest defenders when the Oval Office is abandoned by Barack Obama, who through a series of critical,…
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A new era of labor scarcity?
September 5, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Forget the “gig economy” — at least for now. On Labor Day 2016, we are in the midst of a historic transformation of the U.S.…
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A new era of labor scarcity?
September 5, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Forget the “gig economy” — at least for now. On Labor Day 2016, we are in the midst of a historic transformation of the U.S.…
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Is ending poverty impossible?
September 5, 2016
Robert J. Samuelson Don’t expect a second War on Poverty, regardless of who wins the election. Picking up where Lyndon Johnson left off in the 1960s would seem a…
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Is ending poverty impossible?
September 5, 2016
Robert J. Samuelson Don’t expect a second War on Poverty, regardless of who wins the election. Picking up where Lyndon Johnson left off in the 1960s would seem a…
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Trump can’t fake love of ‘the blacks’
September 5, 2016
By Kathleen Parker When Donald Trump says he has a great relationship with “the Blacks,” I wonder if he also gets along well with the Smiths. We know he’s…
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Trump can’t fake love of ‘the blacks’
September 5, 2016
By Kathleen Parker When Donald Trump says he has a great relationship with “the Blacks,” I wonder if he also gets along well with the Smiths. We know he’s…
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Repealing Durbin Amendment Would Help SC
August 30, 2016By Cathy Novinger Small businesses are the backbone of economic growth and many need support from financial institutions to help start and expand their operations. Without our small businesses…
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Repealing Durbin Amendment Would Help SC
August 30, 2016
By Cathy Novinger Small businesses are the backbone of economic growth and many need support from financial institutions to help start and expand their operations. Without our small businesses…
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The snooze economy
August 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Call it the Snooze Economy. Roughly two months before the presidential election, the economy has turned both boring and mystifying. It hardly impresses anyone, and…
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The snooze economy
August 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Call it the Snooze Economy. Roughly two months before the presidential election, the economy has turned both boring and mystifying. It hardly impresses anyone, and…
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The comeback of middle-wage jobs
August 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson One of the economy’s bright spots is the job market — and it may be even brighter than it seems. Not only are there more…
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The comeback of middle-wage jobs
August 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson One of the economy’s bright spots is the job market — and it may be even brighter than it seems. Not only are there more…
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The GOP’s Trumpian deflation
August 28, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Donald Trump. Would that it were unnecessary to mention his name except, say, as a Viagra pitchman. Despite such casting perfection, this isn’t intended as a…
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The GOP’s Trumpian deflation
August 28, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Donald Trump. Would that it were unnecessary to mention his name except, say, as a Viagra pitchman. Despite such casting perfection, this isn’t intended as a…
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Hillary’s heel
August 28, 2016
By Kathleen Parker When I wrote the headline “Hillary’s heel,” I was thinking of Achilles, not Bill, though the former president is usually within nipping range of his wife’s…
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Hillary’s heel
August 28, 2016
By Kathleen Parker When I wrote the headline “Hillary’s heel,” I was thinking of Achilles, not Bill, though the former president is usually within nipping range of his wife’s…
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Are aging and the economic slowdown linked?
August 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson An aging America reduces the economy’s growth — big time. That’s the startling conclusion of a new academic study, and if it withstands scholarly scrutiny,…
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Are aging and the economic slowdown linked?
August 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson An aging America reduces the economy’s growth — big time. That’s the startling conclusion of a new academic study, and if it withstands scholarly scrutiny,…
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The robot scare
August 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We are such an anxiety-ridden society that we worry about problems that haven’t happened, and, almost certainly, won’t. Robots are an apt example. Even McKinsey…
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The robot scare
August 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We are such an anxiety-ridden society that we worry about problems that haven’t happened, and, almost certainly, won’t. Robots are an apt example. Even McKinsey…
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Can the private sector save us?
August 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson A great mystery of our time — one that should frame the campaign debate — is why the economic recovery has been so sluggish. Consider…
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Can the private sector save us?
August 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson A great mystery of our time — one that should frame the campaign debate — is why the economic recovery has been so sluggish. Consider…
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Beach burkini bingo
August 21, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot — at least of eyeballs eager to extend the sidelong…
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Beach burkini bingo
August 21, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Once upon a time, a scantily clad lass padding down a beach might cause a riot — at least of eyeballs eager to extend the sidelong…
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Driven to distraction
August 21, 2016
By Kathleen Parker OXFORD, Md. – Reflexively, I type “Dru” and The Drudge Report pops up. I hate myself for going there but as a columnist ever in search…
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Driven to distraction
August 21, 2016
By Kathleen Parker OXFORD, Md. – Reflexively, I type “Dru” and The Drudge Report pops up. I hate myself for going there but as a columnist ever in search…
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Is student debt ruining the recovery?
August 12, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Maybe the college student debt burden isn’t so crushing after all, a new study argues. Maybe the college student debt burden isn’t so crushing after…
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Is student debt ruining the recovery?
August 12, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Maybe the college student debt burden isn’t so crushing after all, a new study argues. Maybe the college student debt burden isn’t so crushing after…
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