Brazil’s nightmare
April 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Woe is Brazil. As the summer Olympics approach in August, Latin America’s largest country — with a population of 206 million and an economy that…
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Brazil’s nightmare
April 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Woe is Brazil. As the summer Olympics approach in August, Latin America’s largest country — with a population of 206 million and an economy that…
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Fashion-backward in North Carolina
April 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker EASTON, Md. – It’s been a long while since South Carolina could look down upon its neighbor to the North. Thanks to North Carolina’s anti-LGBT legislation…
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Fashion-backward in North Carolina
April 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker EASTON, Md. – It’s been a long while since South Carolina could look down upon its neighbor to the North. Thanks to North Carolina’s anti-LGBT legislation…
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Pope Bernie
April 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Imagine emerging from a rocky political week only to announce, as Bernie Sanders did, that, oh, by the way, the Vatican called. Actually, it was the…
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Pope Bernie
April 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Imagine emerging from a rocky political week only to announce, as Bernie Sanders did, that, oh, by the way, the Vatican called. Actually, it was the…
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Trumpanomics: fantasies over facts
April 10, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Trumpanomics doesn’t compute. The media keep piling on Donald Trump, because he keeps saying things that are controversial, impractical, undesirable and — in some cases…
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The people’s race
April 10, 2016
By Kathleen Parker The spectacular strangeness of this presidential election may require a new display in Ripley’s Odditorium of believe-it-or-nots. Among the exhibits, curators might place the History of…
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Solving the productivity mystery
April 4, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson A paradox of our time concerns productivity. We are awash in transformative technologies — smartphones, tablets, big data — and yet the growth in labor…
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Trump learns that thinking is hard
April 4, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Donald Trump is learning how hard it is to pretend to be something he’s not. Case in point: Since deciding to run for president — and…
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What now?
April 4, 2016
By Kathleen Parker So what are we to do? This is a familiar question to opinion writers. Translation: You’ve told us what’s wrong with everything — and we agree.…
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We’re not a poor country, Donald
March 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We are a very wealthy society, and we shouldn’t forget it. Donald Trump apparently has — along with many other people. Visiting recently with The…
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We’re not a poor country, Donald
March 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We are a very wealthy society, and we shouldn’t forget it. Donald Trump apparently has — along with many other people. Visiting recently with The…
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Earth Day cleanups are part of the problem
March 25, 2016
By Rudy Socha CEO Wounded Nature – Working Veterans Annual litter cleanups add an additional 12 million plastic trash bags to landfills every year. Wounded Nature – Working Veterans…
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The biggest cyber heist ever?
March 24, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s a big story that has stayed beneath the radar of most American media. Somehow, cyber criminals stole $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank (its…
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The biggest cyber heist ever?
March 24, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s a big story that has stayed beneath the radar of most American media. Somehow, cyber criminals stole $81 million from Bangladesh’s central bank (its…
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Trade myths and realities
March 24, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson In this bitter campaign, one area of agreement unites the major candidates: trade. Bernie Sanders brags that he’s opposed all recent trade agreements; Hillary Clinton…
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Trade myths and realities
March 24, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson In this bitter campaign, one area of agreement unites the major candidates: trade. Bernie Sanders brags that he’s opposed all recent trade agreements; Hillary Clinton…
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What did you do to stop him, Daddy?
March 24, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Now that Donald Trump has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group, Americans have learned the following: Trump can read…
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What did you do to stop him, Daddy?
March 24, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Now that Donald Trump has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group, Americans have learned the following: Trump can read…
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Good news for discouraged workers
March 20, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Surprise: America’s discouraged workers are finding jobs — or so it seems. Unanticipated by many economists, this is good news for the country (and, assuming…
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Soaking the rich: a primer
March 20, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson There’s no subtlety about Democrats’ tax plans. Between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, details differ, but the central themes are identical: Soak the rich. To…
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Where’s the $3 trillion?
March 20, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Is the American economy stronger than we think? Perhaps. A persisting puzzle about its recent performance is the stark contrast between growth of jobs (which…
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Understanding the Islamic State
March 20, 2016
By Kathleen Parker MIAMI BEACH — One wouldn’t call them bedfellows, strange or otherwise, but President Obama and Donald Trump arebothinadvertently helping the Islamic State through rhetoric that is…
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Shame, shame, shame
March 20, 2016
By Kathleen Parker As Donald Trump continues to surge forward as the most-likely Republican nominee, perfectly sane people are beginning to wonder: “Was there something we missed? Maybe he’s…
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Farewell, prince of tides
March 14, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Soon after “The Prince of Tides” became a blockbuster movie in 1991, People magazine put the film’s leading man, Nick Nolte, on its cover as the…
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Farewell, prince of tides
March 14, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Soon after “The Prince of Tides” became a blockbuster movie in 1991, People magazine put the film’s leading man, Nick Nolte, on its cover as the…
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The party’s (almost) over
March 14, 2016
By Kathleen Parker So it has come to this: A brokered convention or President Hillary Clinton. These options seem to be what’s left to Republicans of conscience, who are,…
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The party’s (almost) over
March 14, 2016
By Kathleen Parker So it has come to this: A brokered convention or President Hillary Clinton. These options seem to be what’s left to Republicans of conscience, who are,…
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Up with political “bosses”!
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson What we are seeing in the continuing march of Donald Trump toward the Republican presidential nomination is the power and significance of political entrepreneurship. If…
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Up with political “bosses”!
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson What we are seeing in the continuing march of Donald Trump toward the Republican presidential nomination is the power and significance of political entrepreneurship. If…
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The way we were (in 1915!)
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson By 1915, the United States was the world’s richest nation — and yet, most Americans were dirt poor by today’s standards. Adjusted for inflation, men’s…
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The way we were (in 1915!)
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson By 1915, the United States was the world’s richest nation — and yet, most Americans were dirt poor by today’s standards. Adjusted for inflation, men’s…
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A new theory of inequality
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Thumbing through the annual report of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is always an education. This year’s 430-page edition is no exception.…
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A new theory of inequality
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Thumbing through the annual report of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is always an education. This year’s 430-page edition is no exception.…
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Inoculated against truth
March 7, 2016
By Kathleen Parker By now it’s obvious that lecturing Donald Trump supporters about why they shouldn’t vote for him only confirms their convictions. If you’re part of the “establishment,”…
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Inoculated against truth
March 7, 2016
By Kathleen Parker By now it’s obvious that lecturing Donald Trump supporters about why they shouldn’t vote for him only confirms their convictions. If you’re part of the “establishment,”…
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The black and white of politics
March 7, 2016
By Kathleen Parker FLORENCE, SC – If Donald Trump speaks for disenfranchised whites, Hillary Clinton speaks mostly to blacks who feel the same. But the differences in how people,…
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The black and white of politics
March 7, 2016
By Kathleen Parker FLORENCE, SC – If Donald Trump speaks for disenfranchised whites, Hillary Clinton speaks mostly to blacks who feel the same. But the differences in how people,…
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Hooked on cheap money
February 29, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Say it ain’t so, Doug. From 2009 to early 2015, Douglas Elmendorf was the widely respected director of the Congressional Budget Office, where he repeatedly…
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The aging business cycle
February 29, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson At her most recent press conference in December, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen had this (abbreviated) exchange with ABC News reporter Rebecca Jarvis. Jarvis:…
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The aging business cycle
February 29, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson At her most recent press conference in December, Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen had this (abbreviated) exchange with ABC News reporter Rebecca Jarvis. Jarvis:…
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The global allure of Palmetto politics
February 29, 2016
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, SC – Americans aren’t the only people who are fascinated by South Carolina politics and the presidential primary process. During the past several days, including…
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The global allure of Palmetto politics
February 29, 2016
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, SC – Americans aren’t the only people who are fascinated by South Carolina politics and the presidential primary process. During the past several days, including…
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Clash of titans: Pope vs. Trump
February 29, 2016
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, SC – The popular wisdom that opposites attract is true in both romance and politics. But rarely do adages prove so profoundly — and absurdly…
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Clash of titans: Pope vs. Trump
February 29, 2016
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, SC – The popular wisdom that opposites attract is true in both romance and politics. But rarely do adages prove so profoundly — and absurdly…
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An impending recession?
February 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s economists versus the stock market. Economists generally don’t forecast a recession anytime soon. The stock market does — or at least that’s one plausible…
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Budget fairy tales
February 21, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We have a candor deficit. President Obama last week submitted his $4 trillion 2017 budget, using the occasion for self-congratulation. Deficits are down. Employment is…
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What would Scalia do?
February 21, 2016
By Kathleen Parker As Republican presidential candidates invoke Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy, all insisting that his suddenly vacant seat shouldn’t be filled until a new president is…
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A South Carolina primer-y
February 21, 2016
By Kathleen Parker CAMDEN, S.C. — Out on the hustings, people often ask me: “Can you explain South Carolina?” I just shake my head. It’s complicated, I say. The…
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