Commissioner Clyburn Must Promote Broadband Adoption To Help South Carolina
May 19, 2014By J.T. McLawhorn The Federal Communications Commission missed the mark by proposing new regulations for broadband, which, if approved, could hinder innovation and investment in new technology that has…
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Commissioner Clyburn Must Promote Broadband Adoption To Help South Carolina
May 19, 2014By J.T. McLawhorn The Federal Communications Commission missed the mark by proposing new regulations for broadband, which, if approved, could hinder innovation and investment in new technology that has…
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Wordless News
May 15, 2014By Maria Fabrizio May 16, 2014 Mini Longneck Dinosaur Discovered in South America See the related story here. Wordless News is a project by illustrator…
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Is China No. 1?
May 15, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson May 14, 2014 It’s probable that the U.S. economy is no longer the world’s largest. New World Bank figures, notes economist Arvind Subramanian of the…
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Is China No. 1?
May 15, 2014By Robert J. Samuelson May 14, 2014 It’s probable that the U.S. economy is no longer the world’s largest. New World Bank figures, notes economist Arvind Subramanian of the…
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Bill Maher speaks his mind, unfortunately
May 15, 2014By Kathleen Parker May 13, 2014 When my neighbor gleefully reported that Bill Maher had dedicated a searing monologue to me for a column I wrote about the Donald Sterling/Cliven Bundy rants, my…
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Kathleen Parker April 22, 2014
April 23, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 22, 2014 The word is out that Chelsea Clinton is with child, making the favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination a soon-to-be grandmother. The headlines were inevitable…
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Robert Samuelson April 20, 2014
April 20, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 20, 2014 Thomas Piketty has taken America’s liberal establishment by storm.Piketty is a French economist who has written a lengthy (577 pages)study, “Capital in…
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Robert Samuelson April 16, 2014
April 20, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 16, 2014 In this age of Big Data, the Obama administration seems determined to make it hard for average Americans to get little data. Recall…
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Kathleen Parker April 18, 2014
April 20, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 18, 2014 The new “agreement” between Russia, the United States and our allies is exactly what the former KGB agent ordered. This isn’t to say it’s…
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Kathleen Parker April 15, 2014
April 16, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 15, 2014 One approaches the race fray with trepidation, but here we go, tippy-toe. The race cards have been flying so fast and furious lately, one…
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Robert Samuelson April 16, 2014
April 16, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 16, 2014 In this age of Big Data, the Obama administration seems determined to make it hard for average Americans to get little data. Recall…
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Robert Samuelson April 13, 2014
April 13, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 13, 2014 If you know someone among the long-term unemployed — a category that includes workers who have been jobless at least six months, but in…
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Robert Samuelson April 9, 2014
April 13, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 9, 2014 The deleveraging of America is over, or mostly over — and that’s good news and possibly bad. All that “leverage” (loans, debts,…
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Kathleen Parker April 11, 2014
April 13, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 11, 2014 In selecting Stephen Colbert to replace David Letterman as host of its “Late Show,” CBS has waged war on America’s heartland — or so proclaims that…
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Kathleen Parker April 9, 2014
April 9, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 9, 2014 After writing close to 3,000 columns, I’ve learned that people sometimes read what they’re looking for, often as a result of a headline, rather…
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By Kathleen Parker April 4, 2014
April 7, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 4, 2014 Rush Limbaugh can relax. The popular “demon of the right” has beenreplaced at least through the midterms by the Koch brothers, Charles and David.…
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Robert Samuelson April 7, 2014
April 7, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 7, 2014 On its present course, the Supreme Court will ultimately overrule its 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, the landmark case upholding campaign finance…
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Robert Samuelson April 7, 2014
April 7, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 7, 2014 On its present course, the Supreme Court will ultimately overrule its 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, the landmark case upholding campaign finance…
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By Kathleen Parker April 4, 2014
April 7, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 4, 2014 Rush Limbaugh can relax. The popular “demon of the right” has beenreplaced at least through the midterms by the Koch brothers, Charles and David.…
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Robert Samuelson April 2, 2014
April 2, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 2, 2014 What’s occurring in Ukraine, says the Peterson Institute’s FredBergsten, is an unwelcome consequence of globalization. RussianPresident Vladimir Putin thinks he can enjoy political…
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Kathleen Parker April 1, 2014
April 2, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 1, 2014 H.L. Mencken gets a workout in election years when voters are reminded by pundits of the curmudgeon’s observationthat no one ever went broke underestimating the…
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Kathleen Parker April 1, 2014
April 2, 2014By Kathleen ParkerApril 1, 2014 H.L. Mencken gets a workout in election years when voters are reminded by pundits of the curmudgeon’s observationthat no one ever went broke underestimating the…
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Robert Samuelson April 2, 2014
April 2, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 2, 2014 What’s occurring in Ukraine, says the Peterson Institute’s FredBergsten, is an unwelcome consequence of globalization. RussianPresident Vladimir Putin thinks he can enjoy political…
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Robert Samuelson March 30, 2013
March 31, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 2, 2013 (revised from March 30, 2014) You might compare the U.S. economy to someone who’s recovering from a serious illness. At first, everyone hopes the…
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Kathleen Parker March 28, 2014
March 31, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 28, 2014 The past couple of weeks have marked a turning point in American uglinessas the mob has turned its full fury on first lady Michelle Obama.…
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Kathleen Parker March 26, 2014
March 31, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 26, 2014 When it comes to tackling complicated legal issues, one would behard-pressed to conjure a less likely partnership than Harvard lawprofessor Alan Dershowitz and Baylor University…
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Kathleen Parker March 26, 2014
March 31, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 26, 2014 When it comes to tackling complicated legal issues, one would be hard-pressed to conjure a less likely partnership than Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz and…
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Kathleen Parker March 28, 2014
March 31, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 28, 2014 The past couple of weeks have marked a turning point in American ugliness as the mob has turned its full fury on first lady Michelle…
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Robert Samuelson March 30, 2013
March 31, 2014By Robert Samuelson April 2, 2013 (revised from March 30, 2014) You might compare the U.S. economy to someone who’s recovering from a serious illness. At first, everyone hopes…
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Robert Samuelson March 25, 2013
March 25, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 25, 2013 The continuing Ukrainian crisis has cast a specter over Europe: a natural gas cutoff. Russia supplies about 30 percent of Europe’s natural gas. In…
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Robert Samuelson March 25, 2013
March 25, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 25, 2013 The continuing Ukrainian crisis has cast a specter over Europe: a natural gas cutoff. Russia supplies about 30 percent of Europe’s natural gas. In…
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Kathleen Parker March 21, 2014
March 23, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 21, 2014 This week’s meeting between Pope Francis and President Obama holds great promise in a time of turmoil, though not necessarily in the ways some may hope.…
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Robert Samuelson March 19, 2013
March 23, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 19, 2013 China has fallen into the “middle-income trap” — a significant event full of domestic and international implications. Its economy is visibly slowing; lower-than-expected…
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Robert Samuelson March 23, 2013
March 23, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 23, 2013 For the record, it’s worth noting that Russia’s swift seizure of Crimea confounds and contradicts one of the hopeful axioms of conventional wisdom. The…
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Robert Samuelson March 23, 2013
March 23, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 23, 2013 For the record, it’s worth noting that Russia’s swift seizure of Crimea confounds and contradicts one of the hopeful axioms of conventional wisdom. Thepresumption…
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Robert Samuelson March 19, 2013
March 23, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 19, 2013 China has fallen into the “middle-income trap” — a significant event full ofdomestic and international implications. Its economy is visibly slowing; lower-than-expected industrial…
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Kathleen Parker March 21, 2014
March 23, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 21, 2014 This week’s meeting between Pope Francis and President Obama holds great promise in a time of turmoil, though not necessarily in the ways some may hope.…
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Kathleen Parker March 18, 2014
March 19, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 18, 2014 “Once an agent, always an agent.” This was the terse response of Nina Khrushcheva on New Year’s Eve 1999 when her mother commented favorably…
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Kathleen Parker March 18, 2014
March 19, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 18, 2014 “Once an agent, always an agent.” This was the terse response of Nina Khrushcheva on New Year’s Eve 1999 whenher mother commented favorably about…
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Kathleen Parker March 14, 2014
March 16, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 14, 2014 There’s nothing quite so helpful as a fatwa and threats of a Christian boycott to create buzz in advance of a new movie. “Noah,”…
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Robert Samuelson March 12, 2013
March 16, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 12, 2013 It’s a stunning comparison that, in some ways, explains everything about the crisis in Ukraine. Back in 1990, average per-person incomes in…
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Robert Samuelson March 16, 2013
March 16, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 16, 2013 Five years after becoming law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — better known as the “economic stimulus” — remains…
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Robert Samuelson March 16, 2013
March 16, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 16, 2013 Five years after becoming law, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 — better known as the “economic stimulus” — remains…
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Robert Samuelson March 12, 2013
March 16, 2014By Robert Samuelson March 12, 2013 It’s a stunning comparison that, in some ways, explains everything about the crisis in Ukraine. Back in 1990, average per-person incomes in…
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Kathleen Parker March 14, 2014
March 16, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 14, 2014 There’s nothing quite so helpful as a fatwa and threats of a Christian boycott to create buzz in advance of a new movie. “Noah,”…
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Kathleen Parker March 11, 2014
March 12, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 11, 2014 I must need to smoke pot. How else to explain why I wasn’t getting President Obama’s interview on “Between Two Ferns,” the Web show…
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Kathleen Parker March 11, 2014
March 12, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 11, 2014 I must need to smoke pot. How else to explain why I wasn’t getting President Obama’s interview on “Between Two Ferns,” the Web show…
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Kathleen Parker March 7, 2014
March 10, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 7, 2014 When the going gets tough, well, why not just make the going easier? This seems to be the conclusion of the College Board, whichadministers…
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Kathleen Parker March 7, 2014
March 10, 2014By Kathleen ParkerMarch 7, 2014 When the going gets tough, well, why not just make the going easier? This seems to be the conclusion of the College Board, whichadministers…
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