By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By 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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By Robert Samuelson March 9, 2013   The crisis in Ukraine reminds us that the future is unpredictable, thatwars routinely involve miscalculation and that brute force — boots onthe ground,…

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By Robert Samuelson March 5, 2013     In a curious way, the sweeping “tax reform” plan unveiled recently by Rep. Dave Camp, the Republican chairman of the House Ways…

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By 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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By 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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By Robert Samuelson March 5, 2013     In a curious way, the sweeping “tax reform” plan unveiled recently by Rep. Dave Camp, the Republican chairman of the House Ways…

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By Robert Samuelson March 9, 2013   The crisis in Ukraine reminds us that the future is unpredictable, that wars routinely involve miscalculation and that brute force — boots on…

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By Kathleen ParkerMarch 4, 2014    In matters cultural, California has always been the United States’petri dish. Whatever happened in California usually infiltrated the rest of the country. Today there…

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By Kathleen ParkerMarch 4, 2014    In matters cultural, California has always been the United States’petri dish. Whatever happened in California usually infiltrated the rest of the country. Today there…

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By Robert Samuelson March 2, 2013   “There is no parallel in history to the [American] ex periment offree government on this scale. The scale accounts for a great deal,including…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 28, 2014  President Obama’s new outreach initiative to help at-risk boys of color — “My Brother’s Keeper” — is cause for cheer. It isn’t that we haven’t…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 28, 2014  President Obama’s new outreach initiative to help at-risk boys of color — “My Brother’s Keeper” — is cause for cheer. It isn’t that we haven’t…

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By Robert Samuelson March 2, 2013   “There is no parallel in history to the [American] experiment offree government on this scale. The scale accounts for a great deal,including . . .…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 25, 2014   This town can get pretty wound up when a politician misbehaves. Given some of the reactions to Bobby Jindal’s off-script remarks Monday,you’d think he’d been…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 25, 2014   This town can get pretty wound up when a politician misbehaves. Given some of the reactions to Bobby Jindal’s off-script remarks Monday, you’d think he’d…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 21, 2014  We’ve heard much about the Republican war on women. Exhaustingly. Lately, we’ve also heard about the war on men. The war on men-on-women-on-men . . . or something, as MSNBC’s…

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By Robert Samuelson February 19, 2013   The United Auto Workers’ defeat, by a 712 to 626 vote, in its effort to organize Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant, has been attributed…

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By Robert Samuelson February 23, 2013   The great virtue of the Congressional Budget Office’s recent report on the minimum wage is that it injects a much-needed dose of reality into the…

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By Robert Samuelson February 23, 2013   The great virtue of the Congressional Budget Office’s recent report on the minimum wage is that it injects a much-needed dose of reality into the…

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By Robert Samuelson February 19, 2013   The United Auto Workers’ defeat, by a 712 to 626 vote, in its effort to organize Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., assemblyplant, has been attributed to…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 21, 2014  We’ve heard much about the Republican war on women. Exhaustingly. Lately, we’ve also heard about the war on men. The war on men-on-women-on-men . . . or something, as MSNBC’s…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 18, 2014 Republicans have excelled at concealing their brilliance in recent years, and Democrats have exulted in their good fortune. Whether discussing women’s reproductive systems or offering…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 18, 2014 Republicans have excelled at concealing their brilliance in recent years, and Democrats have exulted in their good fortune. Whether discussing women’s reproductive systems or offering…

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By Kathleen ParkerFebruary 14, 2014   It is easy these days to imagine that one is living in a fairy tale, albeit a dreary one. In fairy tales, as in…

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By Robert SamuelsonFebruary 16, 2014   These are hard times for economists. Their reputations are tarnished; their favorite doctrines are damaged. Among their most prominent thinkers, there is no consensus…

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