Kathleen Parker January 18, 2014

  January 20, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 18, 2014 Everybody’s doing it — confessing their youthful, pot-smoking ways — so here goes. I don’t remember. Kidding, kidding. Anyone over 30 recognizes the old adage:…

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Kathleen Parker January 18, 2014

  January 20, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 18, 2014 Everybody’s doing it — confessing their youthful, pot-smoking ways — so here goes. I don’t remember. Kidding, kidding. Anyone over 30 recognizes the old adage:…

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Robert Samuelson January 19, 2014

  January 20, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 16, 2014   The baffling Bitcoin boom is either an exercise in self-delusion — a high-tech Ponzi scheme thatwill come crashing down — or an imaginative new Internet…

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Robert Samuelson January 16, 2014

  January 20, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 16, 2014   This minimum wage business is tricky. On its face, raising the wage seems an easy way to fight poverty. Just pay low-wage workers…

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Robert Samuelson January 16, 2014

  January 20, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 16, 2014   This minimum wage business is tricky. On its face, raising the wage seems an easy way to fight poverty. Just pay low-wage workers…

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Robert Samuelson January 19, 2014

  January 20, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 19, 2014   The baffling Bitcoin boom is either an exercise in self-delusion — a high-tech Ponzi scheme that will come crashing down — or an imaginative new…

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Robert Samuelson January 12, 2014

  January 14, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 12, 2014   We are awash in retrospectives of the War on Poverty, launched 50 years ago this month by Lyndon Johnson. A furious debate has developed…

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Kathleen Parker January 14, 2014

  January 14, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 14, 2014 As we evaluate the efficacy of the War on Poverty, a single, unquantifiable factor stubbornly demands attention: luck. When it comes to the fortunes of the…

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Robert Samuelson January 12, 2014

  January 14, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 12, 2014   We are awash in retrospectives of the War on Poverty, launched 50 years ago this month by Lyndon Johnson. A furious debatehas developed between…

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Kathleen Parker January 14, 2014

  January 14, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 14, 2014 As we evaluate the efficacy of the War on Poverty, a single, unquantifiable factor stubbornly demands attention: luck. When it comes to the fortunes of the…

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Kathleen Parker January 10, 2014

  January 13, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 10, 2014 In the days since revelations surfaced about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office orchestrating the now-infamous George Washington Bridge lane closings, I’ve had at least…

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Robert Samuelson January 8, 2014

  January 13, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 8, 2014   Call it the $2.8 trillion enigma. That’s the amount Americans spenton health care in 2012. The good news is that health spending slowed…

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Kathleen Parker January 10, 2014

  January 13, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 10, 2014 In the days since revelations surfaced about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s office orchestrating the now-infamous George Washington Bridge lane closings, I’ve had at least…

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Robert Samuelson January 8, 2014

  January 13, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 8, 2014   Call it the $2.8 trillion enigma. That’s the amount Americans spenton health care in 2012. The good news is that health spending slowed…

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Robert Samuelson January 5, 2014

  January 7, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 5, 2014   There is more than a little hypocrisy to the outcry that thegovernment, through the National Security Agency (NSA), issystematically destroying Americans’ right to…

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Kathleen Parker January 3, 2014

  January 7, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 4, 2014 If you happen to be one of those who enjoy politics as a blood sport, 2014’s midterm election promises to be a carnival of gore.…

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Kathleen Parker January 7, 2014

  January 7, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 7, 2014 In politics, it’s all in how you say things. George Orwell knew what he was talking about when he described political language as “designed to…

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Robert Samuelson January 5, 2014

  January 7, 2014

By Robert Samuelson January 5, 2014   There is more than a little hypocrisy to the outcry that thegovernment, through the National Security Agency (NSA), issystematically destroying Americans’ right to…

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Kathleen Parker January 3, 2014

  January 7, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 4, 2014 If you happen to be one of those who enjoy politics as a blood sport, 2014’s midterm election promises to be a carnival of gore.…

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Kathleen Parker January 7, 2014

  January 7, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerJanuary 7, 2014 In politics, it’s all in how you say things. George Orwell knew what he was talking about when he described political language as “designed to…

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Kathleen Parker December 24, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 24, 2013 It’s Christmas and a strange white-bearded fellow utteringquack-quack-quack has streaked across the continent, dumping a largesack of something on America’s hearth. Phil Robertson — millionaire…

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Kathleen Parker December 27, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 27, 2013 The year-end review required of all columnists inevitably brings us to the mailbag and a few clarifications. For the record, I read my mail but…

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Robert Samuelson December 30, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Robert Samuelson December 30, 2013   For four and a half years, we have waited for a powerful andself-sustaining economic recovery. More than once it seemed imminent.Then, for various…

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Kathleen Parker December 31, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 31, 2013 America’s capacity for optimism and hope has been boundless through much of our short history. The tangible returns of hard work, the ordered liberty sustainedthrough…

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Kathleen Parker December 24, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 24, 2013 It’s Christmas and a strange white-bearded fellow utteringquack-quack-quack has streaked across the continent, dumping a largesack of something on America’s hearth. Phil Robertson — millionaire…

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Kathleen Parker December 27, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 27, 2013 The year-end review required of all columnists inevitably brings us to the mailbag and a few clarifications. For the record, I read my mail but…

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Kathleen Parker December 31, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 31, 2013 America’s capacity for optimism and hope has been boundless through much of our short history. The tangible returns of hard work, the ordered liberty sustainedthrough…

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Robert Samuelson December 30, 2013

  January 1, 2014

By Robert Samuelson December 30, 2013   For four and a half years, we have waited for a powerful andself-sustaining economic recovery. More than once it seemed imminent.Then, for various…

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Robert Samuelson December 22, 2013

  December 23, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 22, 2013   The Fed turns 100 Monday. A century ago — on Dec. 23, 1913 — President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing the Federal Reserve.…

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Robert Samuelson December 22, 2013

  December 23, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 22, 2013   The Fed turns 100 Monday. A century ago — on Dec. 23, 1913 — President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing the Federal Reserve.…

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Kathleen Parker December 18, 2013

  December 18, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 18, 2013 When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. And a penguin? In case you missed the most…

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Robert Samuelson December 18, 2013

  December 18, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 18, 2013   We may be witnessing the last gasp of early retirement — not just inthe United States but in many industrialized countries. Considering thehigh…

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Kathleen Parker December 18, 2013

  December 18, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 18, 2013 When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. And a penguin? In case you missed the most…

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Robert Samuelson December 18, 2013

  December 18, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 18, 2013   We may be witnessing the last gasp of early retirement — not just inthe United States but in many industrialized countries. Considering thehigh…

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Kathleen Parker December 13, 2013

  December 16, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 13, 2013   ’Tis the season, and Nancy Pelosi has given the hands-down best gift to the American people — her phrase “Embrace the suck.” Miraculous. Offered…

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Robert Samuelson December 15, 2013

  December 16, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 15, 2013     The budget package crafted by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray andRepublican Rep. Paul Ryan — heads of the Senate and House BudgetCommittees —…

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Kathleen Parker December 13, 2013

  December 16, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 13, 2013   ’Tis the season, and Nancy Pelosi has given the hands-down best gift to the American people — her phrase “Embrace the suck.” Miraculous. Offered…

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Robert Samuelson December 15, 2013

  December 16, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 15, 2013     The budget package crafted by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray andRepublican Rep. Paul Ryan — heads of the Senate and House BudgetCommittees —…

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Robert Samuelson December 11, 2013

  December 11, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 11, 2013     In America’s health-care dialogue, emergency rooms have come to symbolize the system’s economic and medical defects. To critics, typical ERs are swamped…

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Kathleen Parker December 10, 2013

  December 11, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 10, 2013   Make a woman laugh, Marilyn Monroe supposedly said, and you can make her do anything. Judging from the women who fell for him, Woody…

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Kathleen Parker December 10, 2013

  December 11, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 10, 2013   Make a woman laugh, Marilyn Monroe supposedly said, and you can make her do anything. Judging from the women who fell for him, Woody…

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Robert Samuelson December 11, 2013

  December 11, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 11, 2013     In America’s health-care dialogue, emergency rooms have come to symbolizethe system’s economic and medical defects. To critics, typical ERs areswamped by the…

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Robert Samuelson December 8, 2013

  December 11, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 8, 2013     We are locked in a generational war, which will get worse before it getsbetter. Indeed, it may not get better for a…

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Robert Samuelson December 8, 2013

  December 11, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 8, 2013     We are locked in a generational war, which will get worse before it gets better. Indeed, it may not get better for…

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Robert Samuelson December 4, 2013

  December 8, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 4, 2013     The question about the stock market is whether the bull is a bubble.The 1990s’ “tech bubble” and the recent “housing bubble” haveconditioned…

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Kathleen Parker December 6, 2013

  December 8, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 6, 2013   We have reached a new level of political absurdity when the right ismad at the pope and the left wants to anoint his head…

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Robert Samuelson December 4, 2013

  December 8, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 4, 2013     The question about the stock market is whether the bull is a bubble.The 1990s’ “tech bubble” and the recent “housing bubble” haveconditioned…

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Kathleen Parker December 6, 2013

  December 8, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 6, 2013   We have reached a new level of political absurdity when the right ismad at the pope and the left wants to anoint his head…

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Robert Samuelson December 1, 2013

  December 4, 2013

By Robert Samuelson December 1, 2013     Among our problems is a failure of economic language. We lack thewords and concepts to describe observable reality. By conventionalwisdom, the Great…

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Kathleen Parker December 3, 2013

  December 4, 2013

By Kathleen ParkerDecember 3, 2013   As the government health-care Web site chugs along, the Obama administration has begun a counter-initiative to combatRepublican naysaying — and its weapons are of…

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