Opinion
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Mark L. Hopkins: Raising student test scoresJan 27, 2014 10:00 pm - Raising student test scores has become a national obsession. Everyone seems to know just what is wrong with our schools, and proposed solutions to the many problems seem...
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Granlund cartoon: State of the Union and the Super BowlJan 26, 2014 10:00 pm - Dave Granlund cartoon on the State of the Union and the Super Bowl. ...
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Matthew T. Mangino: Lethal injection - one state's ‘tortured' historyJan 24, 2014 10:00 pm - Last week's much-maligned execution of Dennis McGuire in Ohio is just the latest in a series of high-profile events that have defined the state's "tortured" history of l...
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Dana Milbank: The GOP is getting back to businessJan 22, 2014 10:00 pm - This is a Jolly time for corporate power. Last week, as lawmakers, including most Republicans in Congress, approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that eased federal sp...
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Kathleen Parker: Dawn Zimmer and Chris ChristieJan 21, 2014 10:00 pm - The question du jour is, why did Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer wait so long to step forward and level her corruption charges at Chris Christie? As surely everyone knows by...
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Eugene Robinson: Silence over a chemical spillJan 20, 2014 10:00 pm - The drinking water in nine West Virginia counties has finally been declared safe, or mostly safe. But many people say they can still smell the licorice-like odor of 4-me...
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George Will: Caregivers and the First AmendmentJan 19, 2014 10:00 pm - The Democratic party is the party of government because it embraces a proposition it has done much to refute -- that government is a nimble, skillful social engineer -- ...
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Eugene Robinson: Lessons of BenghaziJan 17, 2014 9:59 am - The bipartisan report on Benghazi released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee should finally convince conspiracy theorists of the obvious: There is no there ...
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Matthew T. Mangino: As pardons slow to a trickle, second chances rareJan 16, 2014 10:00 pm - Just a week before Christmas, President Barack Obama's decision to exercise his rarely used authority to forgive was indeed a surprise. The president issued 13 pardons r...
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E.J. Dionne: The lost art of tough liberalismJan 15, 2014 10:00 pm - Can you be a tough liberal who also knows how to work with the other side? Can you be unwavering in trying to lift the wages of the low-paid, bring health coverage to th...