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Post date: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Post date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
How to end the Afghan mission
David Ignatius , Washington PostHuman beings sometimes crack, as the U.S. Army staff sergeant did at 3 a.m. last Sunday when he left his base outside Kandahar and began killing Afghan civilians in an apparent spasm of rage and frustration. But nations shouldn’t crack. Even under the stress of a war that some days seems to be goi .. submitted 05/23/12
Post date: Monday, March 12, 2012
Catholicism is not the Tea Party at prayer
E.j. Dionne , Washington PostThe nation’s Roman Catholic bishops will make an important decision this week: Do they want to defend the church’s legitimate interest in religious autonomy, or do they want to wage an election-year war against President Obama?And do the most conservative bishops want to junk the Roman Catholic .. submitted 05/23/12
Why gas prices aren’t likely to sway the 2012 election
Brad Plumer , Washington PostThis morning’s Washington Post-ABC poll shows that President Obama’s poll numbers are falling in tandem with rising gas prices. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they disapprove of how he’s handling the situation at the pump. Could gas prices end up swaying the 2012 election after all? .. submitted 05/23/12
Post date: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Daylight saving time — still mostly a scam
Brad Plumer , Washington PostDaylight saving time is here. On Sunday, at 2 a.m., everyone in the United States will set their clocks ahead an hour. Except Hawaii. And Arizona. And the Midway Islands. And, yet again, reporters have to slog through the slew of studies on whether daylight saving is useful at all. So here we go: .. submitted 05/23/12
Post date: Friday, March 9, 2012
Obama vs. Israel: Priority No. 1? Stop Israel
Charles Krauthammer , Washington PostIt’s Lucy and the football, Iran-style. After ostensibly tough talk about preventing Iran from going nuclear, the Obama administration acquiesced this week to yet another round of talks with the mullahs.This, 14 months after the last group-of-six negotiations collapsed in Istanbul because of blata .. submitted 05/23/12
Post date: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Fed economists: Yes, TARP may have increased moral hazard
Suzy Khimm , Washington PostTwo Federal Reserve researchers have confirmed what many have long suspected: big banks that were bailed out by the government took on greater risk without increasing lending to businesses. In other words, after they were stabilized by an injection of government funds, the specific loans made by “ .. submitted 05/23/12
Post date: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The GOP’s gasoline alley
Dana Milbank , Washington PostThe Republicans are synthesizing a higher-octane blend in their bid to fuel Americans’ anxiety about higher gas prices.The Republican National Committee sent out talking points instructing party faithful to take up the issue. House Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) urged his caucus to do the same. And, .. submitted 05/23/12
Rush Limbaugh instills fear in GOP candidates
Eugene Robinson , Washington PostHow’s this for political cowardice? Right-wing bloviator Rush Limbaugh launches a vile attack, full of sexual insults and smarmy innuendo, against a young woman whose only offense was to speak her mind. Asked to comment, the leading Republican presidential candidates — who bray constantly about .. submitted 05/23/12
Post date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Andrew Breitbart, a bomb-thrower without ideas
Richard Cohen , Washington PostIt is not nice to speak ill of the dead, my mother once told me. But it is okay, I think, to speak ill of those who praise the dead when the deceased was best known for sliming a well-intentioned and wholly commendable public servant or for exposing a politician who had already exposed himself. I am .. submitted 05/23/12