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Forget about Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton. The most interesting and consequential contest of the presidential campaign — and of the next four or eight years, if Clinton prevails in the election — may just be the one between Crooked Hillary and Saint Hillary. Just in the past week, a Douglas Band
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Beginning Sunday night with the holiday of Rosh Hashanah that marks the Jewish New Year, and continuing through Yom Kippur the following week, the world's Jews engage in a period of self-examination. As is often the case with Jewish ideas, this particular concept is refreshingly countercultural, especially in
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Pretty much everything that's wrong with government is encapsulated in the recent announcement of what the New York Times described as a "$2.45 billion loan" to Amtrak to buy new Acela trains to replace the ones that currently ride the rails between Washington, New York,
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If a political party can deliver peace and prosperity, it usually means it can win re-election. That idea is simple enough. Applying it to the upcoming election, though, is not so easy. Giving it a try may help illuminate some of the issues involved.
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The presidential election may hinge on the meaning of two words: "you're fired." Democrats are trying to turn Donald Trump's line from "The Apprentice" against him. Campaigning earlier this month in Las Vegas, Hillary Clinton said, "you have got to ask
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Johnson-Weld 2016? A lot of American voters will give the Libertarian Party ticket nominated this weekend a closer look than usual this year, because of dissatisfaction with the major party alternatives.
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If Michael Bloomberg really wants Hillary Clinton to beat Donald Trump in November, the former mayor of New York may want to rethink his plan to endorse her in a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention. Mrs. Clinton's chances of winning would be better if Mr. Bloomberg
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Later this month, the Commerce Department will unveil its estimate of how much the American economy grew in the second quarter of 2016. If the recent pattern holds, the number will be disappointing. Last week the government announced that the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.1 percent