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Presidential Panic
Nothing like a president-elect widely feared as an erratic bully to trigger newfound respect on the left for the rule of law, right? Well, maybe not.
Ira Stoll
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Call it the Jonathan Gruber election
Jonathan Gruber is the Ford professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass. He got his Ph.D. at Harvard. As a White House consultant, he helped to design ObamaCare and was then caught afterward on videotape explaining its passage by talking about "the stupidity
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“President Hillary Clinton” just may find herself missing Justice Scalia
When Scalia died in February, Hillary Clinton issued a statement: "I did not hold Justice Scalia's views, but he was a dedicated public servant who brought energy and passion to the bench."
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Hillary Clinton: Sinner or saint?
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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Rosh Hashanah, self-examination and a presidential election year
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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Taking us for a ride
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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Does this feel like peace and prosperity to you?
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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Trump supporters to Washington: ‘You’re fired.’
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