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Eugene Robinson: Republican Party at war with itself

Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post

Democrats have some thinking to do after Tuesday’s elections, but Republicans don’t have time to think. They’re too busy trying to survive the party’s internal purge and avoid being shipped off to political Siberia. Will... Full story

Pat Buchanan: Election leaves Blue Dogs in trouble

For the Blue Dogs, Tuesday was a fire bell in the night. Virginia Republicans led by Robert McDonnell crushed the most conservative Democrat nominee in decades, rolling up a victory that rivaled Ronald Reagan’s rout of Walter Mondale. New... Full story

Jacob Sullum: Obama’s hidden fees are just tax increases

President Barack Obama’s promise to raise taxes only on the wealthy was easy to make and easy to break. He broke it barely two weeks after taking office, and he will break it again if Congress passes the health care legislation he wants. But... Full story

Steve Chapman: America only seems polarized on politics

Barack Obama held out hope of overcoming partisan divides, lowering the temperature and bringing Americans together. How’s that working out? Not well, it appears. One year after he was elected, Americans look more polarized than ever. In a... Full story

Bart Mills: Missing the days of Big Book glee

Bart Mills

There are things I don’t miss about the days when my girls were little.  I don’t miss diapers, for instance, or the wail of a sick baby at 2 a.m. I don’t miss day care bills, or holding them down for vaccinations. And I... Full story

David Broder: Is trouble ahead for Democrats?

David S. Broder, The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — A year after Barack Obama’s election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and the spectacle of continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the political... Full story

George Will: U.S., Karzai: Our stranger in Kabul

George F. Will, The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal — flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire.” If... Full story

John Grindrod: When unwanted animals come a calling, chaos ensues

John Grindrod

The other day, I heard a business contact recalling his chaotic night before, when a bat found its way into the bedroom where his teenage son sleeps, at least that’s what he was doing before he heard the sound of wings. The stories of unwanted... Full story

Leonard Pitts: Justice and truth take back seat to sending message

Leonard Pitts Jr., The Miami Herald

Anthony McKinney got a life sentence for running down the street. The suburban Chicago street down which he ran, on Sept. 15, 1978, took him near the spot where security guard Donald Lundahl had earlier been shot to death. Police, still on the... Full story

Tom Walsh: Ford wins billion dollar battle, not the war

Despite Monday’s news, only nongovernment U.S. automaker has ways to go

Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press

It’s a happy day — singular — in Dearborn and justifiably so as Ford Motor Co. basks in its report of a boffo $1 billion third-quarter profit. It is not yet time, however, for a boisterous “happy days (plural) are here... Full story

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