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McArdle: Automakers, union can’t find road to mutual benefit
You can sympathize with each side and still not understand why they keep repeating past mistakes.
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Milbank: ‘Is anyone dumb enough?’ a question Trump should ask?
Because it’s really not hard to believe Trump would say something inappropriate to a foreign leader.
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Dionne: Why Trump gets away with everything
Lying and stonewalling have worked for the president because the GOP has been cowed into complicity.
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Schwab: N. Koreans can be excused for buying myth; what’s our?
Trump’s claims are no more credible than Kim’s — and easily refutable — yet his supporters won’t question.
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Petri: Stop pestering me, or I will make the planet warmer
Enough of your protests. Why would I save your planet if this is how you treat a member…
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Ignatius: Trump’s conflict with Iran a crisis of own making
Iran knows Trump doesn’t want to go to war, and is forcing him to choose between two ugly…
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Harrop: Don’t confuse inspiration with ‘cultural appropriation’
The term ignores the long history of cultural cross-fertilization in all forms of expression.
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Milbank: Trump never said those things you heard him say
Not on Cokie Roberts. Not on ‘easy’ trade wars. Not on Mexico paying for the wall. Don’t listen…
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McArdle: We’ll never know truth about Kavanaugh accusations
Whether because of alcohol, trauma, time or all three, memories often are reconstructed and unreliable.
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Mibank: 5 hours of nastiness launches Lewandowski’s Senate bid
The former Trump campaign aide wasn’t there to answer questions but to play to the president’s supporters.
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Parker: The Times turns boozy hearsay against justice
Editing deleted important information, but the Kavanaugh story was already short on corroboration.
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Ignatius: Hong Kong protests could go the way of Arab Spring
The protesters have broad popular support but no leaders who could forge a pragmatic victory.
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Robinson: Next president has daunting to-do list ahead
After Trump is sent packing, the president will have to undo the damage done to all three branches.
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Harrop: Warren’s policies may not play well in swing states
The states Democrats need to ensure a 2020 win are showing as toss-ups between her and Trump.
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Burke: Part 2 of a gun guy’s take on firearms and laws
We’ve got decisions to make, but first, let’s stow the bumpersticker slogans that keep us from compromise.
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Saunders: Narrowing Democratic field has yet to reveal a star
Still heeling to the left, the candidates have yet to spark enthusiasm among most Democrats.
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Milbank: Calling Trump racist correct, but it hurts Democrats
The word just turns away some independents; it’s better to describe the policy and skip the label.
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Parker: Democrats have yet to show they can out-Trump Trump
The candidates in Thursday’s debate were smart and prepared but also bland and forgettable.
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Robinson: Congress shirks its duty by dawdling on impeachment
Enough with semantics; Democrats have more than enough to justify proceedings against the president.
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McArdle: California labor law could slam brakes on Uber, Lyft
Requiring ride-share firms to treat drivers as employees ignores the realities of the gig economy.