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McArdle: Slavery left huge debt that reparations can’t repay
Regardless of the payment, it could imply that nothing more is owed the descendents of slaves.
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Ignatius: Shanahan can lead Defense if he proves independence
The former Boeing official has shown good choices so far, but he can’t be seen as a Trump…
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Milbank: Why didn’t we think of this stuff before Trump
A 4th of July extravaganza? A powerful military? Aviation safety? Trump’s credits continue to mount.
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Robinson: Oscars showed how Trump’s racial crusade is failing
President Trump wasn’t named — or attacked — during the Oscars, yet there was a message Sunday night.
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Saunders: Trump making right call in case of ‘ISIS bride’
If Hoda Muthana is a U.S. citizen, then readmit her to face charges for her terroristic threats.
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Harrop: Why I’m driving an ‘07 Mustang with my 82-year-old aunt
I’m borrowing my brother’s muscle car, his one self-admitted allowance to his ‘inner-idot.’
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Burke: Give Trump credit for skill in keeping us off-balance
Is he, as Ann Coulter insists, an idiot, or is does he disrupt with the mastery of Machiavelli?
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Parker: Behold the MAGA hat, icon of patriotism or racism
Once just campaign apparel, the hat is now employed by separate camps for different purposes.
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McArdle: Swiss miss: Other nations’ health-care won’t work here
U.S. expectations are too dissimilar from those of other nations for one-size-fits-all solutions.
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Robinson: Smollet’s alleged lies could leave lasting damage
If true, his deception could complicate the legitimate claims of assault and harassment by many.
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Ignatius: Trump adjust his plans in Syria; that’s a good thing
His decision to leave a small force in Syria shows he may be now heeding his military advisers.
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Schwab: An account of the first week of the National Emergency
Armed with a can-opener, our author details the tribulations thus far endured since the fateful day.
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Ignatius: Democrats that may have escaped your attention
Divert your focus from OCA to consider a caucus of military veterans who helped flip the House.
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McArdle: Theatrical details should elicit some skepticism
The assault Smollett reported seemed too politically focused; that should have raised a red flag.
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Thiessen: GOP asked to choose between Trump, Constitution
And the Constitution must win, or else all future presidents will enjoy a dangerous precedent.
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Harrop: Bernie’s ideas won’t make up for tactics in 2016 race
Sanders’ political games and blind-eye toward the ‘Bernie bros’ misogyny disqualifies him for 2020.
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Dionne: A lesson for American left, courtesy of Britain’s left
The Democrats don’t have a Jeremy Corbyn, but an intra-party split threatens their shot to lead.
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Rampell: If Congress won’t perform its duties, abolish it
It has abdicated its responsibilities on budgets, trade, war and more. What are we paying for?
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Parker: We need a politics of American identity
Our sex, race, faith and heritage make up who we are, but it should no longer be used…
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Harrop: Match of Amazon and Gotham was doomed from start
A clash of cultures meant a bad fit for both, even with 25,000 jobs in exchange for tax…