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Stephens: Why do dumb ideas — from left and right — persist?
A little reflection on past failures ought to be enough to have us keep searching for solutions.
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Burke: If you ever need a TAVR, thank medicine and Medicare
Nothing short of a medical marvel, the procedure replaces a heart valve and proves the value of Medicare.
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Kristof: Once again, world has failed to stop Darfur atrocities
The U.S. doesn’t have to send troops. It can demand the U.A.E stop supplying one side in Sudan’s…
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Schwab: Trump lives the life of a flexible dog, because he can
With a pliant Congress and Court, the president finds every impulse easily bent to his whims.
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Welch: Why is our foot on the gas when the wheel is broken?
State and local governments continue to raise taxes without delivering on promises. How do we fix this?
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Schrager: Can America afford to reopen the goverment?
A deal in Congress that restores health care subsidies would add $350 billion over a decade to the…
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French: Trump has dragged our discourse down to his level
We’re trapped in a dynamic that is tempting many millions of Americans to indulge their worst impulses.
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Schwab: 7 million American demonstrators can’t be wrong
Last Saturday wasn’t a ‘Hate America’ rally of Hamas supporters and criminals. Just concerned citizens.
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Douthat: Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ provides a text for the Trump era
Taylor hasn’t gone to the Trump side, but her embrace of marriage raises questions for a shifting culture.
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Burke: Pardon me? It’s an easy ask if you’re a Trump ‘rogue’
A pattern — and a revelation about crime — emerges as you scan Trump’s list of pardons and…
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Dowd: Hegseth unwittingly challenges journalists to do their jobs
The ‘War’ chief’s demands of reporters, rejected even by Fox News, will only increase scrutiny on him.
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Kristof: Stop seeing Israelis, Palestinians in good vs. evil terms
Both have the right to exist. Both are guilty of atrocities. Both must recognize the other’s humanity.
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Schwab: Peace in our time, but where can we get some of that?
If peace lasts in Mideast, give Trump his due. But where’s the goodwill for his fellow Americans?
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Dowd: The gold that President Trump will never hold in his hands
The Nobel committee will note Trump’s work to end the war in Gaza, but also his brutality in…
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Kristof: Portland isn’t ‘burning’; Trump should leave it alone
It isn’t the ‘war-ravaged’ hellhole that Trump and Fox News claim. Does he want to incite violence?
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Welch: Over-budget, delayed, Sound Transit needs major reforms
Its board should be elected directly to allow more accountability for costs and project timelines.
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Douthat: Why can’t Trump’s foreign policy inspire his domestic policy
The president should take a cue from his successes overseas. He can start by ignoring ideology.
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Schwab: Take the fork in the road or stick a fork in democracy
When troops kick down doors and zip-tie kids, when food aid is destroyed, there’s a choice to be…
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Burke: The lie that shut down government could cost you more
J.D. Vance and others in the GOP lie about what Democrats seek in a budget deal. We’ve seen…
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Kristof: Portland to meet Trump’s guard call-up with nude cyclists
A very Portland response may be the the best way to answer Trump’s version of a Praetorian Guard.