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Parker: Abortion debate devolves into a roadside distraction
A pro-choice group in Colorado is using billboards for its message; expect the same from all sides.
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Ignatius: Trump’s Huawei plan might work, but he needs allies
Trump hasn’t lined up an alternative to the Chinese firm’s technology to make a digital ‘Iron Curtain’ work.
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Milbank: Move fast, break things, leave the mess for others
On issues, foreign and domestic, Trump turns policy upside-down without considering the consequences.
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Robinson: A Republican admits to Trump’s lack of attire
Rep. Justin Amash came to his conclusion on impeachment honestly; he just read the Mueller report.
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Harrop: Loan sharks? Pull teeth from payday loan industry
Legislation would be better focused on predatory payday loans that trap people in a cycle of debt.
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Burke: What Alistair Cooke’s 1942 road trip said about U.S.
Not all of it was flattering, and the BBC correspondent seemed to sense what might result here.
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Saunders: FDA had no role over ‘safety’ of execution drug
Trump’s Justice Department has reversed an Obama-era opinion that stopped executions in some states.
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Milbank: Is there a doctor in the state house?
Paging a doctor who can correct some wild assertions by Republican lawmakers writing abortion bans.
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Ingatius: What’s the White House plan over Iran? No one knows
There are a few ‘off-ramps’ to de-escalate U.S.-Iranian tensions; just not the will to take them yet.
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Parker: Plenty of nuttiness on both sides of abortion debate
Meanwhile, 69 percent oppose overturning Roe v. Wade. But most are comfortable with limitations.
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McArdle: Roe v. Wade’s ‘settled law’ has unsettling effects
The Supreme Court should have avoided its venture into ‘enlightened opinion’ with its 1973 ruling.
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Robinson: If he doesn’t want war with Iran, Trump must say so
Bolton doesn’t get all the blame for rising tensions; Trump has done plenty to blunder into conflict.
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Petri: A state lawmaker teaches anatomy of a female vessel
The moment the thingy is implanted in the whatsit by the you-know-what, the vessel harbors life.
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Schwab: How closely should a doctor follow patient’s demands?
If you were the surgeon would you take a young man’s leg or risk his death to a…
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Petri: I, Bill de Blasio, have joined the race; you’re welcome
Listen. That is the sound of people clamoring for me to run. Or complaints about the MTA.
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Milbank: Shifting blame on pilots to avoid responsibility
Rather than the FAA and Boeing, Republicans faulted foreign pilots for two deadly 737 Max crashes.
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Petri: Let’s be honest; you don’t really care about extinction
Just admit it, and we scientists will let you get back to scanning ‘Game of Thrones’ for coffee…
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Harrop: Gene-editing in womb’s ‘Twilight Zone’ of consequences
Hiding behind intentions to cure disease, recent research may be easily abused for fame and greed.
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McArdle: Why Israelis, Palestinians would get old Irish joke
As in Northern Ireland, religion there is as much about identity and history as it is about faith.
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Milbank: Trump, lawyers goading Congress to impeach him
To protect Trump, his lawyer asserts not executive authority but the Divine Right of Kings.