Topic: US politics
Krauthammer: An air of menace about this campaign
By international and historical standards, political violence is exceedingly rare in the United States. In 2016, it may not remain so.
Winkler: It’s time to stop bashing Wall Street
There’s a perverse competition among some presidential candidates: Who can most loudly blame Wall Street for the problems of Main Street. They’ve got it wrong.
Krauthammer: The Holocaust and the Jewish identity
I worry that a people with a 3,000-year history of creative genius, enriched by intimate relations with every culture from Paris to Patagonia, should be placing such weight on martyrdom – and indeed, for this generation, martyrdom once removed.
Will: Then along came Nancy
If she had not come along, Ronald Reagan would not have come to the place he now occupies in history and in the hearts of his countrymen.
Raphael: Overseas but still American
In November 1968 a young Rhodes Scholar by the name of Bill Clinton was “mad as hell,” as he told a friend back in Arkansas in a letter penned from Oxford University.
Rahn: Language, labels and libertarians
What does a “progressive” stand for? How does this differ from what a liberal, conservative or libertarian stands for?
Post: American Gerrymandering
Washington Post Editorial Board
“If we want a better politics, it’s not enough just to change a congressman or change a senator or even change...
‘Hillary-Speak’ on the campaign trail
"There's no such thing as bad publicity" — but when U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton named the Cayman Islands (in the context of tax abuses, of course) it certainly wasn't good publicity for our country.
Will: Misjudging Rubio
George Will
WASHINGTON – What boxer Sonny Liston’s manager said of him (Sonny had his good points, the trouble was his bad points) is true...
