By Charles Lane The Washington Post “We make plans; God laughs,” says a wise Yiddish proverb. And when we make plans to reform the U.S. housing finance system, God laughs hysterically. Or so one supposes, given the history of efforts to overhaul the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a.k.a. […]
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Sun Spots Gets the Job Done!
DEAR SUN SPOTS: We want to thank you and your readers for helping make Paris Public Library’s Purple Period of Crying Campaign, where participants crafted infant purple hats for awareness of the Shaken Baby Syndrome, a success. We collected 156 purple infant hats. Many and sincere thanks to the good people at The Dempsey Center […]
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Washington Post editorial: Everyone should be alarmed by vaping crisis
The following editorial appears in The Washington Post: A public health crisis underscores the urgency of coming to grips with the dangers and benefits of vaping. There are still more questions than answers about the electronic devices that vaporize fluids in an alternative to the known hazards of burning tobacco, but both the immediate crisis […]
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Ed Rogers, Election 2020: Why are Republicans canceling primaries?
By Ed Rogers The Washington Post It seems that whenever there is a choice between doing something the easy way or the clumsy way, President Donald Trump takes the second path. He did it again late last week. No, I am not talking about first inviting and then disinviting the Taliban to Camp David in […]
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Jennifer Rubin, Election 2020: Amy Klobuchar could pull off the Democratic nomination
By Jennifer Rubin The Washington Post The reception Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., got at New Hampshire’s Democratic convention on Saturday should have put a smile on her face. Here was the Midwest gal-next-door who had been in hiding or gotten overshadowed. She joked with the crowd, “My state of Minnesota and New Hampshire have a […]
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Robert Samuelson: The globalization backlash
WASHINGTON — The verdict of history is that the trade war that’s now raging between the United States and China will lead to no good — with consequences that could go well beyond trade and threaten the world’s geopolitical and economic stability. How this plays out is anyone’s guess, but we should not pretend that […]
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Ed Rogers: Will Trump’s behavior decide the 2020 election?
By Ed Rogers Special To The Washington Post Writing about political analysis, The Post’s Michael Gerson observed earlier this week that “all good lessons … are eventually overlearned, especially by once-burned political commentators.” He suggested that the commentariat may be so afraid of being proved wrong again that they are now underestimating some of President […]
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Rich Lowry: Gun ownership is a God-given right
The fastest way to trend on Twitter, and not in a good way, is to say that the right to bear arms is a God-given right. Texas state Rep. Matt Schaefer established this beyond a doubt in a Twitter thread in the aftermath of the West Texas shooting spree. He said that he wouldn’t use […]
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Leonard Pitts: We are living the fable of the emperor’s new clothes
If you’re going to lie, make it a good one. Meaning, put some effort into it. Make it convincing. Make sure the truth is not easily discoverable. Don’t just draw on a weather map with a Sharpie. That’s apparently what Donald Trump or someone in his employ did last week to prove he was right […]
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Cal Thomas: Will Democrats tax your retirement savings?
The late bank robber Willie “The Actor” Sutton is said to have been asked by a reporter why he robbed banks, to which he supposedly replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” In his autobiography, Sutton denied the quote, but it serves as a warning to those who fear Democrats will come after their retirement […]