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Rheta Grimsley Johnson: History on the big screen
The second record album I ever owned was "In the Wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary. The first, a compilation of rock hits by various artists, including the inimitable Aretha Franklin singing "Sweet Bitter Love," one of the best songs ever sung. I still have Albums One and Two, their surfaces scratched and covers worn.
Kathleen Parker: The sacrifice of Sarah Palin
This isn't to say that Palin was part of the war on women, though many Democrats would say so. Rather, she was one of the war's most conspicuous victims -- fragged, you might say, by her own troops.
Dana Milbank: The White House game of drones
WASHINGTON -- I confess to being surprised by the surprise over the discovery Monday of a drone at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Happily, this particular offender was nothing worse than a hobbyist's copter gone awry. But the presence of drones at the White House should not come as news to anybody who has ever heard a Joe Biden speech or a press briefing by Josh Earnest. Drones large and small are a fixture at this White House.
Leonard Pitts: We could have predicted Cake Wars II
We should have seen this one coming.
Susan Estrich: Rupert is right
Mitt Romney and his allies are not very pleased with media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who this week said out loud what most political pros have been stewing about for years: Romney was a "terrible candidate."
Lisa McLeod: One horrible thing wrong with schools
Do you remember career counseling when you were in school?
Susan Estrich: Word games
The brilliant actor Benedict Cumberbatch is in hot water for getting his words wrong
Froma Harrop: Free tuition at community college should just be the start
It's good that many Republicans have joined Democrats in declaring the growth of economic inequality a problem.
Tim Kalich: Open government is good government
Sen. Lydia Chassaniol considers legislative proposals a good way to get the conversation started on matters of public interest.
Leonard Pitts: Why serious people discount Fox News
Tucker Carlson said on Fox that more children die of bathtub drownings than of accidental shootings. They don't. Steve Doocy said on Fox that NASA scientists faked data to make the case for global warming.
Rheta Johnson: This ole house
When I was little, Stuart Hamblen's song "This Ole House" always made me unutterably sad. Despite the lively melody and cheerful beat, the homeowner was giving up, leaving his faithful hound dog to fend for itself.
Dana Milbank: The GOP's bait-and-switch on abortion
As President Obama prepared on Tuesday to lay out his economic agenda in his State of the Union address, House Republicans were moving ahead with an agenda of their own.
Susan Estrich: Forty-two years later
It has been 42 years since the United States Supreme Court held in Roe v. Wade that the right to decide whether to go forward with a pregnancy, prior to viability, belongs to a woman, in consultation with her doctors.
Kathleen Parker: When the pope talks ...
Forget E.F. Hutton. It's P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen.
Leonard Pitts: Something obscene about civil asset forfeitures
Imagine this: You get pulled over by police. Maybe they claim you were seven miles over the speed limit, maybe they say you made an improper lane change. Doesn't matter, because the traffic stop is only a pretext.
Dana Milbank: The CofC's short memory
Tom Donohue, the longtime president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, sounded ebullient as he gave his annual report on the health of American business Wednesday.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson: Sad days for satire
I met Herbert Block, the late, great editorial cartoonist Herblock, in Washington in the early 1980s. Maybe I should say I saw him. "Met" is too strong a word. I never even shook his hand.
Leonard Pitts: Pontiff wrong on limiting freedom of expression
A few words on the limits to freedom of expression: For what it's worth, there are a few that are acceptable. You don't threaten or incite violence. You don't defame. You don't produce child pornography. And you don't falsely shout "Fire!" in the proverbial crowded theater.
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