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Reporters used to bury the dark secrets of powerful men. Not anymore. That’s not always a good thing

Candor is uncommon on the campaign trail these days, given the current crop of carefully coached, always-on-message pols.

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America and the Blowback Rule

The Blowback Rule leaves us to deal with unintended consequences of our legacy of intervention.

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Puerto Rico: A tale of two hurricanes

The 120-year epic tragedy of Puerto Rico can be told as a tale of two hurricanes.

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Attacking both Kavanaugh and the republic

It’s another sad summation of this nation’s political state.

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What we could learn from the Brett Kavanaugh situation

So what do you make of the Brett Kavanaugh situation?

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Race, conscience and empathy in the Kaepernick episode

It’s instructive to consider the Colin Kaepernick episode from his point of view.

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Kavanaugh’s accuser steps forward. Have we learned anything since Anita Hill?

By Robin Abcarian

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The 2008 bank bailout didn’t save us

This week marked 10 years since the harrowing descent into the financial crisis.

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China is stealing American intellectual property. Trump’s tariffs are a chance to stop it

Trump is confronting China about its unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property when too many…

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An end to animal farming

By Karen Dawn

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Barack Obama is great for Republicans

By Ben Boychuk

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Markos Kounalakis: Our troops are dying for a lost cause. We’ve got to get out of Afghanistan

By Markos Kounalakis

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Commentary: Who cares who wrote the op-ed?

By Virginia Heffernan