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The wage mystery

What’s behind stagnation?

President Bystander

Obama’s problem is his approach to power.

Off to a slow start

Our Islamic State strategy still has flaws.

Swinging to the right

The political pendulum moves away from Obama.

Run, Jeb Bush, run

It would be good for his party and the country.

Where everyone lives in love

The benefits to investing in friendship.

Clemency for Snowden

Obama must secure justice for the patriot.

The lineup for 2016

All the candidates have weaknesses.

A lucky break

The Secret Service should thank the latest jumper.

Ben Bradlee’s low point

He would want us to tell the whole story.

Let the show go on

Theater censorship is alive and well.

A democratic anomaly

Tunisia’s progressive step forward.

Pushing the superhero boundaries

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    Pushing the superhero boundaries

    On ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Captain Marvel’.

    Alyssa Rosenberg

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    Rehearsing for death

    A teacher on the lunacy of lockdown drills.

    Launa Hall

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  • Glossing over repression in Egypt

    Glossing over repression in Egypt

    The U.S. should stop courting Sissi’s regime.

    Editorial Board

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  • Stoking false border fears

    Stoking false border fears

    The GOP’s mission to scare voters.

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Ed Rogers

Obama has reinforced the notion that he is out of his depth, he doesn’t really have a plan and is just making it up as he goes along.

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Rehearsing for death

Rehearsing for death

Launa Hall

A teacher on the lunacy of lockdown drills.

‘A Time for Choosing’

‘A Time for Choosing’

Steven F. Hayward

Fifty years after Reagan’s pivotal speech.

The solution to our Ebola panic is more panic

The solution to our Ebola panic is more panic

Alexandra Petri

Hear me out.

Legalize marijuana but . . .

Legalize marijuana but <span>. . .</span>

Roger Roffman

We have to talk about the risk of addiction.

The all-pervasive cyberthreat

The all-pervasive cyberthreat

Joel Brenner

The Internet was not built for security, and now nations everywhere are exploiting that flaw.

Egypt’s repression is a serious mistake

Egypt’s repression is a serious mistake

Thomas Carothers

The United States should craft a policy to support a stable society.

Ben Bradlee: Truth and lies

Ben Bradlee: Truth and lies

Ben Bradlee

The late Post editor in his own words.

5 myths about Halloween

5 myths about Halloween

Jack Santino

How did it start? Is the devil involved? And is all that candy safe?

Talking with Moshe Yaalon

Talking with Moshe Yaalon

Israel’s defense minister discusses Iran, Syria and the Islamic State.

Welcome, transfer students

Welcome, transfer students

C.L. Max Nikias

USC’s president says top colleges should admit more two-year grads.

Best state: Nevada

Best state: Nevada

Reid Wilson

As college costs rise, it’s doing a lot to help kids save for higher education.

Tunisia’s democratic path

Tunisia’s democratic path

Rachid Ghannouchi

There is no inherent contradiction between democracy and Islam.

A dangerous alliance in Iraq

A dangerous alliance in Iraq

Sarah Margon

In the fight against extremists, Shiite militias attack Sunnis not connected to the Islamic State.

Education and inequality

Education and inequality

James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley

By college, it’s too late for a fix.

Challenging everything you think you know.

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Fighting for God and country

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Gauging Latinos’ political clout

On behalf of wronged defendants

Lincoln through editors’ eyes

An elusive Senate leader

The confusion of an historic hurricane

Beer drinking your way through ages

How women gained control of pregnancy

A Supreme Court justice who dances the salsa.

How market fundamentalists got it all wrong

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Civil rights cold cases

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