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A moment to seize

Eric Garner case offers Obama an opportunity.

The real civil war

Democrats struggle for footing — and purpose.

Garner’s capital offense

His crime? He was the wrong color.

Men. Women. Work. Life.

Husbands want egalitarian marriages.

A Pentagon out of control

Can Ashton Carter rein it in?

Hillary fails to dazzle

Clinton has perhaps lost that ‘new car’ smell.

Our national discord

Ferguson has revealed our society’s fractures.

Congress’s bad habits

Another case for imposing term limits.

Putin and the oil crash

Moscow has been through this before.

The great oil crash

Why is it happening? What does it mean?

Republicans give up

An empty fight against immigration action.

Accommodate them

Pregnant women should not face job loss.

A blow to bipartisanship

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  • A blow to bipartisanship

    A blow to bipartisanship

    A loss for the House intelligence committee.

    David Ignatius

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  • Washington’s irrelevance

    Washington’s irrelevance

    The waning influence of our nation’s capital.

    Bruce Katz

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  • Rethinking Iran

    Rethinking Iran

    The West must change its presumptions.

    Eric Edelman, Dennis Ross and Ray Takeyh

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  • A conflict of interest

    A conflict of interest

    Police brutality cases and local prosecutors.

    Jay Sterling Silver

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There’s too much celebration of failure, and too little fear.

Elizabeth Lauten’s worst week

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The Hill staffer resigned after a snarky post about the Obama girls.

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It’s saved big by being smart on crime instead of tough on crime.

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Why were so many experts wrong about oil prices?

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