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Count blessings to overcome bad memories
March 7 is just about the worst day of the year for me. Not really just about — just is. On March 7, 1977, my father died at the age of 53. On March 7, 2000, my best friend, Judy Jarvis, died...
Mar 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Taliban no longer has home-court advantage
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Until five months ago, Forward Operating Base Jackson was an island in a Taliban sea. Patrol bases were ringed by Taliban flags, about 100 to 200 meters out, to dra...
Mar 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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PIE IN SKY
Sentencing reform can’t wish away hard realities The real test of criminal justice reform in Kentucky is not whether it saves as much money as state officials predict but whether it lives up to ...
Mar 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Foreign automakers next on union Godfather’s hit list
To save his crumbling empire, Bob King, president of the United Auto Workers union, offered foreign automakers a deal “they can’t refuse.” But if they happened to decline the offer, King recentl...
Mar 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Message from Republican hopefuls switched from economy to morality
WASHINGTON — On paper, Tim Pawlenty may be the most formidable Republican challenger to President Obama in 2012. Too bad he’s running as somebody else. At last week’s first cattle call of the GO...
Mar 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Column a tribute to Broder’s character
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following column written by David Broder in May 1992 is reprinted in tribute to Mr. Broder who died Wednesday at the age of 81. This column stands out because it shows Mr. Brode...
Mar 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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MOTIVATED
Union call to arms could backfire Union leaders say labor owes a debt of gratitude to Wisconsin Republicans and especially Gov. Scott Walker. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Walker has ear...
Mar 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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REALIST
President learns value of Gitmo President Obama found himself the target of criticism from unlikely quarters this week. The president surely anticipated the reaction he got Monday when he ...
Mar 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Journalistic mega-star a reporter at heart
WASHINGTON — When Fred Hiatt, the editor of The Washington Post editorial page, offered me the chance to write a weekly column, the first person I turned to for advice was Dave Broder. I headed ...
Mar 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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RECKLESS
Democrats refuse to cut deficit The federal spending plan Senate Democrats proposed would have cut $4.7 billion from current spending levels. That’s about what Washington borrows every day. Bu...
Mar 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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