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Colman McCarthy

| Standardized tests inspire fear, not learning, despite what The Post's Jay Mathews would have you believe.

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Rosenbaum's Undiagnosed (Critical) Condition

Colbert I. King

| D.C. emergency workers didn't recognize the severity of a New York Times reporter's injuries until long after they should have. Did the delay contribute to his death?

The War Through a Father's Eyes

H. Barry Holt

| I cannot describe the relief I felt when our oldest son returned from war alive -- for the second time.

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Asterisks in the Record Books?

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| Major League Baseball used to be Debater Alex Ham's favorite sport, but that feeling has faded over the past few years of steroid scandals. "It's disgusting and an insult to greats like Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, and Roger Maris," Ham...

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| So Republicans in Congress are telling President Bush they're sick and tired of being pushed around and aren't going to take it anymore? Jim VandeHei writes in The Washington Post: "President Bush's troubles with congressional Republicans, which erupted during the backlash to the... Bush was the......

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