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Monday, November 9, 2009
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The bottom line on last week's elections: The Republicans did well.
The minority party, too, comes up short.
COMPARING THE House Republican and Democratic health-care bills is like comparing a mouse to an elephant. The two measures are different in ambition and therefore in size: The newly released GOP bill is deliberately modest and has an accordingly modest impact.
The Supreme Court case of a boy sentenced to a mandatory life sentence
JOE HARRIS Sullivan was 13 when he was accused of raping a 72-year-old Florida woman. Later convicted, Mr. Sullivan was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Shops and housing for a D.C. neighborhood
"THIS IS TOO grand for this area. This is not Wisconsin Avenue or Bethesda." That criticism from an opponent of a big development planned for the Fort Totten neighborhood at the edge of Northeast Washington indicates exactly why officials should give a green light to the project. The area around ...
There's a thin line between promoting recovery and a crash.
The House bill would move us toward universal coverage -- and bankruptcy.
Central Europe's success deserves more attention
Too many of the commemorations treat the past two decades as a foregone conclusion.
Apparently some voters think government is necessary -- and good.
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