<![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - Al Kamen's In The Loop Column]]>

<![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - Al Kamen's In The Loop Column]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss_opinion/columns en-us 15 washingtonpost.com 140 20 http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif <![CDATA[CIA cookbook dishes up spy tales]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112403779.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112403779.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: A guide to grudges for holiday hosts in official Washington]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/22/AR2009112201611.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/22/AR2009112201611.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[A respectfully respectful greeting in Japan]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111904130.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111904130.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: C Street house no longer fully tax-exempt]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111703700.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/17/AR2009111703700.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Commerce Secretary Locke critical of visa process]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/15/AR2009111502610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/15/AR2009111502610.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[No monkey business around Ms. Goodall]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111210782.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/12/AR2009111210782.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Just what we need: A FEMA for Afghanistan]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111017809.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111017809.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Join your fellow NSA fans on Facebook]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110303614.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/03/AR2009110303614.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Afghanistan's sudden population drop]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110101904.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/01/AR2009110101904.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904527.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904527.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Fed conference spares no luxury]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102703708.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102703708.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Democrats get more Cuban American contributions]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/25/AR2009102502536.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/25/AR2009102502536.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Obama didn't quite end ambassadorial cronyism]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102204547.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102204547.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Good morning, -stans! Well, maybe at some point . . .]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102003727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/20/AR2009102003727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101802379.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/18/AR2009101802379.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Miss Manners Has Advice for the Troops]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503860.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503860.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: The CIA World Factbook Is Out!]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/13/AR2009101303473.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/13/AR2009101303473.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Bill Clinton's Nobel Nope]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101618.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/11/AR2009101101618.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Name That .gov Site]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804536.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100804536.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Long Faces Over Afghanistan]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100603680.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/06/AR2009100603680.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: The G-6 Plus 1 Plus 1 Plus 12]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100402461.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100402461.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Obama Aide Lippert to Deploy With Navy SEALs]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009100104992.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009100104992.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Are Gen. Odierno and Ambassador Hill Not Getting Along?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092903547.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092903547.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: 'The Clinton Tapes' Relives the 1990s]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/27/AR2009092703164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/27/AR2009092703164.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Moammar Gaddafi, Dapper and Chatty at the U.N.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092404705.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092404705.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Obama Falls Behind on Appointments]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092203931.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092203931.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Snark at Home for Senegal's President Wade]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002619.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002619.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Is It AfPak or PakAf?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091704647.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091704647.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Who Will Lead USAID? Anyone?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/15/AR2009091503459.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Hatch, Lugar Differ on Who Is the GOP's Senior Senator]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302371.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/13/AR2009091302371.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Obama Keeps His Critics Close]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004250.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/10/AR2009091004250.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[R& R Getaway Is on the Q.T.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090803469.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/08/AR2009090803469.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Tracking Foreign Lobbying]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/20/AR2009082004178.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/20/AR2009082004178.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Even Obama Is Bashing the Bureaucrats]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/18/AR2009081803322.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/18/AR2009081803322.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The Vagaries of Vetting: Goose vs. Gander Edition]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081601837.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081601837.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Hagel Climbing the Ladder in Obama White House]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081303773.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081303773.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Former Attorney General Makes the Mistake of Talking]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/11/AR2009081103163.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/11/AR2009081103163.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[This Summer, the 2008 Election Makes Better Reading Than Fiction]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/09/AR2009080902362.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/09/AR2009080902362.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Uighurs Freed From Guantanamo Find Work at Bermuda Golf Course]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603754.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603754.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The Democratic Way to Handle North Korea]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080403147.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080403147.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[With a Colleague's Book Due Out, Ex-Bushies Play Out the Ritual of Anxiety]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201874.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201874.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Red Tape, Now With More Clickiness!]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073003939.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073003939.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: White House Still Seeks Cyber-Chief (One of the Lesser Czars)]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072802903.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072802903.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Axelrod Joins a Group of Hardwood Heavies]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602744.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/26/AR2009072602744.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Potemkin Villages, Afghan Style]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072303643.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/23/AR2009072303643.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Quinn Gillespie's Date With the Treasury]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/21/AR2009072103263.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/21/AR2009072103263.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Another D.C. Power-Couple Moment]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901828.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071901828.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Did SSA's Management Tango Cost Too Much?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071604351.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071604351.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Hillary Clinton, Back After a Break]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/14/AR2009071403292.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/14/AR2009071403292.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The Loop: Legislating Isn't All This Senator Can Do]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071202299.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/12/AR2009071202299.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[A Long, Long Moving Day in Salt Lake City]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902873.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/09/AR2009070902873.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: A Senate Committee Annexes Canada]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070702720.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070702720.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Obama Administration Filling Top Jobs Quickly]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203499.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/02/AR2009070203499.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: The Intelligence Agency Where the Logo's the Thing]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063004026.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR2009063004026.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Gov. Sanford Gets Guidance From a Biblical Source]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/28/AR2009062802453.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/28/AR2009062802453.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Republicans' Favorite Mark Sanford Jokes]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504231.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504231.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Gorbachev Sings!]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303460.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/23/AR2009062303460.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Guess the Vote on Sotomayor]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101727.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Winners of the 'Name That Flu' Contest]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061804056.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/18/AR2009061804056.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Bill Clinton's ÃÂOh, Hell' Moment in Buenos Aires]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603088.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Ari Fleischer Credits Former Boss Bush for Reformist Wave in Iran]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061402615.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR2009061402615.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Knock on Sotomayor Won't Be Inexperience]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061103806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/11/AR2009061103806.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Obama's Ambassador List Looks a Lot Like His Donor List]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060903304.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/09/AR2009060903304.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: A Cruise in the Right Direction]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/28/AR2009052803780.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/28/AR2009052803780.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: A Gay Pride Party at the Baghdad Embassy]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052104048.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/21/AR2009052104048.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Finally, a Junket Where the Press Is Invited]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051701889.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051701889.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: The Not-So-Persuasive Liz Cheney]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051404242.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/14/AR2009051404242.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Cheney and Tenet, Like Strangers on a Train]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051203571.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/12/AR2009051203571.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[From the President, Some Red Meat for a Conservative Bastion]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051002174.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/10/AR2009051002174.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Need an Office? Norm Coleman's Is Available.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050704159.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050704159.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[In the Loop: Specter Once Sang a Different Tune on Party-Switching]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050503776.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050503776.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[H-1-N-What? We Can Do So Much Better, People.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/03/AR2009050301931.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/03/AR2009050301931.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Talking Points: Just Don't Call It . . . Well, You Know]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043003916.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043003916.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Just Inside 100 Days, Sebelius Completes the Cabinet]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042803534.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/28/AR2009042803534.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Holbrooke's Growing Orbit]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042602360.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/26/AR2009042602360.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[The Transition Lingers On]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042304115.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/23/AR2009042304115.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[But They Did Not Seat the Deputy]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042103595.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/21/AR2009042103595.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Senate Returns to Consider Nominations-in-Limbo]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902070.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902070.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[A Healthy Dose of Daschle]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603912.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603912.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[But Can He Shoot a Pirate in His Pajamas?]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041402870.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/14/AR2009041402870.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[For a Limited Time, Something Better Than a Slap Chop]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040904313.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/09/AR2009040904313.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Big Donors Will Still Get Some Sweet Embassy Spots]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703747.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/07/AR2009040703747.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[Like It's 1993]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/05/AR2009040501734.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/05/AR2009040501734.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT Opinions <![CDATA[NOAA's Ark]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040203819.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040203819.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[Time Does Not Bend for Democrats, but the Congressional Record Does]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010700940.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/07/AR2007010700940.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Negroponte to State? You Heard It Here First.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010401524.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010401524.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[An 'Honest,' 'Open' House, Where Cameras Can't Zoom Out]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/02/AR2007010201152.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/02/AR2007010201152.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Frist Isn't Resting, on His Laurels or Otherwise]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600803.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600803.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 27 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[A Diplomat's Plum Post, Plucked Away]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101510.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101510.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Happy Greetings of Some Sort!]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121901512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/19/AR2006121901512.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Rumsfeld]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/17/AR2006121700920.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/17/AR2006121700920.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[In the 83rd Congress, a Senate in Constant Turmoil]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121401571.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121401571.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA[If There's a Fact at Machu Picchu, Senators Will Find It]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/12/AR2006121201311.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/12/AR2006121201311.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Bolton's Spot May Sit Empty for Months]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000776.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000776.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[At State, the News Needs No Muse]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701559.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120701559.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Catch the Holiday Spirit -- and a Terrorist]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501174.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501174.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST

]]> Opinions <![CDATA['Sly Character Assassination,' Other Thoughts on Washington]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/03/AR2006120301125.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/03/AR2006120301125.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Iraqi Youth's Million-Dollar Civics Lesson]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113001235.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/30/AR2006113001235.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[Diplomacy Ain't What It Used to Be]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801401.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801401.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST Opinions <![CDATA[On Deck Again: One of Democrats' Favorite Clinton Foes]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/26/AR2006112600965.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/26/AR2006112600965.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:00:00 EST

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