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The outgoing president may have to take stands on progressive values, but he’d be wise to pick his moments carefully.

The president changed government and the nation but not for the better.

Ford appeared to be cowed into abandoning plans for a Mexican plant after pressure from the president-elect.

Maybe the gloomiest pundits and reporters are as wrong about his capacity to govern as we all were about his ability to win.

  • Hugh Hewitt
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After eight years of achievements, it must vex the president that more aren’t lining up to say thanks.

We should all strive for stoic equilibrium.

To find out what goes wrong when a person becomes sick, we need to know how things work.

  • Thomas C. Südhof
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Not even the president-elect may really know what comes next.

It will take public buy-in to reform this admittedly imperfect office.

  • Robert L. Walker
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The young man who brutally murdered nine African Americans in Charleston, S.C., is pathetic and ordinary.

As the ethics office debacle proved, the GOP definitely doesn’t have the hang of life in the majority.

We worked in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, which brought those lawsuits, and handled three of the four ourselves.

  • J. Gerald Hebert, Joseph D. Rich, William Yeomans
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One loss nearly did me in.

It would be inefficient, cumbersome, expensive, unnecessary and inhumane.

  • Kari Hong
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The Russian angle cannot be ignored, despite Trump’s apparent lack of concern.

Donald Trump’s tweets about a missile test launch won’t help.

Death sentences are in decline across the country — as they should be.

My mother didn't want to live if she had to use a wheelchair. But things change. (iStock)
My mother didn't want to live if she had to use a wheelchair. But things change. (iStock)
My mother thought limited mobility would end her independence. But her life is still full of love.
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Studies show that consumers tend to associate higher costs with healthier foods, regardless of evidence.

  • Kelly L. Haws, Kevin L. Sample, Rebecca Walker Reczek
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The Bible is clear, and early Christians understood it: Animals are meant to be our companions, not our food.

  • Charles Camosy
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On insider access in the Trump administration.

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The ideas, controversies, trends and arguments of the next 12 months.
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The ideas, controversies, trends and arguments of the next 12 months.

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No, most past presidents haven’t gotten daily in-person briefings.

Safety and reliability require maintenance — and that takes time.

  • Christian Dorsey
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A lot of attention is focused on Metrorail, but the buses need attention, too.

  • Matthias Eller
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Shoveling more money into Metro will not make it the service that riders deserve.

  • Michael Sargent
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The Mason-Dixon boundary markers suffer from vandalism and neglect.

  • William Ecenbarger
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Genetically engineered crops allow farmers to be better stewards of land.

  • Chip Bowling
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