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  • On Strategic Calm, as a Virtue

    10 March 2014, 11:09 pm by: James Fallows

    Why all cable-news commentary should be put on 24-hour delay    
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  • The Wrong Side of History: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    10 March 2014, 10:20 am by: Mauro Whiteman

    Plus: Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal goes after Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, Rand Paul blunders at the Conservative Political Action Conference—and more.    
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  • Why Does Congress Lack the Backbone to Oversee the CIA?

    10 March 2014, 7:10 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    The spy agency should pay a price for its intransigence. But not enough legislators are willing to defend the oversight role of their colleagues.    
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  • The South's Stunning Embrace of Gay Marriage

    10 March 2014, 7:00 am by: Robert P. Jones

    Even in the nation's most culturally conservative region, attitudes are now evenly split on marriage equality.    
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  • Republicans Audition for 2016 at the Conservative Political Action Conference

    8 March 2014, 1:14 pm by: Molly Ball

    For potential candidates, this year's gathering was a momentous encounter with a passionate segment of the GOP base.    
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  • The GOP's Foreign-Policy Problem

    8 March 2014, 9:22 am by: Michael Hirsh

    After the crisis in Ukraine, international affairs could play a big role in 2016—to the Republicans' disadvantage.    
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  • Friday Update: Filibuster, Surveillance State, Political Macho, and Other Hardy Perennials

    7 March 2014, 12:55 pm by: James Fallows

    A word we should use more frequently ("filibuster"), and one we should use less ("tough")    
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  • Is Dr. Ben Carson the Answer for Republicans in 2016?

    7 March 2014, 11:47 am by: Alex Seitz-Wald

    The physician hasn't said he's running, but a group of ardent fans is trying to lay down a groundwork and start fundraising.    
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  • The Republican Party's Pot Dilemma

    7 March 2014, 9:25 am by: Molly Ball

    Most Americans favor legalizing marijuana, but most in the GOP do not. Can the party avoid being on the losing side of another culture war?    
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  • Putin Deploys 'Local Self-Defense Units': Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    7 March 2014, 9:25 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: Colbert celebrates women's history month, the pope is more popular than Jesus—and more.    
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  • In Praise of Polyglot Culture—and Multicultural Belly Dancing

    7 March 2014, 8:30 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    There isn't anything wrong with respectful appropriation. In fact, it is usually cause for celebration.     
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  • Is Giving Employees Contraception Like Abetting a Crime?

    7 March 2014, 7:00 am by: Aryeh Cohen-Wade

    Sarah Posner and Michael Brendan Dougherty debate the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.    
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  • The Battle to Succeed John Boehner

    6 March 2014, 4:41 pm by: Billy House

    The speaker of the House hasn't made any indication he's retiring, but that hasn't prevented feuds among his would-be replacements.    
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  • What John Roberts Can Say About the Rule of Law and Debo Adegbile

    6 March 2014, 12:17 pm by: Andrew Cohen

    The Senate's rejection of the nominee for a Justice Department post imperils the bond between attorney and client. The chief justice needs to speak to shore up that bond.    
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  • Most People Think Watching Porn Is Morally Wrong

    6 March 2014, 10:00 am by: Emma Green

    In debates about the industry, it's easy to forget that most people think erotica isn't for them.     
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  • An Aggressive Invitation: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    6 March 2014, 9:42 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: Afghan leader Hamid Karzai gets angry at America, Obama sanctions Russians over the crisis in Ukraine—and more.    
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  • Why Christian Photographers Should Work at Gay Weddings

    6 March 2014, 8:29 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    The events offer ample moments to celebrate, even for people who object to the notion that a marriage has actually been sanctified.      
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  • The Folly of Striking One Country to Send Signals to Another

    6 March 2014, 8:00 am by: Conor Friedersdorf

    The flaw in hawkish claims about Syria and Ukraine.     
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  • Disarmed: How Cities Are Losing the Power to Regulate Guns

    6 March 2014, 7:00 am by: Matt Valentine

    A growing number of states bar municipalities—often the sites of the worst gun violence—from passing their own firearm laws, laying bare an urban-rural divide.    
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  • The Plot to Muzzle the IRS and Save Secret Campaign Cash

    6 March 2014, 6:00 am by: Norm Ornstein

    The tax agency wants to clarify rules that govern political committees operating as "social-welfare" groups. Dark money's backers aren't taking it sitting down.    
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  • 2014: Senate Race Baiting Sinks a Nomination for Civil-Rights Chief

    5 March 2014, 6:08 pm by: Andrew Cohen

    The failure of Debo Adegbile's nomination to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sets a sad precedent for young lawyers.    
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  • Republicans 'Support' Expanding the EITC—Just Not If It Costs Money

    5 March 2014, 4:26 pm by: Matthew O'Brien

    Obama wants childless workers to receive the Earned Income Tax Credit. Republicans say they do too. So why won't it happen? Blame the tyranny of deficit hawks.    
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  • Just How Doomed Are Congressional Democrats? Pretty Doomed

    5 March 2014, 1:16 pm by: Charlie Cook

    Retaking the House has long looked out of reach, but now there's a real possibility the party could lose the Senate, too.    
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  • What Does Obama's Budget Say About Education?

    5 March 2014, 12:04 pm by: Clare McCann

    The president's most significant reform proposals come on the workforce side: New investments would create apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training, and work-based learning, both for youth and for adults.     
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  • Obama's Manliness Scale: Late-Night Comedy Roundup

    5 March 2014, 9:58 am by: Reena Flores

    Plus: The D.C. Council decriminalizes marijuana, Fox News propagates tales of food stamp abuse—and more.    
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