Saturday, 16 July 2016

Saturday's Opinions: Justice Ginsburg’s damage to the Supreme Court

The massacre in Nice will loom over Cleveland and Philadelphia; How technology is changing political conventions; This national disorder is who we really are; D.C. voters are sending us to the convention to say no to Trump; We all have greatness inside us; Jeb Bush: Trump does not represent the future of the country — or the GOP; After the slaughter in Nice, are we safe anywhere?; Obama's dangerous distortion of the terrorist threat; The attack in Nice shouldn't have been a surprise; NATO's looming battles — with itself; For Trump, it's (white) America First; From J.E.B. Stuart to Barbara Rose Johns; After a fatal shooting, D.C. police choose accountability in releasing body-cam video; The weight France — and the world — is forced to carry; Mike Pence's hypocritical decision to run on Trump's ticket; Top Beltway journalists cling to heinous assertion of Trump-Clinton false equivalence; Happy Hour Roundup; The main question in this election: Pull America together or break it up again?; Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s one-man team of rivals; Mike Pence is a sign of Trump’s weakness; Mike Pence: Running mate — or egg?
 
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Justice Ginsburg's damage to the Supreme Court
Her remarks about Trump reinforce the public's perception that the judicial game, too, is rigged — more than it actually is.
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The massacre in Nice will loom over Cleveland and Philadelphia
Can Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton make a case that they'll keep us safe from terrorist attacks?
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How technology is changing political conventions
As it has for decades, technology is transforming the way political parties meet and do business.
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This national disorder is who we really are
If the immigrant-bashers, the bigoted frat boys and the shooters aren't who we are, then to whom do they belong?
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D.C. voters are sending us to the convention to say no to Trump
In Cleveland, we will put the nation before the party and the party before Trump.
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We all have greatness inside us
The Cal Ripken Jr. of Maryland government hangs up his hat.
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Jeb Bush: Trump does not represent the future of the country — or the GOP
He continues to grotesquely manipulate the deeply felt anger of many Americans..
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After the slaughter in Nice, are we safe anywhere?
With three major attacks in 18 months, my sense of safety about living in France has changed.
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Obama's dangerous distortion of the terrorist threat
Articulating the danger only in "existential" terms leads to a myopic, insular foreign policy.
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The attack in Nice shouldn't have been a surprise
It seems to have been ripped out of the al-Qaeda playbook.
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NATO's looming battles — with itself
Behind the scenes, big fights are looming over enlargement and Brexit.
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For Trump, it's (white) America First
A catalogue of Trump's racial animus.
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From J.E.B. Stuart to Barbara Rose Johns
An opportunity for Fairfax schools to right many wrongs.
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Editorial Cartoons
Trump: You can fool a lot of the people a lot of the time Ruth Bader Ginsburg v. Donald Trump
Believe it. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg issued a statement today expressing her regret for publicly criticizing Donald Trump.
 
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After a fatal shooting, D.C. police choose accountability in releasing body-cam video
The department released the footage to the public in a timely way.
 
The weight France — and the world — is forced to carry
Why terrorism will be hard to stop, no matter how effective governments are in destroying the Islamic State.
 
Mike Pence's hypocritical decision to run on Trump's ticket
The Indiana governor is a proven conservative, making him an odd match for the ideologically flexible Trump.
 
 
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Top Beltway journalists cling to heinous assertion of Trump-Clinton false equivalence
No regrets about putting Trump and Clinton in the same anti-media pod.
 
Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
 
The main question in this election: Pull America together or break it up again?
Mike Pence, Donald Trump’s one-man team of rivals
In some ways it's harder to imagine more disagreement between two runningmates on core issues than exists between Donald Trump and Mike Pence.
Mike Pence is a sign of Trump’s weakness
Other Republicans could have helped Trump more, but those people wanted nothing to do with him.
 
Mike Pence: Running mate — or egg?
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence can take some comfort from the 1968 campaign.
 
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