Friday, 7 October 2016

Friday's Opinions: Jack Lew's 'art of the deal'

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: When my time comes, I want the option of an assisted death; Clinton's best hope with millennials? Conservatives.; Why bother having a vice-presidential debate at all?; The stillborn legacy of Barack Obama; Giving cancer a first-person voice; Remembering a journalist who was killed for standing up to Putin; Republicans are paying the price for their addiction to their own media; How Trump exposed the corruption in the U.S. tax code; Don't fill the White House with progressive conformists; How much damage could a President Trump do? We can only begin to imagine.; Twitter shouldn't let itself become a tool for tyrants; Why we should celebrate the Elena Ferrante firestorm; Jack Lew’s ‘art of the deal’; Happy Hour Roundup; How an old-boys’ network helped sideline Fox News’s Megyn Kelly in campaign 2016; Mike Pence loves Big Donald; Will Bill Clinton's criticism of Obamacare help Trump?; Thinking Republicans’ assault on Trump
 
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Jack Lew’s ‘art of the deal’
There's a version of dealmaking that's more relevant to how Washington actually works. It's about passing budgets and avoiding shutdowns.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: When my time comes, I want the option of an assisted death
Allowing people a dignified death is a reflection of Christian values.
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Clinton's best hope with millennials? Conservatives.
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Why bother having a vice-presidential debate at all?
Tuesday's debate provided nothing of substance for voters.
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The stillborn legacy of Barack Obama
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Giving cancer a first-person voice
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Remembering a journalist who was killed for standing up to Putin
Anna Politkovskaya was brutally murdered in Moscow 10 years ago.
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Republicans are paying the price for their addiction to their own media
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How Trump exposed the corruption in the U.S. tax code
This is the world's ultimate "pay for play" setup.
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Don't fill the White House with progressive conformists
An effort to reject potential Clinton appointees based on their previous employers could be a disaster for the country.
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Editorial Cartoons
Another epidemic America wasn’t prepared for Zip it, Bill Clinton
This one was genuinely unexpected. The former president and husband of the Democratic nominee keeps sticking his foot in his mouth.
 
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The Post’s View
How much damage could a President Trump do? We can only begin to imagine.
Handed the immense powers of the executive office, Mr. Trump would be unchecked and unbalanced.
 
Twitter shouldn't let itself become a tool for tyrants
The company should refuse to participate in Turkey's censorship of journalists.
 
Why we should celebrate the Elena Ferrante firestorm
The controversy over the author's apparent unmasking shows that people still care about literature.
 
 
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Jack Lew’s ‘art of the deal’
There's a version of dealmaking that's more relevant to how Washington actually works. It's about passing budgets and avoiding shutdowns.
 
Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
 
How an old-boys’ network helped sideline Fox News’s Megyn Kelly in campaign 2016
Lots of old friends and sexual harassment allegations among this lot.
 
Mike Pence loves Big Donald
Mike Pence is only doing to America what has already been done to him.
 
Will Bill Clinton's criticism of Obamacare help Trump?
Bringing up Obamacare as a campaign issue is not going to do Hillary Clinton or her fellow Democrats any favors.
 
Thinking Republicans’ assault on Trump
GOP stalwarts slam Trump.
 
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