Friday 22 September 2017

Friday's Opinions: This Republican health-care bill is the most monstrous yet

The debate over the Iran deal is utterly perplexing; Republicans' brave new strategy for fixing the U.S. health-care system
 
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This Republican health-care bill is the most monstrous yet
The repeal-and-replace measure being debated is unspeakably cruel.
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The debate over the Iran deal is utterly perplexing
Great nations do not play games when it comes to their international agreements.
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Republicans' brave new strategy for fixing the U.S. health-care system
Their plan is simply to pass the buck.
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Wilbur Ross: These NAFTA rules are killing our jobs
NAFTA has provided entry into a bigger market for outside countries, and we're paying the price.
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Trump supporters are already normal
We can only hope that society will become tolerant enough to recognize that someday.
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Some creative ways to deal with North Korea
Negotiations cannot not turn on a binary either-war-or-capitulation axis.
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The Equifax disaster points to a much bigger problem
The Equifax data breach is a reminder that the current system puts the interests of agencies above the imperative of protecting consumers' financial privacy.
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Trump embraces a post-American world
Trump is tired of being the world's leader. But if he steps back, he shouldn't be surprised if China steps forward to take America's place.
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No, Dianne Feinstein is not an anti-Catholic bigot
A judge's moral views are relevant to his or her behavior on the bench.
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Meet Lynn Novick, the most important documentarian you've never heard of
The 'Vietnam War' co-director has been making movies with Ken Burns for decades. It's time you knew her name.
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Editorial Cartoons
Robert Mueller gets an advance version of the Trump defense Follow the tie
Who could have foreseen? Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has requested records and email correspondence regarding James B. Comey and Michael Flynn.
 
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Don't forget Puerto Rico
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Even Republicans know their new health-care bill is horrible
Here's why.
 
St. Louis is what happens when the Justice Department won't do its job
The case of a police officer acquitted in the shooting death of a black driver is all too familiar.
 
 
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Sorry I can’t go to your thing. I must call my senator to plead for my life.
A note from the near future.
 
Richard Posner’s ‘bats––– crazy’ new book
Upon leaving the federal bench, the prominent jurist unloads, but also impugns himself.
 
Here’s why Jimmy Kimmel is playing Ezra Klein on late-night television
There's an emergency afoot.
 
Court rejects Feminist Majority Foundation’s demand that public university block access to Yik Yak
University of Mary Washington had no obligation to "ban Yik Yak from the campus wireless network ," because such a ban "may have exposed the university to liability under the First Amendment" (and in any case wasn't required by Title IX or the equal protection clause.
Does Trump even know what he hates about the Iran nuclear deal?
He may be about to blow it up, for no reason other than "Because Obama."
 
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