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Unions are using their clout with the Democrats to push an aggressive agenda.

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Obama Should Just Be Himself
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There's no reason to panic about the polls. Undecided voters will appreciate the senator's independence.

Lieberman Would Be a Bad Veep Choice for McCain
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As Lincoln showed, a 'war ticket' isn't the formula for lasting success.

Russia Is Brazen, Europe Weak
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The Kremlin is shameless about twisting law and principle.

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A new study suggests we could insure 12 million more Americans.

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Business Bookshelf: Breaking investment decisions into broad binary categories: Wired or wireless? Here or there?

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"I can think of only one liberal that Obama ought to start talking like: John Locke."

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 Obama Should Find His Inner Kansan
[Barack Obama]
By Thomas Frank
The Tilting Yard: Republicans might just listen this year if a liberal talked the way liberals used to talk.
 

 
 Why Fannie and Freddie Will Survive (Alas)
By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Business World: Hank Paulson's will may be enough.
 

 
 The Speech
By John Fund
On the Trail: Hillary Clinton shines in Denver.
 

 
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The Energizer Bunny
By James Taranto
Keep going . . . and going . . . and going . . . all the way to 2012?
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Clinton 2012
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is a one-man Hillary rally.
 

 
 Religious Debate Spills on to Denver Billboards
Can the Dems' 'faith caucus' win over evangelicals?
 
COLUMNISTS
INFORMATION AGE by L. Gordon Crovitz
Privacy? We Got Over It.
08/25/2008
THE TILTING YARD by Thomas Frank
Obama Should Find His Inner Kansan
08/27/2008
WONDER LAND by Daniel Henninger
Barack Obama: Leap of Faith
08/28/2008
BUSINESS WORLD by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Why Fannie and Freddie Will Survive (Alas)
08/27/2008
MAIN STREET by William McGurn
Democrats Made No Room on Abortion
08/26/2008
DECLARATIONS by Peggy Noonan
They're Paying Attention Now
08/22/2008
THE AMERICAS by Mary Anastasia O'Grady
The Politics of Latin American Poverty
08/25/2008
GLOBAL VIEW by Bret Stephens
Russia Is Dangerous But Weak
08/26/2008
POTOMAC WATCH by Kimberley A. Strassel
Democrats Aim for a 60-Vote Senate
08/22/2008
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