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PostScript: Gerson and non-great non-compromise
Readers respond to Michael Gerson on compromise in the Constitution.
Where are the sane House Republicans?
Jonathan Bernstein
The Larry Summers political trial balloon
David Ignatius
Speaker Boehner’s choice: his caucus or our country
Jonathan Capehart
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Sarvis wins the Virginia gubernatorial debate
Libertarian Robert Sarvis offers an alternative in an effective ad.
Anthony Brown, establishment candidate
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Dead heat in the Va. governor’s race
Norman Leahy
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Amid war, a moment of joy
Iraqi staffers from The Washington Post’s Baghdad bureau reflect on a November 2003 office party filled with laughter and joy. They took tremendous risks to help report the war and many ultimately had to leave the country.
‘As soon as we landed in the United States, I felt: We are safe.’
Muhanned al-Kusairy was The Washington Post’s security chief in Baghdad from 2003 to 2009. He moved with his family to Phoenix in 2010 and longs for the day when he can protect his new country as a deputy sheriff.
‘God Bless America’ performances throughout history
From its film debut in 1947 to being sung on the Capitol steps on September 11th, 2001, “God Bless America” has served as a patriotic symbol throughout American history.
Chinese democracy fight inspires ‘Nine Days’
Fred Hiatt’s young adult novel mirrors Ti-Anna Wang’s attempts to free her father from a Chinese prison. We speak to Hiatt and Wang about the book and the case that inspired it.
Columnist vs. Commenter: Dana Milbank on Rep. Young
Dana Milbank responds to online commenters, some of whom disagreed that Republicans’ condemnation of Rep. Don Young’s use of the word “wetback” marked a shift in the party.
Is the fight for gay marriage the new civil rights movement?
VIDEO | The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart hosts a Google+ Hangout about the state of marriage in America. He’s joined by the Center for American Progress’s Winnie Stachelberg, Third Way’s Lanae Erickson Hatalsky, Capital Insight’s Jon Cohen and National Black Justice Coalition’s Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks.
Why does D.C. struggle so much with snow?
The Fold’s Brook Silva-Braga hits the streets with Post humorist Alexandra Petri in search of an explanation for the city’s struggles with winter weather.
Oscar nominated films “Django Unchained” and “Lincoln” take two very different approaches at portraying slavery on the big screen. While more comic, the Washington Post’s film critic Ann Hornaday says the violence in “Django” more e ffectively touches on the issue.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s many smiles
University of Arkansas political science professor Patrick Stewart analyzes the meaning behind the many smiles of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.
Nationals make ‘The Rough Rider’ a hapless loser
In the long history of organized sports, no team or individual at the collegiate or professional level has ever lost 500 times in a row. But if one current streak continues, history of the wrong kind will be made midway through the fourth inning at Nationals Park on Aug. 18, when the world will witness perhaps the first competitor in a professional sports arena to lose for the 500th consecutive time.
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