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Heavy lifting

Rand Paul’s 2016 GOP nomination speech.

Sweet-talking a Web site

Obama will ‘campaign’ to fix HealthCare.gov.

Change in China

The Communist Party seeks reforms.

A better safety net

Health-care reform is necessary.

Evangelicals, immigration

Their views are not a function of their religion.

Obama’s feast of failures

The HealthCare.gov mess isn’t a surprise.

The GOP’s storytime

Republicans succumbed to governing by anecdote.

Shaping a deal with Iran

It will be tough, but an agreement is achievable.

The U.S. shifts left

Republicans took a step back from the tea party.

Mounting malaise

Developed countries are increasingly pessimistic.

Well-insured critics

Obamacare’s opponents don’t show any empathy.

Trapped in his bubble

Obama’s decision making is similar to Bush’s.

Donated turkeys aren’t enough

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  • Donated turkeys aren’t enough

    Donated turkeys aren’t enough

    Solutions needed to offset food-stamp cuts.

    Alexandra Ashbrook and Patty Stonesifer

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  • Security after Snowden

    Security after Snowden

    Foreign spying policies need to be open.

    Jane Harman

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  • A U.S. opportunity in Pakistan

    A U.S. opportunity in Pakistan

    The two countries vs. the Taliban.

    Daniel S. Markey

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  • Breaking the budget logjam

    Breaking the budget logjam

    The GOP needs to make more progress.

    Olympia Snowe and Karen Hughes

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Rachel Manteuffel

Readers respond to a perspective from food-charity workers on SNAP cuts.

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Jonathan Bernstein

Lesson for Democrats in McAuliffe win: Bet on black

Jonathan Capehart

Six reasons Obamacare will only get worse for Democrats

Ed Rogers

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School reform is working

Affirmative discrimination

Cuccinelli has himself to blame

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Six points to ponder after Election Day

Norman Leahy

We learned, among other things, that Obamacare is toxic for Democrats.

What’s next in Va.? Seven election takeaways

Peter Galuszka

In Md. speech, Obama promised no changes to individual health plans

Todd Eberly

Why McAuliffe can’t rest easy

Norman Leahy

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The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

Carlos Lozada

In ‘The Myth of America’s Decline,’ Josef Joffe asks why the United States is so down on itself.

The Virginia Way

The Virginia Way

Peter Galuszka

Virginia is for lovers of lax ethics and anything-goes politics.

Rand Paul’s worst week

Rand Paul’s worst week

Chris Cillizza

Not all his words were his own.

Our subjective ‘scandals’

Our subjective ‘scandals’

Paul Farhi

How the media handles controversy.

A new JFK conspiracy

Was this book review fair?

The health-care law’s success

The health-care law’s success

David Cutler

It’s slowing down medical costs.

The Washington Red Clouds

The Washington Red Clouds

Bob Drury and Thomas Clavin

The case for renaming the team after a proud warrior and a great leader.

Burma: dangerous place for Muslims

Burma: dangerous place for Muslims

Holly Atkinson and Michael Abramowitz

The ethnic Rohingya minority faces an acute threat of violence.

Bass: Vietnam’s revolutionary general

Bass: Vietnam’s revolutionary general

Thomas A. Bass

Vo Nguyen Giap embodied the courage of his people.

A novelist learns to write

A novelist learns to write

Pia de Jong

A Dutch author on finding her voice in English.

Challenging everything you think you know.

Book Reviews

How to use journalists to maximum effect

The National Gallery’s evolution, and the man behind it

The rise and fall of America’s rise and fall

Who was Ben Franklin’s sister Jane?

Once upon a time, the speaker and president could agree

Do many worldwide want to eliminate Israel and the Jews?

The author of ‘Bel Canto’ chooses herself as her subject

The human connection to music

‘Brave Genius’ review: A gripping portrait of two heroes

‘I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon,’ by Touré 

How women succumb to alcohol addiction

The broad reach of slavery and freedom in Virginia

Heeeeere’s Johnny!

The laws passed by a congress that worked

A new JFK conspiracy

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