Ruth Marcus on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

Strong-Arming the Lawyers

2011-04-29T17:48:00+00:00

It’s easy to beat up on a big corporate law firm for acting cravenly in its financial self-interest. In the case of King & Spalding, the Atlanta firm that abruptly reneged on its commitment to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, the pummeling is entirely deserved.

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No Deal for the Donald

2011-04-27T20:09:00+00:00

There’s a reason presidents go gray. The job is difficult. The pressures are unrelenting. If you don’t realize this, you’re not qualified to be president. Or you’re Donald Trump, in which case you are also not qualified to be president.

The Money Pit

2011-04-22T00:10:00+00:00

When it comes to matters of money and politics, there is a big gulf between Democrats and Republicans—in theory.

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Backsliding Under the Ceiling

2011-04-06T13:20:00+00:00

At fancy Washington dinner parties decades ago, it was the custom for men and women to part ways after the meal.

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Truth About a False Choice

2011-03-31T23:32:00+00:00

It’s time to retire the false choice. As a rhetorical device, particularly as a political rhetorical device, the false choice has outlived its usefulness, if it ever had any.

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Filling in the Blanks

2011-03-30T08:25:00+00:00

In his speech Monday night to a public thoroughly, and understandably, befuddled about U.S. policy in Libya, President Obama began to fill in some important blanks.

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Parents Behaving Badly

2011-03-18T04:34:00+00:00

Lawsuit Mom Nicole Imprescia took a quintessentially American approach to raising her child. First, she paid someone else to handle the work for her. Then she sued to get the money back.

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March of the Deficit Pandas

2011-03-16T08:29:00+00:00

It’s possible to simultaneously worry about the debt and believe in an active and compassionate role for government. In fact, it’s required.

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