Dick Polman
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The death spiral of the death penalty
Come on, folks, the news isn’t all bad. Only 39 people were put to death by lethal injection this year — a 60 percent dr ...
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Budget deal politics: Governing versus posturing
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Can Christie bridge his troubled waters? (Yes)
Chris Christie’s bridge brouhaha has now entered the national ...
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CIA scandal scoop: Run it or sit on it?
When the U.S. government tries to kill a media scoop by invoking “national security,” how do we know whether our security is ...
11 years ago
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The GOP uncivil war breaks wide open
How refreshing it was yesterday – how bracing, like a waterfall swim – to hear John Boehner z ...
11 years ago
Empty stockings for one million jobless people?
Barring a minor legislative miracle, it appears that 1.3 million long-term jobless Americans will be thrown under the bus this holiday se ...
11 years ago
A budget truce: Kumbaya on Capitol Hill?!
Throw the confetti, clang the church bells, and ...
11 years ago
If Mandela was a ‘terrorist,’ so was Washington
If you’ve been tracking the tiresome troll attacks on Nelson Mandela, as I did here yesterday, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the ...
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