The peaceful transfer of power we recently celebrated was not entirely peaceful, and power was not entirely transferred.
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An Incomplete Transfer Of Power
Tag Archives: Politics
A Gratuitous Parting Shot
On its way out the door, the Obama administration took a little-needed parting shot at shotgun ammo made of lead.
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Trump’s Bay Of Pigs
New presidents make a lot of rookie mistakes. We may have just seen Trump’s most memorable one.
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Unverified Allegations And Alternative Facts
Presidential press secretaries and White House correspondents have the worst journalism jobs in Washington.
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Presidential Business Ethics
Donald Trump will still own his sprawling business empire while he sits in the Oval Office. How much does it matter?
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Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot, No-Foot
The president who arrived on a “hope and change” theme departs with a change that crushes hope for desperate Cubans.
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My Close Encounter With The NHS
Bronchitis is a terrible vacation souvenir. Luckily, the NHS was there to help.
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Circular Reporting On Russia
We know the Russians are hacking us, because our intelligence agencies tell us so. And they know for the same reason.
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Weaponized Ethics
Ethics charges are readily deployed on Capitol Hill as political weapons, with little change in sight for now.
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Regulatory Cryogenics
Sometimes a regulatory freeze is just a light frost; other times it can be an ice age.
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