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Glaeser: Common Core offers a useful test, not the bogeyman critics fear

A cadre of critics — from conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck to Diane Ravitch, a newly prominent defender of traditional public education — are sounding the alarm about the Common Core, a new set of standards that will lead to national standardized...

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Collins: The revenge of Magic Mike Bloomberg

Right now you're probably asking yourself: What would I do if I had $27 billion to toss around?
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Bruni: Sexism’s puzzling stamina

This month the Supreme Court will issue raptly awaited decisions about affirmative action and gay marriage. But what's been foremost in my thoughts isn't race, sexual orientation or our country's deeply flawed handling of both.
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Thomas: When government can’t be trusted

Without the slightest hint of irony, President Obama said last week, “If people can't trust not only the executive branch but also don't trust Congress, and don't trust federal judges, to make sure that we're abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we're going to...
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Brooks: Cities gaining power as federal government becomes less energetic

There's a weird calm around Washington these days. The Obama administration only has a year before the lame-duck status sets in. Yet you don't get a sense of urgency. White House officials seem busy running the government, but they are not filling the public space with a transformational second-...
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Krugman: The spite club targeting Affordable Care Act

House Republicans have voted 37 times to repeal ObamaRomneyCare — the Affordable Care Act, which creates a national health insurance system similar to the one Massachusetts has had since 2006. Nonetheless, almost all of the act will go fully into effect at the beginning of next year.
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Campbell: Supreme Court raises more questions on DNA swabs than CSI ever did

There's something touchingly amusing in Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia adamantly defending the rights of the criminally accused, a group he typically has no sympathy for in other contexts.
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McManus: Where’s the enemies list in the U.S. war against terrorism?

Who exactly is the enemy in the continuing U.S. war against terrorism?
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Carlson: Teaching women to respect and salute rapists

Rape without consequence starts early in the military, if you believe the woman in a case now wending its way through the U.S. Naval Academy.
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Will: Seeking sense on sentencing

Libertarians believe government should have a compelling reason before it restricts an individual’s liberty. Today’s liberals believe almost any reason will do, because liberty is less important than equality, fraternity, fighting obesity, and many other aspirations. Now, however, ...
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Jackson: Congress should address looming physician shortage

That the Affordable Care Act will open the doors to consistent health care for more people is a good thing, but it will also make a predicted nationwide shortage of doctors even worse unless steps are taken to increase the number of physicians.