Adolescent pot use can literally be a dumb idea.
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GEORGE SMITH: Moonbird and his feathered kin deserve better than extinction
Extinct means “no longer existing.” Gone. Not Coming Back.
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MAINE COMPASS: Why flashlights die in kitchen drawers (and other places)
First, let me acknowledge that I am a geek, why else would I write about flashlights?
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KATHLEEN PARKER: A life well-lived and well-departed
TAMPA, Fla. — I had hoped he would wait until I got here, but he was in a rush to go.
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DANA MILBANK: GOP’s rage platform most conservative in modern history
Let us give thanks to our Judeo-Christian God for the Republican Party. It is the only thing standing between us and the triumph of Shariah law in our land.
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ELLEN GOODMAN: Equal Rites Awards: Throwing humble pies
BOSTON — So, dear friends, we gather again to celebrate Aug. 26, the anniversary of the passage of women’s suffrage. We honor our foremothers in our special way by handing out the Equal Rites Awards for those who have done the most to slow down progress.
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Mideast status quo may be making war more likely
Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on the cusp of a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
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M.D. HARMON: Senate race may be fun after all, as King falls, Summers rises
The race for the U.S. Senate seat abandoned in the face of inevitable victory by Sen. Olympia Snowe, in an epic bailout that could let Democrats retain control of the Senate, is getting interesting.
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JOSEPH R. REISERT: Conservative thoughts find voice in a few good books
Why isn’t there a liberal equivalent of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” or Friedrich Hayek’s “The Road to Serfdom”? That is the provocative question Yale history professor Beverly Gage asked recently in a column first published in Slate magazine.
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MAINE COMPASS: Truth becomes a casualty as Maine campaign heats up
We were surprised and startled by a recent column by Rep. Seth Berry, published in mid-August by the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. The headline was as subtle as a sledgehammer: “Largest tax shift in Maine history puts big hurt on working families.”