PostPartisan: November 21, 2010 - November 27, 2010

Support American jobs this Thanksgiving weekend

Now that the truly serious people have finished their holiday shopping and the weak have been trampled underfoot, the rest of us will start getting around to it. If you're working like a normal person or staying in like a...

By Rachel Manteuffel  | November 26, 2010; 3:32 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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In praise of a party warhorse

We're a funny country because we may be as polarized as we have ever been across partisan lines, yet we don't give much respect to the hard-working loyalists in either party, the people who are dedicated to politics when...

By E.J. Dionne  | November 24, 2010; 5:07 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (11)
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On airport security, do we really want to be like Israel?

I hope we get over our romanticism about Israel's airport security protocols in a hurry. I flew out of Ben Gurion International Airport in 2005, and it was one of the most unpleasant experiences I ever had as a traveler....

By Joel Dreyfuss  | November 24, 2010; 10:50 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (112)
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The enduring appeal of trying terrorists before military commissions

Media Matters attacks my column today in which I argue that, in the wake of his 284 acquittals in a civilian court, Ahmed Ghailani should be sent to Guantanamo to stand trial for other terrorism charges before a military...

By Marc Thiessen  | November 24, 2010; 9:30 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (19)
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Wanted: GOP votes for repeal of don't ask don't tell

All the pieces are falling into place for the repeal of the ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military. A comprehensive study on don't ask don't tell will be released one day early (Nov. 30)....

By Jonathan Capehart  | November 23, 2010; 2:26 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (62)
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Will Palin Power triumph?

Will America come to its senses? The nation's future is at stake, and yet the country insists on voting for Palin. Not Sarah. Bristol. In "Dancing With the Stars." But if the voting of these past several months is any...

By Edward Schumacher-Matos  | November 23, 2010; 8:40 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (57)
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The politics of cell phones

The Pew Research Center has performed an important piece of analysis that ought to shape the way we look at polls over the next two years. And its findings have real political impact, so please read on even if...

By E.J. Dionne  | November 23, 2010; 8:28 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (20)
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Opt out of the airport security hysteria

The national debate over the full-body scanners has gotten ridiculous. The planned opt-out day on Wednesday is taking understandable concerns to an irrational extreme. The debate has become so emotional (again, understandably so) that key facts are being completely...

By Jonathan Capehart  | November 23, 2010; 7:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (51)
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Obama needs a governor in the West Wing

The other night, a friend and I did what just about every Democrat and progressive has been doing since Nov. 2: We debated what President Obama could -- must -- do to pull his presidency out of its downward...

By Jonathan Capehart  | November 21, 2010; 8:07 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (58)
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