PostPartisan Archive: King
Barry the 'Betrayed'
It’s a hoot to observe the ease with which Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry cloaks himself in the mantle of the “betrayed” whenever he finds himself in a tight spot. And, true to form, that’s just what we...
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July 6, 2009; 6:29 PM ET |
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Lincoln's Ghost Along Pennsylvania Avenue
My friend Tersh Boasberg, chair of the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board, gave me permission to share with you his views on the perspective that soon-to-be President Barack Obama will have as he travels along the inauguration parade route...
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January 20, 2009; 9:21 AM ET |
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Eric Holder vs. the Powerful
Eric Holder, Barack Obama's choice to be attorney general, is a veteran of Washington wars in which victors are loath to take prisoners, let alone pity the vanquished. So the former U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, D.C....
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December 8, 2008; 1:44 PM ET |
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Al-Qaeda Doesn't Get It
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the putative no. 2 figure in al-Qaeda, shared his thoughts last week on the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. Zawahiri's comments revealed more about his own failings than Obama's. Probably...
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November 24, 2008; 5:03 PM ET |
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Divine Electoral Intervention?
Sarah Palin, emerging from the voting booth this morning, said: "Tomorrow, I hope, I pray, I believe that I'll be able to wake up as vice president elect and be able to get to work." I've also seen a...
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November 4, 2008; 5:27 PM ET |
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How Common Is the Hatred?
I recently wrote a column about the rage that seems to be directed toward Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The source of the rage, I concluded, was a dwindling band of racial and religious diehards who have seen their...
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October 29, 2008; 7:49 AM ET |
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