PostPartisan Archive: Thiessen
Al-Qaeda's American-bred leadership
In recent days, critics in this section have pounded Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) for holding hearings to examine radicalization in the American Muslim community. They've accused him of "providing fuel for bigots" and "stoking irrational fears." Really? It is...
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| March 10, 2011; 11:18 AM ET |
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SOTU sells big government with American exceptionalism
The rise of the Tea Party movement has seen a renewed interest in the idea of American exceptionalism -- the belief that ours is a nation set apart, a "shining city on a hill," as Ronald Reagan always called...
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| January 25, 2011; 11:40 PM ET |
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Attacking Mukasey, Ridge, Townsend and Giuliani
The Post has a feature called "Taking Exception," which allows individuals to respond to opinion columns that appear in the paper -- especially when they come under personal criticism in such columns. This is based on the important journalistic...
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| January 14, 2011; 3:54 PM ET |
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Obama in Tucson: brilliant and courageous
President Obama's address at the memorial in Tucson was really two speeches in one. The first speech was brilliant. The second was courageous. In the first, Obama delivered a traditional memorial address, and did so with elegance and eloquence....
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| January 12, 2011; 10:59 PM ET |
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Jared Loughner's hate came before the Tea Party
Today's Washington Post reports: [T]wo law enforcement sources said that FBI agents had found a 2007 letter from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) to the shooting suspect, with the words "Die, bitch" and "Die, cops" scrawled on it. The letter,...
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| January 12, 2011; 7:59 AM ET |
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Channeling Jesse Helms at The Post
In my last column, I advised conservative insurgents taking their seats in Congress that if they follow the model of Jesse Helms and stand for principle even when it is unpopular, the world will eventually come their way. If...
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| January 4, 2011; 2:01 PM ET |
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