Weekend Cartoon
Washington Whispers
- April 14, 2007
—Michael Ramirez, Investor's Business Daily
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Some Random Thoughts
Michael Barone
- April 10, 2007
This is my Creators Syndicate column for this week. I have known Nancy Pelosi since 1980, when I had a very friendly dinner with her and her husband, both of whom struck me then and continue to strike me now as very nice and very intelligent people.
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Out Loud
Washington Whispers
- April 8, 2007
"I would love not to have to raise money so I could spend all my time in town hall meetings."
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Speaker on the Road to Damascus
Michael Barone
- April 5, 2007
Yesterday I wrote that I thought that Nancy Pelosi's visit to Syria was a bad idea. A reader asked why.
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The Mormon Thing
Michael Barone
- April 4, 2007
You hear a lot more about Mormonism in this presidential cycle than I recall hearing when Mitt Romney's father, George Romney, ran for president 40 years ago. This morning the Washington Post ran a story on Romney's Mormon support, making the point that much of the $20 million plus he raised in the first quarter came from members of (to give its full name) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Putting Iraq in Perspective
Michael Barone
- March 13, 2007
Columnist, novelist, and soldier Austin Bay in this column puts Iraq in historical perspective, over a span of 4,000 (!) years. He revisits his own arguments for military intervention:.
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Thursday's Cartoon
Washington Whispers
- March 1, 2007
— Stuart Carlson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Why the Pelosi Democrats Scare China
Capital Commerce
- February 16, 2007
"She scares the hell out of them." That's the way an American businessman, one with strong ties to the Chinese elite and a frequent traveler to Beijing, described to me how that nation's leadership views Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
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Thursday's Cartoon
Washington Whispers
- February 15, 2007
—Dick Locher, The Chicago Tribune
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The Next Populist Crusade
Michael Barone
- February 8, 2007
I'm with Glenn Reynolds of instapundit.com on this one.
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Live Reactions to the State of the Union Address
Michael Barone
- January 23, 2007
Ending on a Good Note
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The Speaker Gets the Symbolism
Washington Whispers
- January 7, 2007
As the first-ever woman speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi understands the importance of symbols. And she was full of her trademark touches of style and substance last week as she took the gavel.
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Links of the Week
Washington Whispers
- January 3, 2007
Here's the quiz of the day: Which presidential kid has done well in Hollywood? Well, it's none other than Steven Ford, son of the late president. He did really well on The Young and the Restless but hasn't broken out on the silver screen yet.
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