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Opinion

Entries for June 2006

Next on Bush's chopping block: the First Amendment

June 30, 2006 12:00 PM ET |

The Bush administration and its top officials have a new target – the First Amendment.

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An all-star public servant probes drugs in baseball

June 28, 2006 04:00 PM ET |

When Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, named George Mitchell to investigate drug use among players, he had to know he was appointing a tiger.

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Memo to Karen Hughes: It ain't just photo ops and pleas

June 23, 2006 05:18 PM ET |

Karen Hughes, President Bush's alter ego in Texas and then during the early years in the White House, is trying to improve America's image in a State Department post for which she has few credentials except for her close relationship with Bush.

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Congressional GOP's cynical ploy

June 21, 2006 05:30 PM ET |

Members of Congress should not be surprised when poll after poll ranks them low in the opinion of the nation's voters. Citizens mayadmire their own member, but, as an institution, the survey numbers are dismal.

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Rove, unleashed again

June 19, 2006 04:00 PM ET |

Political guru Karl Rove has escaped indictment, and the hallelujah choir at the White House is singing his praises and rejoicing over the decision of the special prosecutor.

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How are we going to pay for it?

June 14, 2006 11:00 AM ET |

Back in the '50s and '60s in the House of Representatives, there was an irascible conservative Republican from Iowa named Rep. H.R. Gross.

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The Hammer's party may take a pounding

June 12, 2006 03:00 PM ET |

To no one's surprise, Tom DeLay left Washington with a roar of defiance and confrontation. He has always been a politician who sticks his chin out and dares any foe, or even friend, to hit it.

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About the Capital View Blog

John MashekJohn W. Mashek covered politics in Washington for four decades with U.S. News & World Report, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Boston Globe. His primary beats were Congress, the White House, and national politics. He covered every presidential election from 1960 to 1996. He was a panelist in three televised presidential debates in 1984, 1988, and 1992.

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