Ruth Marcus
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WASHINGTON — The headline out of Hillary Clinton’s visit to Iowa was her flagrant flirtation with the prospect of another presidential campaign. The more interesting part was the shortest of...
WASHINGTON — Congress has a duty — to itself and the country — to debate and authorize President Obama’s military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Failing...
WASHINGTON — Reader, she married him. The day after he was indicted on a charge of aggravated assault for knocking her unconscious. I would say allegedly knocking her unconscious, but...
WASHINGTON — E-cigarettes pose a public policy conundrum. They are a gate-way drug — but it’s not, or hasn’t been, entirely clear in which direction most traffic through that gateway...
WASHINGTON — The word of the day is herky-jerky, which is a polite way of saying erratic. And which, I regret to report, is a fitting description of President Obama’s...
WASHINGTON — “Man bites dog” is the classic definition of news. By that standard, “Male senator says something offensively sexist to female colleague” ought to be no news at all...
WASHINGTON — “Don’t watch the video. Don’t share it. That’s not how life should be.” So tweeted Kelly Foley, a cousin of beheaded journalist James Foley, as the video of...
WASHINGTON — The headlines bring the accidentally colliding tale of two governors and, with it, a valuable debate about the proper role — and proper limits — of criminal law...
WASHINGTON — Forty years after he slunk out of office, Richard M. Nixon retains the capacity to astonish and disgust. Just when you thought you could no longer be shocked...
WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz must be Texan for chutzpah. The Texas Republican gave an interview to NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell the other day during which he was asked about political dysfunction...