RECENT COLUMNS 2010 COLUMNS 2009 COLUMNS OLD FAVORITES PROFILES FUN STUFF WRITTEN WITH (OR ABOUT) MY WIFE   RECENT OBAMA'S DISAPPOINTING COLLEGE PLAN The Washington Post, February 1, 2012 Read... OBAMA'S 'BUILT TO BLAST' SPEECH The Washington Post, January 25, 2012 Read... WHAT MITT ROMNEY'S FATHER COULD TEACH HIM ABOUT ECONOMIC FAIRNESS The Washington Post, January 18, 2012 Read... ROMNEY REVIVES THE BIG REPUBLICAN LIE The Washington Post, January 11, 2012 Read... IOWA AND THE FUTURE OF HISTORY The Washington Post, January 4, 2012 Read... NO WAY TO PICK A PRESIDENT The Washington Post, December 28, 2011 Read... WHAT WYDEN-RYAN HATH WROUGHT The Washington Post, December 15, 2011 Read... REAL AMERICANS REDISTRIBUTE: THE PAYROLL TAX DEBATE'S DIRTY SECRET The Washington Post, December 14, 2011 Read... PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 'ROOSEVELT' SPEECH The Washington Post, December 7, 2011 Read... EUROPE MADE EASY The Washington Post, November 30, 2011 Read... THE DECADENCE OF THE WEST The Washington Post, November 23, 2011 Read... MY SUPREME COURT HEALTH-CARE BRIEF The Washington Post, November 16, 2011 Read... JUSTICE, INEQUALITY AND THE 99 PERCENT The Washington Post, November 2, 2011 Read... EUROPE'S DEBT CRISIS AND THE DANGER WE CAN'T SEE The Washington Post, October 26, 2011 Read... MITT ROMNEY'S DEFENSE CULT The Washington Post, October 12, 2011 Read... SHOULD A THIRD PARTY TARGET CONGRESS? The Washington Post, October 5, 2011 Read... WHY WE NEED A THIRD PARTY The Washington Post, September 26, 2011 Read... THE CEO VS. THE PROFESSOR The Washington Post, September 21, 2011 Read... CLIFFS NOTES FROM THE GOP DEBATE The Washington Post, September 14, 2011 Read... HUDDLING TOGETHER ON SEPT. 11 The Washington Post, September 7, 2011 Read... HOW BILLIONAIRES COULD SAVE THE COUNTRY The Washington Post, August 31, 2011 Read... EARTHQUAKE: A DIVINE DOWNGRADE? The Washington Post, August 24, 2011 Read... 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THE PUBLIC-SECTOR WORKERS ON WHICH OUR FUTURE DEPENDS The Washington Post, March 2, 2011 Read... CAN CHRIS CHRISTIE HANDLE THE TRUTH? The Washington Post, February 24, 2011 Read... PLAN B: LET PROBLEM-SOLVING TRUMP POWER GAMES The Washington Post, February 17, 2011 Read... WHAT THE PRESS ISN'T TELLING YOU ABOUT OBAMA'S BUDGET The Washington Post, February 14, 2011 Read... ANDREW CUOMO AND THE LIBERAL CASE FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CUTS The Washington Post, February 10, 2011 Read... HEALTH CARE'S FEDERAL FUTURE, BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOP The Washington Post, February 3, 2011 Read... AFTER SOTU, I'M STIRRED BUT NOT SHAKEN The WashPost blog, January 25, 2011 Read... PAUL RYAN IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK The Washington Post, January 25, 2011 Read... YES, REPEAL HEALTH-CARE REFORM—ON ONE CONDITION The Washington Post, January 19, 2011 Read... ON GUNS, WE NEED A SEN. KILCANNON The WashPost blog, January 14, 2011 Read... 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