Five Best Wednesday Columns

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Arthur Laffer on 9-9-9, Robert Jeffress on religion and politics, and Jordan Tama on the Super Committee

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Oct 18, 2011

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Ezra Klein on the CLASS Act, Joe Nocera on Starbucks, and Jeffrey Goldberg on Iran.

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Oct 17, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

Israel's prisoner exchange, myths about drones, and the case for regulation.

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Oct 14, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

Free trade, religious freedom, and the possibility of Vice President Clinton.

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Oct 13, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

Iran's act of war, Slovakia's stand, and Whitey's neighbor

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Oct 12, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Wal-Mart's new credit plan, Jobs's Arab origins, and Iran's new aggression.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 11, 2011

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On cancer screenings, Senate rules, and anti-Mormonism.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 7, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

Palin's farewell, debit card fees, and comic book art.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 6, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

Steve Jobs, Putin's return, and El Paso's bad rep

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By Eric Randall

Oct 5, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Copyright in the film industry, Christie's decision, and Prohibition in the modern era.

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By Eric Randall

Oct 4, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Obama's cronyism, Amanda Knox's verdict, and the road to Romney

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By Eric Randall

Oct 3, 2011

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The FDA burden, cameras in the Supreme Court, and the right to kill Awlaki

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By Eric Randall

Sep 30, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

Chris Christie's weight, the Iraq withdrawal, and funding for Catholic schools.

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By Eric Randall

Sep 29, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

Dysfunction on the Hill, a modern-day 'Grapes of Wrath', and Herman Cain as a credible candidate.

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By Eric Randall

Sep 28, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Afghanistan withdrawal, the solar power scandal, and Chris Christie's imperfections.

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By Eric Randall

Sep 27, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Health care fraud, Elizabeth Warren, and a history of the income tax

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By Eric Randall

Sep 26, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

Twitter protests, crowd financing, and Egypt's elections

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By Eric Randall

Sep 23, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

The Ron Suskind controversy, amateurism in sports, and how Republicans can lose

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By Eric Randall

Sep 22, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

Israeli-Palestinian peace, Ron Paul's success, and a new Green Tea Party

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By Eric Randall

Sep 21, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

The Troy Davis execution, Pennsylvania's electoral ploy, and America's oil dependence.

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By Eric Randall

Sep 20, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Europe's future, Obama's stimulus, and Israel's peace

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By Eric Randall

Sep 19, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

Europe's crisis, Palestine's bid, and the foolish call for inflation

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By Eric Randall

Sep 16, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

The jobs plan, Jewish support for Democrats, and the new health care debate

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By Eric Randall

Sep 15, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

Republican health care, Facebook felonies, the HPV vaccine, and fleeing China

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By Eric Randall

Sep 14, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Obama's strategy, the infrastructure bank, and Nadal

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By Eric Randall

Sep 13, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Electronic surveillance, jobs, and Israel

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By Eric Randall

Sep 12, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

A Middle East win-win and the science behind 'Contagion'

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By Eric Randall

Sep 9, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

Jobs, 9/11, and blood donation policy

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By Eric Randall

Sep 8, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

The GOP debate, China's rise, and seasonal food

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By Eric Randall

Sep 7, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Flash mobs, lost decades, and Rick Perry

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By Eric Randall

Sep 6, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Home Ec, job quality, 9/11, and the glorious works of the Hubble

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By Eric Randall

Sep 2, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

American decline, religious inoculation, and the end of intervention

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By Eric Randall

Sep 1, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

The folly of 'looking presidential', Rick Perry's health care problem, and limiting web anonymity

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By Eric Randall

Aug 31, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Federal cloud computing, feral pig hunting, and Rick Perry's theocracy

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By Eric Randall

Aug 30, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Misquoting, weak European militaries, and Congolese family planning

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By Eric Randall

Aug 29, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

Christian conservatives, the Ladies in White, and saving bookstores

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By Eric Randall

Aug 26, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

Fact checking the MLK Jr. memorial, and the anniversary of women's suffrage

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By Eric Randall

Aug 25, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

Bill Keller on candidates' religion, Karl Rove on Boehner, and Frank Bruni on culinary elitism

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By Eric Randall

Aug 24, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Tripoli's martyrs, Obama's foreign policy, and GOP tax follies

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By Eric Randall

Aug 23, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Qaddafi's Son, French women and DSK, and Scott Brown's record

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By Eric Randall

Aug 22, 2011

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Brian Whitaker on Libya's new challenges, Ross Douthat on Texas's success

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By Eric Randall

Aug 19, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

Rick Perry's 'Id', America's arctic disadvantage, and budgeting like a Montana rancher

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By Eric Randall

Aug 18, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

China's 'cat and mouse' media freedom game, Fareed Zakaria's unemployment prescriptions

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By Eric Randall

Aug 17, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

The supercommittee, the problem with liberal arts these days, and more

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By Eric Randall

Aug 16, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

'The Help,' reforming Libya's education, and examining economic extremism

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By Eric Randall

Aug 15, 2011

Five Best Monday Columns

A Christie candidacy, college cost-benefit, and irritating office workers

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By Eric Randall

Aug 12, 2011

Five Best Friday Columns

On the page program, the 'T' in LGBT, and spending on America's youth

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By Eric Randall

Aug 11, 2011

Five Best Thursday Columns

On medicare reform, chimpanzee testing, and U.K. vigilantes

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By Eric Randall

Aug 10, 2011

Five Best Wednesday Columns

Tea Party flip-flopping, rating agencies' extortion, and more

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By Eric Randall

Aug 9, 2011

Five Best Tuesday Columns

Russian corruption, Hitler's Olympics, and Chris Christie's rage

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