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On the last frontier, Alaska Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan charts his own course.
» Minimum wage, maximum damage
Increasing pay proves painless for politicians, but costly to low-skilled workers.
» Frank Wolf looks back on 34 years of upstream battles
Wolf has spent more than three decades in Congress fighting for causes many viewed as unpopular.
» Michael Barone: Reagan’s campaign speech continues to reverberate 50 years later
Reporters didn’t take much notice of Reagan’s 1964 primetime speech, but it was a sign of things to come.
» Obama changes the crisis playbook for Ebola
President Obama is handling the Ebola threat differently than other crises.
» Study shows promise of consumer-driven healthcare
A medical journal study presents evidence that the healthcare system could function as a market.
» U.S. nuclear arsenal due for modernization
Spending increase in time of rising conflicts clashes with Obama’s vision of a nuclear-free world.
» Heartburn in the heartland for Kansas GOP
Kansas Republicans insisted Pat Roberts would be a shoo-in for victory. They were wrong.
» Tennessee to vote whether income tax unconstitutional
Data show states with high income taxes tend to have high incomes, too.
» U.N. climate funds at risk in a GOP-controlled Senate
Republicans would target international agency, environmental effort they don’t support.
» The latest Democratic trouble: Obama’s mouth
Obama has explicitly linked Democrats to his policies, scuttling their efforts to show independence.
» How not to discuss privacy in the age of Facebook
James Comey’s speech on the difficulties new encryption technologies present to law enforcement was unnervingly inadequate.
» If GOP wins, Reid could lose nuclear waste fight
Harry Reid’s eight-year effort to keep a nuclear waste dump out of Nevada could soon become much tougher.
» Op-Ed: A time for choosing: The next generation
One of the most important aspects of Ronald Reagan’s “Time for Choosing” speech was the audience itself.
» *Think Tanks: Labor trafficking hides in plain sight in U.S.
Human trafficking generates a lot of media coverage, but that reporting often focuses on sex trafficking.
» Editorial: Giving lame ducks a bad name
A huge backlog of nominees is set to be pushed through after the elections.
