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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: February 11, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's recent losses to Rick Santorum in Colorado, Missouri and Minnesota revealed a truism that Romney might want to study -- but not too much!
 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: February 8, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- Most Americans can hardly believe we're having a national debate about birth control in the 21st century -- more than 50 years after The Pill became available and decades after condoms became as commonplace as, well, balloons.
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: February 1, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect.
 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: January 25, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- When it comes to Newt Gingrich's post-speaker activities on the Hill, it all depends on what your definition of "lobbying" is.
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: January 4, 2012 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- The great thing about Iowa is that no matter who the voters select in their neighborhood huddles, it doesn't really matter.
 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: December 21, 2011 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- Callista Gingrich has done something she might come to regret -- succumbed to the Twitter fairy and opened the door to unwelcome scrutiny.
 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: December 14, 2011 3:55 AM
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WASHINGTON -- Oh, quelle gaffe.
     
Rarely has such a small, innocuous, truth-based remark garnered so much attention from the chattering classes as Mitt Romney's proposed $10,000 bet with Rick Perry during this past weekend's Republican primary debate.

 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: December 7, 2011 3:55 AM
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WASHINGTON -- It is a rare day when Al Sharpton emerges as the voice of sagacity, but when Newt Gingrich has the microphone, all things are possible.
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: November 30, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- When the Democratic National Committee circulates an ad attacking Mitt Romney even before the Iowa caucuses -- and long before his presidential nomination is clear -- one can be fairly certain that Romney is considered the greatest threat to a second Obama term.

 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: November 23, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- Another debate, another installment of "The Dating Game." Will the eventual winner be contestant Number One, Two ... Eight?

 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: November 21, 2011 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- The headline on Democratic strategist Paul Begala's recent Newsweek essay dodged subtlety: "The Stupid Party."

"Republicans used to admire intelligence. But now they're dumbing themselves down," was the subhead.

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: October 22, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- The operative maxim in cable television can be summed up as follows: Is it good teevee?

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: October 15, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- By the time Steve Jobs' Wikipedia page had been adjusted to past tense, eulogists had added a footnote to his biography of success. Failure.

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: October 1, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- Jobs, jobs, jobs, we keep hearing. But for whom, whom, whom?

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: September 17, 2011 3:55 AM
NEW YORK -- Are Republicans stupid?
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: September 10, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- The legacy of 9/11 can't be fully measured even now, but perhaps the most damaging aspect can be found in our national discourse.

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: September 3, 2011 3:55 AM
WASHINGTON -- What if the president gave a major speech and no one heard it?
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: August 27, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry's rapid lead over previous Republican front-runner Mitt Romney was predictable.

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: August 20, 2011 3:55 AM

NEW YORK -- Scene: An elevator in New York Presbyterian Hospital where several others and I were temporary hostages of a filthy-mouthed woman who was profanely berating her male companion.

 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: July 30, 2011 3:55 AM
Fragging: "To intentionally kill or wound (one's superior officer, etc.), esp. with a hand grenade."
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: July 9, 2011 3:55 AM

Washington -- A debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste in a presidential election season, and Democrats and Republicans alike are responding on cue.

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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: June 18, 2011 3:55 AM

NEW YORK -- This marks my 24th Father's Day as a columnist, my 26th since my son uttered "Dada," and my 16th since my own father joined the legions of Interesting People in the Hereafter.

 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: June 11, 2011 3:55 AM

NEW YORK -- Here we go all over again. Read my lips and bring ‘em on. It's the economy, stupid. Gotcha!

 
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By: Kathleen Parker | Posted: June 4, 2011 3:55 AM

WASHINGTON -- MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell says he'd own up if it were his. Jon Stewart says he doesn't remember his old friend being quite all that!

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