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Fiscal cliff deal difficult because of gerrymandering
Let me finish tonight with this. Why was it so difficult to avoid the fiscal cliff? Especially where, in the end, we didn’t even get a grand bargain. We got a quick fix. That’s a question I’m sure...
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The hardball politics of the Penn State lawsuit
Let me finish tonight with an update about Penn State. Last June, Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 of the 48 counts he faced involving 10 young victims. Then last July, the NCAA, relying on the...
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Why Spike Lee should see ‘Django Unchained’
Let me finish with this. Over the Christmas break I saw Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, Django Unchained. You know him from his prior work, including – Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Inglorius...
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Let’s hope for a more civil, more productive second term
Let me finish tonight with this. I enjoyed Cita Stelzer’s new book, Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table. While managing the war, the British prime minister maintained an active...
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The ramifications of changing the Electoral College would be significant
Let me finish tonight with this. Sometimes 90% just isn’t good enough. Ask Mitch McConnell, the most powerful Republican in the U.S. Senate who, despite that lifetime approval rating from American...
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Morality of drone strikes is hardball on the world stage
Let me finish tonight with this. The debate over whether to use deadly force against an American who is on foreign soil and tied to al-Qaida sounds like a hypothetical straight out of my constitutional...
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It’s time to televise Supreme Court hearings
Let me finish tonight with this. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At stake: whether nine states, primarily in the South, will be unencumbered...
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In online commenting, anonymity breeds bad behavior
Let me finish tonight with this. Yesterday, Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton signed off. In his final column, Pexton said the number one topic of complaint to him while ombudsman had been the...
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Why Warren Buffett is right about newspapers
Let me finish tonight with this. Warren Buffett is one of America’s wealthiest and most successful businessmen. Such is the interest that Buffett commands that even his secretary’s tax rate can spark a...
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The Cleveland kidnappings remind us that we’re losing our sense of community
Let me finish tonight with this. All week we’ve been hearing horrific details from the Cleveland kidnapping case. One person keeps coming to my mind. Gladys Kravitz. Do you remember her – the nosy...
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Why we should have an ‘Opt Out’ organ donation policy
Let me finish tonight with this. In a week of NSA and DNA and MLB, a 10-year-old girl has captured national and world attention. Sarah Murnaghan is dying of end-stage cystic fibrosis in the Children’s...
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Race relations ‘dont seem to be improving anytime soon’
Let me finish tonight with this… When it comes to race relations, this past week was one that suggested things aren’t getting any better. First there was celebrity chef Paula Deen in a professional...
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‘Phantom Planter’ should have gotten permission
Let me finish tonight with this… This was a busy news weekend especially for a holiday, much of it tragic: the horrible airline crash in San Francisco, the violent and unsettled situation in Egypt, and...
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Why we should legalize prostitution
Let Me Finish tonight with this: Yesterday, Eliot Spitzer was my guest right here. I told him that when he cheated on his wife with a hooker, his wife should have thrown his clothes into Central Park....
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It’s not how much we’re eating, it’s what we’re eating
Let me finish tonight with this… Word came this week that the U.S. is no longer the most obese nation. That distinction now belongs to Mexico. According to a United Nation’s report, here are the top...
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D.C. mayor should veto city’s ‘living wage’ bill
Let me finish tonight with this. Yesterday, as we discussed on the program, the Washington D.C. City Council voted to impose a higher minimum wage on large retailers - retailers with corporate sales...
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There’s more at stake in NYC’s comptroller race than just Spitzer’s future
Let me finish tonight with this. There might be more at stake in the race for Comptroller of New York City than just Eliot Spitzer’s future. This could be a final referendum on the sex scandal as we...
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Obama, race, and the melting pot that is America
The president gave an important speech today about race. A little more than five years ago, I was in the room at the National Constitution Center when Senator Obama gave a similarly serious address....
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Why Obama is entitled to his vacation time too
Let me finish tonight with this. The First Family is on vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. This is their fourth vacation trip to the island – they skipped last year in the midst of the 2012 campaign....
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Why we shouldn’t champion the ‘stop-and-frisk’ decision as a victory just yet
Let me finish with this: Yesterday’s decision by a federal judge regarding ’stop-and-frisk’ has sparked a national conversation about crime, punishment and race. In her nearly 200 page opinion, Judge...
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