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Covering economic policy, business policy, financial news, economic issues, stock market data, local business, technology and more</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:51:05 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:51:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>Today's Opinion Columns</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</link></image><item><title>The covert commander in chief</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fafa/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Ethe0Ecovert0Ecommander0Ein0Echief0C20A130C0A50C240C7a3e69480Ec48d0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;W&lt;/em&gt;atching President Obama's compelling&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-obama-expresses-regrets-but-seeks-to-retain-anti-terror-powers/2013/05/23/a99cc93c-c3de-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html"&gt; speech on counterterrorism&lt;/a&gt; policy Thursday, one couldn’t help wondering what he might accomplish if he could apply the same intellectual focus and intensity to governing the nation that he has shown as covert commander in chief.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief/2013/05/24/7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fafa/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+covert+commander+in+chief" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236099/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fafa/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236099/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fafa/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665236099/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fafa/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">tribal areas</category><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">U.S. Congress</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:50:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-covert-commander-in-chief/2013/05/24/7a3e6948-c48d-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>‘Alice in Wonderland’ coercion</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fafb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Calice0Ein0Ewonderland0Ecoercion0C20A130C0A50C240C14de67620Ec490A0E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Barack Obama, vowing to elevate Washington to the level of his fastidiousness, came from Chicago, where the political machine inoculates itself from scandals by the proliferation of them: Many scandals mean merely cursory scrutiny of most. Now, notice the scant attention being given to an assault on civil liberties by the misconceived Education Department’s misnamed &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html"&gt;Office for Civil Rights&lt;/a&gt; (OCR).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/alice-in-wonderland-coercion/2013/05/24/14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fafb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Falice-in-wonderland-coercion%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=%E2%80%98Alice+in+Wonderland%E2%80%99+coercion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Falice-in-wonderland-coercion%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=%E2%80%98Alice+in+Wonderland%E2%80%99+coercion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Falice-in-wonderland-coercion%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=%E2%80%98Alice+in+Wonderland%E2%80%99+coercion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Falice-in-wonderland-coercion%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=%E2%80%98Alice+in+Wonderland%E2%80%99+coercion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Falice-in-wonderland-coercion%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=%E2%80%98Alice+in+Wonderland%E2%80%99+coercion" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236098/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fafb/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236098/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fafb/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665236098/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fafb/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Barack Obama</category><category domain="">sexual harassment</category><category domain="">Education Department</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:48:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/alice-in-wonderland-coercion/2013/05/24/14de6762-c490-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>George F. Will</dc:creator></item><item><title>Surrogacy exposed</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fb01/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ckathleen0Eparker0Ethe0Eexploitation0Eof0Esurrogate0Emothers0C20A130C0A50C240C90Abc159e0Ec4b0A0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Women’s reproductive rights have enjoyed a half-century or so of well-defined proponents and opponents, but the recently flourishing fertility industry, from egg harvesting to surrogacy, has produced fresh and surprising alliances among former foes.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers/2013/05/24/90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fb01/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Surrogacy+exposed" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Surrogacy+exposed" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Surrogacy+exposed" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Surrogacy+exposed" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Surrogacy+exposed" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236097/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb01/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236097/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb01/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665236097/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb01/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Kathleen Parker</category><category domain="">Twitter</category><category domain="">human rights</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:47:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/kathleen-parker-the-exploitation-of-surrogate-mothers/2013/05/24/90bc159e-c4b0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Kathleen Parker</dc:creator></item><item><title>Los Angeles poised for rebirth with Mayor Garcetti</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fb03/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Charold0Emeyerson0Elos0Eangeles0Epoised0Efor0Erebirth0Ewith0Emayor0Eeric0Egarcetti0C20A130C0A50C240C15b27bf20Ec47b0E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/22/eric-garcetti-becomes-first-elected-jewish-mayor-of-los-anegles/"&gt;electing Eric Garcetti&lt;/a&gt; their &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/early-vote-points-to-close-race-for-los-angeles-mayor-after-big-spending-campaign/2013/05/22/b91a5b76-c295-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_story.html"&gt;mayor on Tuesday&lt;/a&gt;, voters here chose a candidate who personifies the multiracial, multicultural city of L.A.’s hipster youth. At 42, Garcetti will be the youngest mayor this city has had in more than 100 years. Ethnically, Garcetti is not only the first elected Jewish mayor of Los Angeles but also the city’s second Latino mayor in more than 100 years (he’ll succeed the termed-out Antonio Villaraigosa). His Italian forebears settled in Mexico; his mother’s family is Jewish. Not since New York was governed by Fiorello La Guardia — an Italian Episcopalian who had a Jewish mother — has a mayor been a better demographic fit for so polyglot a city. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti/2013/05/24/15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fb03/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Los+Angeles+poised+for+rebirth+with+Mayor+Garcetti" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Los+Angeles+poised+for+rebirth+with+Mayor+Garcetti" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Los+Angeles+poised+for+rebirth+with+Mayor+Garcetti" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Los+Angeles+poised+for+rebirth+with+Mayor+Garcetti" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fharold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2F15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Los+Angeles+poised+for+rebirth+with+Mayor+Garcetti" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236095/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb03/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236095/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb03/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665236095/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb03/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Harold Meyerson</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">mass transit</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:46:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-los-angeles-poised-for-rebirth-with-mayor-eric-garcetti/2013/05/24/15b27bf2-c47b-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Harold Meyerson</dc:creator></item><item><title>Memorial Day deserves better</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fb04/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccolbert0Eking0Ememorial0Eday0Edeserves0Ebetter0C20A130C0A50C240Cf7bcdcf0A0Ec3f80E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The observance of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nps.gov/cwdw/historyculture/the-united-states-colored-troops-and-the-defenses-of-washington.htm"&gt;Bureau of Colored Troops&lt;/a&gt; in the District occurred this week, only a few days before Memorial Day. It seems fitting that the sesquicentennial of the Colored Troops Bureau falls close to the day originally set aside to remember those killed in the Civil War. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better/2013/05/24/f7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c60fb04/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Ff7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Memorial+Day+deserves+better" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Ff7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Memorial+Day+deserves+better" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Ff7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Memorial+Day+deserves+better" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Ff7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Memorial+Day+deserves+better" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcolbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Ff7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Memorial+Day+deserves+better" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236094/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb04/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665236094/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb04/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665236094/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c60fb04/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 00:42:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/colbert-king-memorial-day-deserves-better/2013/05/24/f7bcdcf0-c3f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Colbert I. King</dc:creator></item><item><title>Where money talks</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c5d6b0c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdana0Emilbank0Ewhere0Emoney0Etalks0C20A130C0A50C240Cd6d64afe0Ec47e0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Call it the revenge of the 1 percent. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;President Obama bested Mitt Romney by portraying his Republican opponent as a rich businessman who used offshore tax havens and ran enterprises into the ground without regard for working people.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-where-money-talks/2013/05/24/d6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c5d6b0c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-where-money-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Where+money+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-where-money-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Where+money+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-where-money-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Where+money+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-where-money-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Where+money+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-where-money-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F24%2Fd6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Where+money+talks" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665220512/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c5d6b0c/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665220512/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c5d6b0c/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665220512/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c5d6b0c/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">offshore tax havens</category><category domain="">Dana Milbank</category><category domain="">Hyatt</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:27:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-where-money-talks/2013/05/24/d6d64afe-c47e-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator></item><item><title>The unwelcome role of the IRS in Obamacare</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c548d2b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmichael0Egerson0Ethe0Eirs0Ehas0Ean0Eunwelcome0Erole0Ein0Eobamacare0C20A130C0A50C230Cb4e10A550A0Ec3df0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Let us stipulate that now might not be the best time — with &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/21/what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-about-the-irs-scandal/"&gt;IRS officials exposed for abusing power&lt;/a&gt;, caught in self-serving deceptions, invoking their constitutional right against self-incrimination — to dramatically expand the authority and size of their agency. But this is what Obamacare requires. Thousands of new IRS agents will implement 40-odd provisions of the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.irs.gov/uac/Affordable-Care-Act-Tax-Provisions"&gt;Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act&lt;/a&gt; — the exact number is a matter of dispute since the law itself is so confusing. The largest tax law and social policy change in a generation will be imposed on a skeptical public by a government agency whose credibility is in ruins. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare/2013/05/23/b4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c548d2b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fb4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+unwelcome+role+of+the+IRS+in+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fb4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+unwelcome+role+of+the+IRS+in+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fb4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+unwelcome+role+of+the+IRS+in+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fb4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+unwelcome+role+of+the+IRS+in+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fb4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=The+unwelcome+role+of+the+IRS+in+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665239494/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2b/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665239494/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2b/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665239494/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2b/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">tax credit</category><category domain="">Medicaid</category><category domain="">Michael Gerson</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-the-irs-has-an-unwelcome-role-in-obamacare/2013/05/23/b4e10550-c3df-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Michael Gerson</dc:creator></item><item><title>There’s a fly in my soup</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c548d2c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccharles0Ekrauthammer0Etheres0Ea0Efly0Ein0Emy0Esoup0C20A130C0A50C230C0Ac5d83da0Ec3e0A0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;“Horrible customer service.” &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-panel-opens-hearing-on-irs-targeting-of-conservative-groups/2013/05/17/f1d7d352-beea-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html"&gt;That’s what&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/acting-director-of-irs-resigns/2013/05/15/a3ff12b8-bda4-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html"&gt;newly fired IRS commissioner&lt;/a&gt; averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups for discriminatory treatment. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In such grim proceedings one should be grateful for unintended humor. Horrible customer service is when every patron in a restaurant finds a fly in his soup. But when the maitre d’ screens patrons for their politics and only conservatives find flies paddlewheeling through their consomme, the problem is not poor service. It is harassment and invidious discrimination.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup/2013/05/23/0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c548d2c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=There%E2%80%99s+a+fly+in+my+soup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=There%E2%80%99s+a+fly+in+my+soup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=There%E2%80%99s+a+fly+in+my+soup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=There%E2%80%99s+a+fly+in+my+soup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=There%E2%80%99s+a+fly+in+my+soup" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665239493/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665239493/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665239493/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">U.S. Senate Committee on Finance</category><category domain="">Charles Krauthammer</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-krauthammer-theres-a-fly-in-my-soup/2013/05/23/0c5d83da-c3e0-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Charles Krauthammer</dc:creator></item><item><title>A mission on climate change</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c548d2d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ceugene0Erobinson0Eobamas0Emission0Eon0Eclimate0Echange0C20A130C0A50C230Cfee2f5a20Ec3e70E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;em&gt;P&lt;/em&gt;resident Obama should spend his remaining years in office making the United States part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem. If Congress sticks to its policy of obstruction and willful ignorance, &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/20/on-climate-change-obama-faces-an-attack-from-his-left-flank/"&gt;Obama &lt;/a&gt;should use his executive powers to the fullest extent. We are out of time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change/2013/05/23/fee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c548d2d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=A+mission+on+climate+change" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=A+mission+on+climate+change" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=A+mission+on+climate+change" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=A+mission+on+climate+change" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=A+mission+on+climate+change" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665239492/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665239492/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665239492/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c548d2d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-obamas-mission-on-climate-change/2013/05/23/fee2f5a2-c3e7-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Eugene Robinson</dc:creator></item><item><title>Robert Samuelson: The fog of Obamacare</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c4f9d3d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Crobert0Esamuelson0Ethe0Efog0Eof0Eobamacare0C20A130C0A50C230C8ffaf340A0Ec3ad0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;You’ve heard of the “fog of war.” Well, now we’ve got the fog of Obamacare. The controversial Affordable Care Act (ACA) has so many moving parts that it’s hard to know how its implementation is proceeding. In 2014, many &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/06/health_insurance_exchanges_the.html"&gt;uninsured are supposed to get coverage either through insurance exchanges&lt;/a&gt;, where they can buy subsidized policies if their incomes are less than four times the federal poverty line, or through an expanded Medicaid. The trouble is that &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/25/the-outlook-for-medicaid-expansion-looks-bleak/"&gt;20 or more states may reject the Medicaid expansion&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/arrival-of-insurance-exchanges-raise-questions-about-health-coverage-in-2014/2013/04/01/1d89e6ec-9633-11e2-894a-b984cbdff2e6_story.html"&gt;exchanges aren’t yet finished&lt;/a&gt;. Much is unknown. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare/2013/05/23/8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c4f9d3d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frobert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Robert+Samuelson%3A+The+fog+of+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frobert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Robert+Samuelson%3A+The+fog+of+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frobert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Robert+Samuelson%3A+The+fog+of+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frobert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Robert+Samuelson%3A+The+fog+of+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frobert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Robert+Samuelson%3A+The+fog+of+Obamacare" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665133937/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c4f9d3d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665133937/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c4f9d3d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665133937/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c4f9d3d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:59:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-samuelson-the-fog-of-obamacare/2013/05/23/8ffaf340-c3ad-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Robert J. Samuelson</dc:creator></item><item><title>Appeals court limits labor board’s lawlessness</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c470203/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cgeorge0Ef0Ewill0Eillegitimate0Enlrb0Eignores0Ethe0Erule0Eof0Elaw0C20A130C0A50C220C4be5db9a0Ec2480E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Early in &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/E16F1375FA672CCE85257B64004E8BB2/$file/12-5068-1434608.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;an opinion&lt;/a&gt; issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/home.nsf/content/VL+-+Judges+-+ARR"&gt;Judge A. Raymond Randolph&lt;/a&gt;said: “Although the parties have not raised it, one issue needs to be resolved before we turn to the merits of the case.” The issue he raised but could not resolve — that is up to the Supreme Court — illuminates the Obama administration’s George Wallace-like lawlessness. It also demonstrates the judiciary’s duty to restrain presidents who forget the oath they swear to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law/2013/05/22/4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c470203/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fgeorge-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Appeals+court+limits+labor+board%E2%80%99s+lawlessness" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fgeorge-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Appeals+court+limits+labor+board%E2%80%99s+lawlessness" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fgeorge-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Appeals+court+limits+labor+board%E2%80%99s+lawlessness" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fgeorge-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Appeals+court+limits+labor+board%E2%80%99s+lawlessness" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fgeorge-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Appeals+court+limits+labor+board%E2%80%99s+lawlessness" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665148362/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470203/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665148362/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470203/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665148362/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470203/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">elected officials</category><category domain="">U.S. Supreme Court</category><category domain="">George F. Will</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:47:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-f-will-illegitimate-nlrb-ignores-the-rule-of-law/2013/05/22/4be5db9a-c248-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>George F. Will</dc:creator></item><item><title>Economy needs both reform and investment</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c470206/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cfareed0Ezakaria0Eeconomy0Eneeds0Eboth0Ereform0Eand0Einvestment0C20A130C0A50C220Cfc93ade0A0Ec2ee0E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;One way President Obama can begin to put the IRS scandal behind him is by proposing comprehensive tax reform. Beyond the usual Washington theatrics, the real problem is that the U.S. tax code is unbelievably complicated, clocking in around 74,000 pages, with all rulings, regulations and other material. The greater the complexity, the broader bureaucrats’ powers to determine the status of an individual, corporation or association. A radically simplified tax code, even one that raised more revenue, would be good politics and good economics.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment/2013/05/22/fc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c470206/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Ffc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Economy+needs+both+reform+and+investment" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Ffc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Economy+needs+both+reform+and+investment" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Ffc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Economy+needs+both+reform+and+investment" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Ffc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Economy+needs+both+reform+and+investment" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Ffc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Economy+needs+both+reform+and+investment" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665148361/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470206/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665148361/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470206/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665148361/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470206/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fareed-zakaria-economy-needs-both-reform-and-investment/2013/05/22/fc93ade0-c2ee-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Fareed Zakaria</dc:creator></item><item><title>Oklahoma needs help, not ideology, after tornado</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c470208/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cej0Edionne0Eoklahoma0Eneeds0Ehelp0Enot0Eideology0Eafter0Emoore0Etornado0C20A130C0A50C220C51b615480Ec30Ac0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;While listening to an &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.npr.org/2013/05/21/185742161/rep-cole-is-from-moore-where-deadly-twister-hit"&gt;NPR report out of Moore, Okla.&lt;/a&gt;, this week, I was genuinely shocked. Not by the scale of the devastation or the tenacity of people who have grown stoically accustomed to the damage tornadoes can do but by a political sentiment that, in almost any other era, would not have been surprising at all.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado/2013/05/22/51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c470208/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Oklahoma+needs+help%2C+not+ideology%2C+after+tornado" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Oklahoma+needs+help%2C+not+ideology%2C+after+tornado" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Oklahoma+needs+help%2C+not+ideology%2C+after+tornado" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Oklahoma+needs+help%2C+not+ideology%2C+after+tornado" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Oklahoma+needs+help%2C+not+ideology%2C+after+tornado" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665148360/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470208/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665148360/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470208/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665148360/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c470208/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">E.J. Dionne</category><category domain="">disaster relief</category><category domain="">University of Virginia</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:45:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ej-dionne-oklahoma-needs-help-not-ideology-after-moore-tornado/2013/05/22/51b61548-c30c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>E.J. Dionne Jr.</dc:creator></item><item><title>Former IRS official won’t take responsibility</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c46a0f8/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdana0Emilbank0Eformer0Eirs0Eofficial0Eshulman0Epasses0Ewont0Etake0Eresponsibility0C20A130C0A50C220Cd0Ab949ce0Ec3290E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/irs-admits-targeting-conservatives-for-tax-scrutiny-in-2012-election/2013/05/10/3b6a0ada-b987-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html"&gt;targeted tea party and similar conservative groups&lt;/a&gt; for extra scrutiny, &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/lois-lerner-invokes-fifth-amendment-in-house-hearing-on-irs-targeting/2013/05/22/03539900-c2e6-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html"&gt;took the Fifth&lt;/a&gt; when she appeared Wednesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Douglas Shulman, who was running the IRS when the abuses occurred, would have been wise to do the same. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility/2013/05/22/d0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c46a0f8/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Fd0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Former+IRS+official+won%E2%80%99t+take+responsibility" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Fd0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Former+IRS+official+won%E2%80%99t+take+responsibility" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Fd0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Former+IRS+official+won%E2%80%99t+take+responsibility" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Fd0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Former+IRS+official+won%E2%80%99t+take+responsibility" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2Fd0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Former+IRS+official+won%E2%80%99t+take+responsibility" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665068079/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c46a0f8/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665068079/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c46a0f8/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665068079/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c46a0f8/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Trey Gowdy</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">Easter Egg</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:52:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-former-irs-official-shulman-passes-wont-take-responsibility/2013/05/22/d0b949ce-c329-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator></item><item><title>Not a rotten Apple</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c425fda/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmatt0Emiller0Enot0Ea0Erotten0Eapple0C20A130C0A50C220C885f1bb40Ec2dd0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;You know the world’s gone mad when I think Rand Paul is the only one who made sense at Tuesday’s Senate grilling of Apple chief executive Tim Cook. Cook’s crime? Making sure his firm pays as little in taxes as the law allows. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/matt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple/2013/05/22/885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c425fda/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmatt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Not+a+rotten+Apple" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmatt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Not+a+rotten+Apple" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmatt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Not+a+rotten+Apple" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmatt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Not+a+rotten+Apple" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmatt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Not+a+rotten+Apple" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665122008/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c425fda/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665122008/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c425fda/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665122008/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c425fda/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/matt-miller-not-a-rotten-apple/2013/05/22/885f1bb4-c2dd-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Matt Miller</dc:creator></item><item><title>In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c3a729a/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdana0Emilbank0Ein0Eap0Erosen0Einvestigations0Egovernment0Emakes0Ecriminals0Eof0Ereporters0C20A130C0A50C210C377af3920Ec24e0E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;There are various reasons you might not care about the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/justice-departments-scrutiny-of-fox-news-reporter-james-rosen-in-leak-case-draws-fire/2013/05/20/c6289eba-c162-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html"&gt;Obama administration’s spying on journalist James Rosen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/05/the-doj-versus-journalist-gmail.html"&gt;labeling him&lt;/a&gt; a “co-conspirator and/or aider and abettor” in an espionage case. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Liberals may not be particularly bothered because the targeted journalist works for Fox News. Conservatives may not be concerned because of their antipathy toward the news media generally. And the general public certainly doesn’t have much patience for journalists’ whining. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters/2013/05/21/377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c3a729a/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=In+AP%2C+Rosen+investigations%2C+government+makes+criminals+of+reporters" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=In+AP%2C+Rosen+investigations%2C+government+makes+criminals+of+reporters" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=In+AP%2C+Rosen+investigations%2C+government+makes+criminals+of+reporters" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=In+AP%2C+Rosen+investigations%2C+government+makes+criminals+of+reporters" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=In+AP%2C+Rosen+investigations%2C+government+makes+criminals+of+reporters" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665066535/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3a729a/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665066535/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3a729a/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665066535/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3a729a/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Jay Carney</category><category domain="">news media</category><category domain="">Fox News</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:35:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-in-ap-rosen-investigations-government-makes-criminals-of-reporters/2013/05/21/377af392-c24e-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator></item><item><title>Free genes from patent restrictions</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c3a729b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cruth0Emarcus0Eangelina0Ejolie0Eshows0Ewhy0Ebrca0Etesting0Eaccess0Eis0Eneeded0C20A130C0A50C210C9ab51a980Ec24c0E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Angelina Jolie’s genes threatened to kill her. But, for the time being anyway, she doesn’t own them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/opinion/my-medical-choice.html?_r=0"&gt;Jolie revealed last week&lt;/a&gt; that she chose to undergo a double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA1 mutation. That genetic glitch meant Jolie’s risk of developing breast cancer was as high as 87 percent; her mother died at age 56 of ovarian cancer, which is also associated with the BRCA1 gene.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed/2013/05/21/9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c3a729b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Free+genes+from+patent+restrictions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Free+genes+from+patent+restrictions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Free+genes+from+patent+restrictions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Free+genes+from+patent+restrictions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Free+genes+from+patent+restrictions" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665066534/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3a729b/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665066534/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3a729b/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665066534/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3a729b/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">natural habitat</category><category domain="">Angelina Jolie</category><category domain="">Myriad Genetics Inc</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ruth-marcus-angelina-jolie-shows-why-brca-testing-access-is-needed/2013/05/21/9ab51a98-c24c-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Ruth Marcus</dc:creator></item><item><title>Testing time for Syria’s rebels</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c3830e4/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdavid0Eignatius0Etesting0Etime0Efor0Esyrias0Erebels0Eahead0Eof0Egeneva0Etalks0C20A130C0A50C210C480A80Ab280Ec2440E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It’s a rule of thumb in Middle East conflicts that whenever peace talks are announced, each side steps up the fighting so it can grab as much territory as possible before the cease-fire lines are drawn. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks/2013/05/21/48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c3830e4/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdavid-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Testing+time+for+Syria%E2%80%99s+rebels" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664982920/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3830e4/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664982920/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3830e4/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664982920/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c3830e4/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">David Ignatius</category><category domain="">peace talks</category><category domain="">Al-Qaeda</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-testing-time-for-syrias-rebels-ahead-of-geneva-talks/2013/05/21/48080b28-c244-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>David Ignatius</dc:creator></item><item><title>Going Bulworth</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c347b47/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ckatrina0Evanden0Eheuvel0Egoing0Ebulworth0C20A130C0A50C210C7bd0A6f9e0Ec1910E11e20Eab60A0E67bba7be78130Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Going Bulworth.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The New York Times reported last week that President Obama fantasizes with aides about &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/us/politics/new-controversies-may-undermine-obama.html?pagewanted=all&amp;#38;amp;_r=0"&gt;“going Bulworth.”&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For those who don’t remember, &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118798/"&gt;Bulworth&lt;/a&gt; is a brilliant 1998 film by Warren Beatty, depicting a corrupted and suicidal liberal senator from California who is facing a primary challenge while dealing with financial ruin. Unable to sleep or eat, Bulworth suddenly busts out before an African American congregation in a black church in South Central Los Angeles and begins rapping the unspeakable truths about our politics. The Times report has led &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/16/if-obama-went-bulworth-heres-what-hed-say/"&gt;commentators to speculate on what the president might say if he went “Bulworth.”&lt;/a&gt; What’s revealing, however, is how much could be taken directly from the movie itself.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth/2013/05/21/7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c347b47/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkatrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Going+Bulworth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkatrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Going+Bulworth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkatrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Going+Bulworth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkatrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Going+Bulworth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fkatrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Going+Bulworth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665031276/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c347b47/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665031276/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c347b47/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665031276/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c347b47/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">health care costs</category><category domain="">The Times</category><category domain="">Katrina vanden Heuvel</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:12:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-going-bulworth/2013/05/21/7bd06f9e-c191-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Katrina vanden Heuvel</dc:creator></item><item><title>Austerity and Keynes can coexist</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd322/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ccharles0Elane0Eausterity0Eand0Ekeynes0Ecan0Ecoexist0C20A130C0A50C20A0Cf32f846a0Ec17a0E11e20E8bd80E27880A30Ae6b440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;For those of us trying to sort out the debate over economic “austerity,” there’s a limit to what can be learned by inspecting the credentials of the contending economists. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Yes, the fiscal-stimulus vanguard includes a couple of famous Nobel winners, but those pesky Swedes also gave their prize to the harshest postwar critic of Keynesian economics, a man whose signature policy proposal was the balanced-budget amendment. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist/2013/05/20/f32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd322/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Ff32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Austerity+and+Keynes+can+coexist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Ff32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Austerity+and+Keynes+can+coexist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Ff32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Austerity+and+Keynes+can+coexist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Ff32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Austerity+and+Keynes+can+coexist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fcharles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Ff32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Austerity+and+Keynes+can+coexist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986046/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd322/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986046/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd322/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664986046/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd322/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/charles-lane-austerity-and-keynes-can-coexist/2013/05/20/f32f846a-c17a-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Charles Lane</dc:creator></item><item><title>IRS scandal inspires a Kafka-esque tale</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd321/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Crichard0Ecohen0Eirs0Escandal0Einspires0Ea0Ekafka0Eesque0Etale0C20A130C0A50C20A0C20A6286e20Ec16e0E11e20E8bd80E27880A30Ae6b440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It was only when they put the cuffs on her and led her out of the Cincinnati federal office building that she finally realized how much trouble she was in. Her husband, in one of his rare sober moments, had urged her to get a lawyer, and her neighbor, the know-it-all with the snow blower, urged her to leave the country. But she had a touching faith in America, and she felt that sooner or later everyone would understand how a big federal office works — or, actually, doesn’t. Instead, there she was doing the perp walk, cameras clicking, reporters shouting questions: “Mitzie, Mitzie,” they implored. This is how Mitziegate was born.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale/2013/05/20/206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd321/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frichard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=IRS+scandal+inspires+a+Kafka-esque+tale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frichard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=IRS+scandal+inspires+a+Kafka-esque+tale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frichard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=IRS+scandal+inspires+a+Kafka-esque+tale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frichard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=IRS+scandal+inspires+a+Kafka-esque+tale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Frichard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=IRS+scandal+inspires+a+Kafka-esque+tale" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986045/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd321/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986045/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd321/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664986045/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd321/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Richard Cohen</category><category domain="">Internal Revenue Service</category><category domain="">tax code</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/richard-cohen-irs-scandal-inspires-a-kafka-esque-tale/2013/05/20/206286e2-c16e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Richard Cohen</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama administration mistakes journalism for espionage</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd323/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Ceugene0Erobinson0Eobama0Eadministration0Emistakes0Enews0Efor0Eespionage0C20A130C0A50C20A0C0Acf398e80Ec17e0E11e20E8bd80E27880A30Ae6b440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Obama administration has no business rummaging through &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ap-ceo-calls-government-seizure-of-phone-records-unconstitutional-says-chill-already-felt/2013/05/20/201ada4a-c123-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_story.html"&gt;journalists’ phone records&lt;/a&gt;, perusing their e-mails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn’t chilling, it’s just plain cold.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage/2013/05/20/0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd323/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama+administration+mistakes+journalism+for+espionage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama+administration+mistakes+journalism+for+espionage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama+administration+mistakes+journalism+for+espionage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama+administration+mistakes+journalism+for+espionage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Feugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama+administration+mistakes+journalism+for+espionage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986044/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd323/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986044/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd323/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664986044/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd323/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Facebook</category><category domain="">federal employees</category><category domain="">Eugene Robinson (Journalist)</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:48:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-obama-administration-mistakes-news-for-espionage/2013/05/20/0cf398e8-c17e-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Eugene Robinson</dc:creator></item><item><title>GOP fear of Common Core education standards unfounded</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd325/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cmichael0Egerson0Egop0Efear0Eof0Ecommon0Ecore0Eeducation0Estandards0Eunfounded0C20A130C0A50C20A0C9db19a940Ec1770E11e20E8bd80E27880A30Ae6b440Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Modern conservatism comes in two distinct architectural styles. The first seeks to build from scratch, using accurate ideological levels and plumb lines, so every wall is straight and every corner squared. The goal of politics is to apply abstract principles in their purest form. But there is another type of conservatism, often practiced at the state level, which attempts to build out of flawed, existing materials, resulting in some odd angles and incongruous additions. These conservative reformers assemble unexpected alliances, accept reasonable compromises and welcome incremental progress. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded/2013/05/20/9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cd325/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=GOP+fear+of+Common+Core+education+standards+unfounded" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=GOP+fear+of+Common+Core+education+standards+unfounded" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=GOP+fear+of+Common+Core+education+standards+unfounded" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=GOP+fear+of+Common+Core+education+standards+unfounded" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fmichael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=GOP+fear+of+Common+Core+education+standards+unfounded" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986043/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd325/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664986043/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd325/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664986043/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cd325/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Common Cause</category><category domain="">Michael Gerson</category><category domain="">secondary education</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/michael-gerson-gop-fear-of-common-core-education-standards-unfounded/2013/05/20/9db19a94-c177-11e2-8bd8-2788030e6b44_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Michael Gerson</dc:creator></item><item><title>On immigration, Sen. Jeff Sessions tries to halt the inevitable</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cf827/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cdana0Emilbank0Eon0Eimmigration0Esen0Ejeff0Esessions0Etries0Eto0Ehalt0Ethe0Einevitable0C20A130C0A50C20A0Cd0A9faac0A0Ec19c0E11e20Eab60A0E67bba7be78130Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary Committee. Although its ultimate fate is unclear, its passage by the committee is assured, and conservatives on the panel such as ranking Republican Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (Utah) are doing what they can to improve the bill. Even firebrands such as Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Mike Lee (Utah) are holding fire. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable/2013/05/20/d09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c2cf827/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fd09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=On+immigration%2C+Sen.+Jeff+Sessions+tries+to+halt+the+inevitable" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fd09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=On+immigration%2C+Sen.+Jeff+Sessions+tries+to+halt+the+inevitable" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fd09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=On+immigration%2C+Sen.+Jeff+Sessions+tries+to+halt+the+inevitable" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fd09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=On+immigration%2C+Sen.+Jeff+Sessions+tries+to+halt+the+inevitable" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Fdana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2Fd09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=On+immigration%2C+Sen.+Jeff+Sessions+tries+to+halt+the+inevitable" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664911449/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cf827/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664911449/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cf827/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664911449/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c2cf827/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-on-immigration-sen-jeff-sessions-tries-to-halt-the-inevitable/2013/05/20/d09faac0-c19c-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama’s turn inward poses risk for U.S. interests abroad</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c22bb21/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Copinions0Cfred0Ehiatt0Eobamas0Elean0Einward0Eposes0Erisk0Efor0Eus0Einterests0Eabroad0C20A130C0A50C190C8cc5231c0Ebd6d0E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Itodays0Eopeds/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;“And the war will end by the end of next year &lt;span&gt;. . .&lt;/span&gt; ”&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the elusive search for an Obama Doctrine, that struck me as a telling phrase when I heard the president deliver it last week as he and British Prime Minister David Cameron &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/13/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-cameron-united-kingdom-joint-"&gt;took a couple of questions&lt;/a&gt; from reporters.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad/2013/05/19/8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636696/s/2c22bb21/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+turn+inward+poses+risk+for+U.S.+interests+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+turn+inward+poses+risk+for+U.S.+interests+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+turn+inward+poses+risk+for+U.S.+interests+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+turn+inward+poses+risk+for+U.S.+interests+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fopinions%2Ffred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad%2F2013%2F05%2F19%2F8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_todays-opeds&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+turn+inward+poses+risk+for+U.S.+interests+abroad" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664924833/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c22bb21/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664924833/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c22bb21/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664924833/u/0/f/636696/c/34656/s/2c22bb21/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Fred Hiatt</category><category domain="">Twitter</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 00:27:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/fred-hiatt-obamas-lean-inward-poses-risk-for-us-interests-abroad/2013/05/19/8cc5231c-bd6d-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_todays-opeds</guid><dc:creator>Fred Hiatt</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>
