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 Declarations:
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The Enemy Detainee Mess
The White House debates its response to Boumediene.

Colombian Kudos
Another antiterror win for President Álvaro Uribe.

Langone's Heart
At least someone stood up to Spitzer.
 
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Can Barack Buy the Presidency?
[Can Barack Buy the Presidency?]
By Karl Rove
Democrats have a massive money advantage, but the candidate counts.

Why We Went to War in Iraq
[Why We Went to War in Iraq]
By Douglas J. Feith
The Bush administration carefully weighed the alternatives to force.

America's Days Aren't Numbered
By Thomas F. Madden
Rome's most famous jeremiads marked the height of its power.

Obama Should Embrace His Muslim Heritage
By Junaid M. Afeef
It's time to stand up to Islamophobia.

The Founding of Fireworks
By Marc Leepson
Bookshelf: The myths, realities and oddities of America's famous day.

Notable & Quotable
President Calvin Coolidge speaking on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Readers' Corner
"The answer to Rivkin's and Casey's final question – where to house prisoners – is obvious: a minimum security facility should be established in Washington D.C., equidistant between the Capitol and the Supreme Court Building."

-- Kirk Mitchell,
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Beijing needs to show it's negotiating in good faith.
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Playing Chicken With Trade
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Congress is endangering America's agricultural exports.

Free on the Fourth of July
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China's arbitrary legal system doesn't discriminate between business and politics.

 
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Mr. Sammler's City
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From City Journal: Saul Bellow's prophetic 1970 novel captured New York's unraveling and remains a cautionary tale.
 

 
 Yellow Science
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From First Things: Global warmists resemble the "journalists" who started the Spanish-American War.
 

 
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 The Politics of Can't-Possibly-Do
[The Politics of Can't-Possibly-Do]
By Daniel Henninger
Wonder Land:
Ground Zero is a perfect storm for everything that's wrong with American politics.
 

 
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'I Thought It Was One of Ours'
By James Taranto
A daring hostage rescue in Colombia brings to mind an Israeli joke.
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The Terminator's Terminator
New McCain honcho knows what winning feels like.
 
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INFORMATION AGE by L. Gordon Crovitz
Common Sense on Punitive Damages
06/30/2008
THE TILTING YARD by Thomas Frank
Charlie Black's Cronies
07/02/2008
WONDER LAND by Daniel Henninger
The Politics of Can't-Possibly-Do
07/03/2008
BUSINESS WORLD by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
What Is GM Thinking?
07/02/2008
MAIN STREET by William McGurn
John McCain's JFK Opportunity
07/01/2008
DECLARATIONS by Peggy Noonan
A Day at the Beach
07/04/2008
THE AMERICAS by Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Markets for the Poor in Mexico
06/30/2008
GLOBAL VIEW by Bret Stephens
Global Warming as Mass Neurosis
07/01/2008
POTOMAC WATCH by Kimberley A. Strassel
House Republicans Need Leadership
06/27/2008
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From last week: Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's opposition leader, has bravely refused to call the Mugabe electoral process anything but the sham that it is. This has drawn global attention to the humanitarian crisis under Robert Mugabe and fueled talk of delegitimizing his regime. Mr. Tsvangirai, meanwhile, would be a worthy candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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