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Ray Rice case: Condoleezza Rice should replace Roger Goodell as NFL commissioner

What difference did the second video make? NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his executives could see from the first video that Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice had attacked his girlfriend so viciously as to knock her unconscious. All of this investigation into whether the NFL knew about the second …

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Nixon resigns: Forty years later it's clear Richard Nixon committed political suicide

On the occasion of this week’s 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, The Washington Post sponsored a reunion featuring Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Watergate reporters who “brought down” the 37th president. In fact, Nixon committed political suicide. He thought he could get away with what …

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A term of engagement: Supreme Court proves real judging is nothing to fear

On Monday, the Supreme Court closed out a term in which it took the Constitution seriously and struck down laws that couldn’t stand up under careful scrutiny of the facts. The result? An unusually good year for individual rights. Since President Obama’s novel attempt in 2012 to make “recess appointments” …

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