Latest articles by Mark Willen
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Should Abortion Foes Block Health Bill?
spending Abortion opponents in the House need to decide what their real goal is.
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The Silly Debate Over Big Government
Politics Sloganeering only obscures the debate over the proper role of government.
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Chickens, Turkeys, Deficits And the Future of America
Politics Never mind al Qaeda terrorists. They'll be the least of our problems if we can't get our economic house in order.
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Immigration Reform is Dead, Right? Not So Fast
Politics Scott Brown's Senate victory won't end the push for an overhaul of immigration law.
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Brown Devastates Democrats With Win in Massachusetts
Politics American voters are mad, and they’re not going to take it anymore.
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Sticking It to Illegal Immigrants, Just to Make a Point
Politics The Senate health care bill's treatment of illegals is cruel -- and counterproductive.
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Let's Keep The Abortion Fight Out of the Health Care Debate
Politics The fact is the U.S. government always has and always will subsidize abortions.
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Obama Ready to Press Hard For Big Immigration Changes
Politics Have gains in enforcement set the stage for comprehensive reform?
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Who Speaks for the GOP? (A Continuing Series)
Politics All eyes are on an upstate New York district with history of moderates.
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GOP Leaders Worry About Special N.Y. Election
Politics There's no question that Republican prospects have improved remarkably in the last few months, and GOP leaders are now looking to make big gains in Congress in 2012.
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Polanski Case Is Also a Test for Obama
Politics Within the next several weeks, President Obama faces a big foreign policy decision.
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Health Care, Immigrants and Joe Wilson
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Move to Replace Kennedy Now Is Unfair
Politics Actions have consequences, and the Democrats who control the Massachusetts legislature should know that.
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Will Congress Go Gun Crazy?
Politics Enough already with the guns.
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Is the Stimulus a Failure?
Politics Five months have passed since President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus bill, and the economy remains mired in the doldrums.
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Canada and the Health Care Debate
spending A week on holiday in Canada turned me into a target of sorts, constantly trying to dodge sharply pointed questions about the U.S. health care debate.
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Sununu Dumps on GOP Senate Hopes
Politics Just a day after Al Franken finally got his ticket to become the 60th member of the Senate Democratic caucus, Republican hopes for reversing the trend next year were dealt another setback when former New Hampshire Sen.
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Obama Administration Stocked With Hill Vets
Politics Answer: They all served as key aides to Democrats on Capitol Hill before taking high level positions in the Obama administration.
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Is Congress Soft on Guns?
Politics As one who has watched Congress make legislation for more years than I care to count, I know the process is rarely a pretty one.
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Stimulus Update: Is It Working?
Politics Three months after President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus plan into law, the White House is issuing new statements reaffirming its belief that the bill will create or save 3.5 million jobs, Republicans continue attacking it as wasteful pork-barrel spending and communities are fighting over who gets the money.
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Do We Pay Too Much in Taxes?
taxes I seem to have riled quite a few people with a blog entry last week expressing my personal concern about the heated rhetoric that passes for political discourse these days.
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We Don't Need Another Spanish Inquisition
Politics Liberal bloggers and cable outlets have been having loads of fun with the prospect that Spain may indict former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other top Bush administration officials on charges of torture and war crimes.
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Judging Obama's Tax Hikes
taxes Nothing drew more criticism when President Obama released his budget last week than his proposed tax hikes on high earners -- defined by his proposals as individuals making over $200,000 and families earning more than $250,000 a year.
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The Partisan Fight Over Bipartisanship
Politics I did a double take when I read the story this morning on the latest New York Times/CBS poll.
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