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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
June 25, 2010 8:26 pm

WASHINGTON — And sometimes, life imitates farce.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
June 11, 2010 7:44 pm

WASHINGTON — What is this, middle school? I was all set to sit down and write about women in politics, and applaud Tuesday’s results, when off pops the new Republican nominee for senator from California, Carly Fiorina, with a comment that takes you back to the cattiness of the school cafeteria.

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A letter from Leyardia Black
A letter from Leyardia Black
June 4, 2010 7:42 pm

To my dear friends and patients of my Lopez and San Juan Island communities (Orcas and Shaw please don’t feel left out, it’s just I don’t know as many of you.)

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
June 4, 2010 7:41 pm

WASHINGTON — “You don’t have to drink. You just have to pay.”

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
May 28, 2010 7:33 pm

WASHINGTON — Has Sarah Palin learned anything since she was plucked from obscurity almost two years ago? Not that I can tell.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
May 21, 2010 7:16 pm

WASHINGTON — She’s not gay, OK?

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
May 14, 2010 7:16 pm

PHOENIX — “What’s the matter with Arizona?” is the obvious question about the state’s new immigration law. There are a few obvious answers — and a not-so-obvious one that I was surprised to hear from observers across the political spectrum here.

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Energy matters
Energy matters
May 7, 2010 7:46 pm

We used to live in a simpler world. It was a world in which we were blessed by an abundance of cheap hydropower and fossil fuels. It was a world in which  our pursuit of low-cost electricity and fuel was not complicated by our mounting impact on the environment, natural resources and habitat. A world of seemingly endless economic growth and opportunities. Now that world is not so simple.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
May 7, 2010 7:46 pm

WASHINGTON — I am so going to miss Justice Stevens.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
April 30, 2010 6:57 pm

WASHINGTON — It isn’t easy being a caucus of one.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
April 23, 2010 7:03 pm

WASHINGTON — The public is zero for seven at the Supreme Court this term.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
April 16, 2010 8:52 pm

WASHINGTON — There is something weird going on in the Republican Party when Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is the voice of reason.

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Ruth Marcus
Ruth Marcus
April 9, 2010 6:21 pm

WASHINGTON — My heart aches for the parents of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old Massachusetts high school student who committed suicide in January after being relentlessly bullied at school and online.

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