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Editorial Board: U.S. impotence on Syria Dec 29th 2012, 23:33 AS 2012 COMES to a close, Syria is headed toward a bloody and chaotic end to what began as a peaceful uprising against an autocratic regime. This would be a catastrophe that could destabilize much of the Middle East, provide al-Qaeda with a new base of operations, and lead to the transfer or even use of chemical weapons. Read full article >> Editorial Board: The toothless watchdog FEC Dec 29th 2012, 23:29 IT IS HARD to identify a federal agency in Washington more dysfunctional than the Federal Election Commission. Terms have expired for five of the six commissioners, and by next spring, the entire commission will be a lame duck if nothing is done. The number of enforcement actions — at the core of the FEC's mission — has fallen to an all-time low. Created in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, the commission now behaves as an immobilized observer while campaigns are swamped with a tidal wave of hidden cash. Read full article >> Editorial Board: Redskins revival Dec 29th 2012, 23:26 LONG BEFORE there were Super Bowls or Dallas Cowboys or instant replay, there were the Washington Redskins. They came here 75 years ago, and their ups and downs, fumbles and triumphs have been a memorable part of the city's history and sometimes the nation's. They won the National Football League championship in their first year in Washington, 1937. Four years later they were popular enough that on one December afternoon a fair number of the country's military and political elite had to be summoned to their offices over the stadium loudspeaker, for reasons unknown to the rest of the fans. The Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles that day, 20-14, and, incidentally, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Read full article >> Should campaign donations be kept secret? Dec 29th 2012, 22:38 My initial reaction to Frederick S. Holmes Jr.'s Dec. 25 letter was disbelief that anyone could oppose full disclosure of campaign contributions, let alone equate such donations to votes at the polls. But then I recognized the full potential of his idea. Read full article >> The price of peace Dec 29th 2012, 22:36 Regarding the "Letter from 1936," republished on Dec. 25: One shudders at contesting the Christmas sentiments of Mary E. Van Cleve's plea for peace in 1936. Given the actions of the Japanese warlords in China and the plans and actions of Germany's Hitler, can we say that peace sometimes comes at too high a price? Read full article >> The view from the private sector Dec 29th 2012, 22:35 As a former federal employee, I know that many, if not most, government workers work hard ["Budget ax creeps closer to reality for federal workers," news story, Dec. 25]. Still, I had a schadenfreude moment when the story lamented: "Federal workers have become jaded after a two-year pay freeze and congressional fights over spending that keep agencies lurching from one stopgap budget to another." Read full article >> The drone war's failure Dec 29th 2012, 22:34 The excellent Dec. 25 front-page article "Yemen tries to cover up drone hits" demonstrated that the United States has not learned the lesson taught by Pakistan. I recently traveled to Pakistan as part of a Codepink delegation to witness the impact of U.S. drone strikes in the country's northern territories, and it quickly became clear why the Pew Research Center reported in June that 74 percent of Pakistanis now consider the United States an enemy. Read full article >> Whether to change the CPI Dec 29th 2012, 22:32 Regarding Ruth Marcus's Dec. 26 op-ed column, "Chained CPI: A fairer measure of inflation": A "chained" consumer price index (CPI) is not "a fairer measure of inflation" but a measure of the behavioral response to inflation. Chicken is not beef. So, when beef prices went up and Ms. Marcus's mother switched to chicken, the quality of Ms. Marcus's life went down. Read full article >>

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