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David Samuels
Why Brazil is still a sorry underachiever
Corruption scandals now overshadow ineffective government, and the nation's once-promising economy has stalled.
John Rash
An uneven Brazilian and Olympic metamorphosis
Selection of Rio and Beijing suggest transformation in the Olympic movement, too.
Lee Drutman, The Washington Post
Let's test presidential candidates in crisis 'stress tests,' not debates
Let's confront them with tough, but not impossible, hypothetical disasters and challenges, and see how they respond in the real amount of time they'd have.
Editorial
Why doesn't candidate Clinton propose a carbon tax?
She favored cap-and-trade in 2007, but she's ignoring greenhouse-gas emissions now.
Steve Chapman
Fetal research issue exposes a dichotomy
Americans believe both that abortion is murder — and that it should remain legal.
Eric Schwartz and Brian Atwood
Cheerleaders for war are still so wrong
Congress needs to "practice history" and OK the agreement.
William G. Moseley
How outsiders are complicit in African issues
Looking beyond the outrage over a dentist's hunt, you'll find that foreigners are in fact culpable in the continent's corruption.
Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post
Even Cecil's killer deserves better than 'Internet justice'
Unsympathetic he may be, but Walter Palmer isn't the first victim of an online lynching. Is rule by the social media mob progress?
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Counterpoint: If it can happen to Mille Lacs ...
The big lake's malady isn't about climate change or mismanagement, or tribal fishing. It's about us.
Paul Thompson
Counterpoint: Is Kasich Hoover 2.0? Or America's Merkel?
Reducing debt isn't always the right economic medicine.
Steve Simon
Stay restless in seeking democracy
Salute state role 50 years ago on Voting Rights Act. Then back to work pursuing its goals.
Editorial
Jeep hacking incident shows the risk of Internet-connected cars
The auto industry needs to identify and respond to growing vulnerabilities.
Justin Fox, Bloomberg View
This Nutrition Facts label contains little clarity
The FDA is making a muddle of nutrition labeling. Case in point: The new rules about added sugar.
Joanne Slavin
U nutritionist: Keep dietary guidance evidence-based
Those responsible for making recommendations ought to forget the politics and get back to sound science.
Karen Louise Boothe Acharya
No plastic bags? It's already the law in Rwanda
Not just the letter of the law, but also the spirit — and it gives that once-shattered country a sense of vitality.
Ruth Marcus
Hillary Clinton and e-mails: A mess, but not a scandal
Still, the candidate has only herself to blame.
Michael Gerson
Democrats and Hillary Clinton: Coronating a wounded queen?
The arguments that she is a weak candidate are getting stronger, but they're still a reach.
Marshall H. Tanick
Oh, just revoke Bill Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom already
Obama says there's "no precedent." He doesn't need one, but if he insists …
Steven H. Miles
Fetal research both saves and betters lives
Consider some of the treatments that are available today because of it.
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