Ruth Marcus: The case of the patented genes
Patenting genes, the subject of a recent Supreme Court case, isn't just an abstract question for patients suffering rare disorders.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Oval Office is no classroom
Barack Obama is still playing the analytical law student when he needs to take a stance and lead.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: No mistakes before 30
Our driven youths need more time to explore where they want to go as adults.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: A double redemption epic
A fallen politician and the tycoon he brought down are both propelling themselves into the headlines once again.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: A wife's deja vu moment
Anthony Weiner's wife can stand by him and forgive --- but that doesn't mean the voters should.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Papal words that resonate
With five simple words, Pope Francis stopped us in our self-regarding, self-important tracks.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: How 'lawless' is Obama?
Obama is not the rogue usurper of conservative imagining, but he has been understandably aggressive in wielding executive power.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Justice Ginsburg on the offensive
We have become accustomed to Antonin Scalia's verbal pugilism. More surprising have been the latest volleys from the liberal justice he has described as his "best buddy" on the court: Ruth Bader...
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Hillary is finding her arena
Still wondering whether Hillary Clinton will take the plunge and run for president? This week's speech was everything but the formal announcement.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Who's afraid of Barack Obama?
President Obama's leadership problems -- in Syria and elsewhere -- run a lot deeper than style.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: No big money, no attack ads
What do elections without massive fundraising and inescapable negative ad campaigns look like? Germany's. And they're a nice respite.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Legal lunacy at the VA
The Veterans Administration leaves victims of rape in the military in a vicious Catch-22.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Needed: Hands on the budget crisis
WASHINGTON — Leon Panetta served in Washington with nine presidents, starting with Lyndon Johnson. He has been a member of Congress, Office of Management and Budget director, White House chief of...
View ArticleRuth Marcus: In a swirl at the White House
The Obama administration's menu of current problems -- eavesdropping, Syria, health care -- feels especially perilous because they go the question of core competency to govern.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: A mother tragic and infuriating
Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza's mother loved him deeply, but was just as deeply misguided in giving this troubled young man access to guns.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: An American left behind in Cuba
An U.S. Agency for International Development contractor is a prisoner of the Cuban regime -- and of a politically hogtied American policy.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: A problem in need of correction
WASHINGTON — Kerry Kennedy was just acquitted, and rightly so, of “drugged driving” -- she mistook a sleeping pill for her thyroid medication and conked out at the wheel.
View ArticleRuth Marcus: What a college porn star says about our culture
WASHINGTON — To read about the Duke University freshman turned adult film star is to feel nostalgic for the bygone age of dormitory parietals that barred the opposite sex from visiting the rooms of...
View ArticleRuth Marcus: Shedding light on dark money
Big money is troubling; secret money is toxic.
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