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Most Viewed Opinions Columns 1) Kill these job-killers By Charles Lane Three job-rescuing policy changes, none of which would cost taxpayers a dime. 2)  A policy bears fruit By Jackson Diehl The Obama doctrine's results are starting to come in. 3) Reality check from Oslo By E.J. Dionne Jr. Coming to terms with the fact that Obama is not a miracle worker. 4) A savings mirage on health care By Robert J. Samuelson Democratic plans to reduce health-care costs are a mirage. 5) Brazil's China headache By Sebastian Mallaby Brazil has done so well of late that it seemingly has no time to worry about problems. 6) 2009 is over. But is it history? By Carlos Lozada We saw anti-tax tea parties and White House party-crashers; climate summits and beer summits; one war start to wind down and another begin to ramp up. We watched a plane float miraculously on the Hudson, making a pilot famous, and a balloon float aimlessly across Colorado, making a family infamous.... 7) The coming debt panic IT'S TIME to stop worrying about the deficit -- and start panicking about the debt. To put it another way, short-term deficits aren't the real problem. The punishing hangover of borrowed money is. The ballooning national debt once looked like a long-term problem. Now, the long-term has become the... 8)  D.C. vouchers on life support IT IS DISTRESSINGLY clear that congressional leaders never really meant it when they said there would be a fair hearing to determine the future of the District's federally funded school voucher program. How else to explain language tucked away in the mammoth omnibus spending bill that would effec... 9) An interference call for college football By George F. Will Two Saturdays ago, the nation was one tick of a Texas clock away from a cultural crisis. Nebraska led Texas 12-10 in the Big 12 Conference championship football game at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Texas had the ball on Nebraska's 29-yard line when time expired. Or so it seemed. 10)  Jailing juveniles THE SENATE Judiciary Committee should embrace a bill scheduled for debate on Thursday that institutes needed reforms in how the nation deals with youth who run afoul of the law. UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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