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Anthony Zurcher of the BBC recently quipped, “I hate when politicians start talking about the war on Christmas before the war on Halloween is even over.”

John Boehner's sin is that he was a grown-up in a Congress of petulant tea party children, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson's claim that Obamacare is the worst thing since slavery lends racism a sheen of respectability.

Some things never really do change: The same alleged Lenin quote used to defeat President Truman's attempt to expand medical coverage has risen its head again, most recently by Dr. Ben Carson in slamming Obamacare. Trouble is, some scholars doubt the quote ever passed Lenin's lips.