Ruth A. Marcus
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Ruth Marcus is an editorial writer for The Post, specializing in American politics, campaign finance, the federal budget and taxes, and other domestic issues. She writes a weekly column that appears on Wednesdays.
Marcus has been with The Post since 1984, beginning as a reporter on the Maryland staff, covering local development and other issues, and then transferring to the District staff to cover lawyers and legal issues. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department, the Supreme Court and the White House. From 1999 through 2002, she served as deputy national editor, supervising reporters who covered money and politics, Congress, the Supreme Court, and other national issues. She joined the editorial board in 2003.
Articles by Ruth A. Marcus
From Berlin to Baghdad (July 23, 2008)
Scandal In Plain Sight (July 16, 2008)
Free This Detainee (July 9, 2008)
When a Flip Isn't a Flop (July 2, 2008)
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Bundlers (June 25, 2008)
The Court McCain Wants (June 18, 2008)
Billing The Grandkids (June 11, 2008)
For Obama, The Right Way to Win (June 4, 2008)
Barney Unleashed (May 30, 2008)
Our Own Glass Ceilings (May 28, 2008)
The Ground Clinton Broke (May 21, 2008)
High Court Caricature (May 14, 2008)
The Mitzvah and the Mania (May 7, 2008)
Dreams on a Collision Course (April 30, 2008)
Supple-Side Economics (April 23, 2008)
Why John Yoo Must Stay (April 16, 2008)
When a Watchdog Isn't (April 9, 2008)
Too Soon To Stop This Movie (April 2, 2008)
Hijabs at a Harvard Gym (March 26, 2008)
Debate Dream Team (March 19, 2008)
Spitzer's Tragic Flaw (March 12, 2008)
The Force of Gender (March 5, 2008)
Universal Coverage's Mavericks (February 27, 2008)
The Democrats' To-Do Lists (February 20, 2008)
The Democrats' Undemocratic System (February 13, 2008)
Defrosting the Republican Base (February 8, 2008)
Worth the Paper It's Printed On (February 6, 2008)
Kumbaya Caucus (January 30, 2008)
Whose Stimulus Makes the Grade? (January 23, 2008)
Parsing Tsunami Tuesday (January 16, 2008)
The Man Who Won't Go Away (January 9, 2008)
The Magnetism of a Message (January 5, 2008)
Learning From Jamie Lynn and Juno (December 26, 2007)
Who Elected Iowa? (December 19, 2007)
Gentlemen First (December 12, 2007)
In Iowa, They Like Mike (December 5, 2007)
Social Security: Five Myths and a Slur (November 28, 2007)
Krugman vs. Krugman (November 21, 2007)
Turning Up the Heat in Iowa (November 12, 2007)
Meet The Press (November 7, 2007)
Damsel in the Debate (November 2, 2007)
A Drive-By Swift-Boating (October 31, 2007)
Daughter Knows Best (October 24, 2007)
Son of SCHIP (October 17, 2007)
Between a Veto and the Base (October 10, 2007)
One Angry Man (October 3, 2007)
The Two Obamas (September 26, 2007)
Mukasey at the Bat (September 17, 2007)
Still Waiting for Thompson (September 12, 2007)
The Empress's New Purse (September 5, 2007)
A Precedented Scandal (August 31, 2007)
Bush's Immovable Man Moves On (August 28, 2007)
Democrats' Purity Primary (August 22, 2007)
Attack Ads You'll Be Seeing (August 8, 2007)
Short of Perjury (July 31, 2007)
Pretty Formidable in Pink (July 25, 2007)
Private Sin, Public Matter (July 18, 2007)
From Barack Obama, Two Dangerous Words (July 11, 2007)
Bush's Supreme Moment (July 4, 2007)
Rules? For Fools. (June 27, 2007)
Mystery Of the Girl Sleuth (June 20, 2007)
Atypical Evangelical (June 13, 2007)
The Democrats' Leap of Faith (June 6, 2007)
The Attack Ads Will Come to Order (May 30, 2007)
Guilty of Insufficient Overreaching (May 23, 2007)
A Fine Romance (May 16, 2007)
Flipping Out (May 9, 2007)
A Law Day Unto Himself (May 1, 2007)
Court Knows Best (April 25, 2007)
Missing The Exit Signs (April 18, 2007)
Calling Fred Fielding (April 11, 2007)
Fox-in-the-Henhouse Government (April 4, 2007)
Family Matters (March 28, 2007)
Time to Go, Mr. Gonzales (March 14, 2007)
Can Rudy Get Past the First Date? (March 7, 2007)
The Princess and the Playmate (February 28, 2007)
Mitt Romney's Extreme Makeover (February 21, 2007)
The War She Hasn't Won (February 14, 2007)
Bush's Stealth Tax Increase (February 7, 2007)
The Clintonian Candidate (January 31, 2007)
The Knee-Jerk Opposition (January 24, 2007)
The Second 100 Hours (January 17, 2007)
Grandma With a Gavel (January 10, 2007)
The Audacity of Nope (January 3, 2007)
No-Toy Story (December 20, 2006)
The Foley Fallout (December 13, 2006)
It's a Cheney! (December 8, 2006)
A Commission Made in Heaven (December 6, 2006)
A Slide Toward Segregation (November 29, 2006)
One Syllable of Civility (November 22, 2006)
Unfit for Majority Leader (November 15, 2006)
Pelosi's Unintelligent Choice (November 1, 2006)
Where It's Always Christmas (October 25, 2006)
Why I'm Not Under The Tuscan Sun (October 18, 2006)
Giving Up Too Much On Choice (October 11, 2006)
Democrats' Jersey Barrier (October 4, 2006)
All The King's Earmarks (September 20, 2006)
ABC's 'Path' Not Taken (September 13, 2006)
Lieberman Redux in Rhode Island? (September 6, 2006)
'Gifting' the Talented (August 28, 2006)
Hollywood's Cowardice (August 9, 2006)
All the Spam You Can Eat, $1,000 (August 2, 2006)
Ashcroft Nostalgia (July 26, 2006)
Camping Alone (July 19, 2006)
Still Their Cup o' Joe? (July 10, 2006)
The Kennedy Center (July 5, 2006)
Reasonable Doubt at Duke (June 28, 2006)
Is Decency Going Down the Tubes? (June 21, 2006)
DeLay Exits, Stage (Hard) Right (June 12, 2006)
A Positive In Going Negative? (June 7, 2006)
How to Do Nothing, Washington-Style (May 30, 2006)
The New Temptation Of Democrats (May 23, 2006)
The Family as Firing Offense (May 14, 2006)
Finally, Something From Mary (May 9, 2006)
A Passage to Harvard (May 2, 2006)
Tyrannosaurus Ted? (April 25, 2006)
First Family Shakeup? (April 18, 2006)
Legislating While Black (April 11, 2006)
