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The Long Walk: A Column About Washington
More than 2 million Americans work for the federal government. Many of them come and go depending on who occupies the White House. Alec Bings is the other kind. Now he is following the GOP primary, and he is following it nervously. These are—for Alec Bings and countless more like him—dark times in the trenches.
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November 14, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: Fade Out/Fade In
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October 19, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: In Battalions
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September 6, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: We Own This Country
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August 16, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: Those Hypnic Jerks
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July 30, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: The Lost Hope Diet
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June 13, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: Mythomania
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May 24, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: The Undead Past
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May 4, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: Jamais Vu
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April 13, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: A Vice So Mean and Low
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March 27, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: The Payoff Pitch
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March 7, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: We Got the Beat
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February 16, 2012The Long Walk: A Column About Washington: The Streisand Effect
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