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Ellen Ratner is the White House correspondent and bureau chief for the Talk Radio News service. She is also Washington bureau chief and political editor for Talkers Magazine. In addition, Ratner is a news analyst at the Fox News Channel.
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Predictions for the new year

by Ellen Ratner -- This is every columnist's nightmare and opportunity – the chance to make in-print predictions about the future. Look, the truth is that if I knew even the contents more…

The Bush Tapes!

by Ellen Ratner -- I want to break an exclusive story today, a story that never happened. I managed to get my hot little hands on the Bush Tapes, the ones that more…

Heroes amidst the scandal

by Ellen Ratner -- This week, 58 Boston-area Catholic priests did more to emulate the moral courage of the early church fathers (and mothers) than anything the American Catholic bishops have done more…

The real Bush plan

by Ellen Ratner -- Many people, especially on the left, were surprised when Capt. Ahab Bush finally agreed to send U.N. inspectors to Iraq in search of the Great White Whale of more…

'No' to Dr. Strangelove!

by Ellen Ratner -- In announcing the appointment of former National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to head the Sept. 11 investigation charged with lifting the rocks of the more…

Why Roger is right

by Ellen Ratner -- First, I want to get a couple things straight. I'm a commentator for Fox News and an admirer of its chairman, Roger Ailes. I've known the man for more…

Ford would've been better choice

by Ellen Ratner -- Last week, my advice for the Democratic Party was a paraphrase of Horace Greeley: "Go Left, Young Man!" This week, I want to suggest something paradoxical: The Democrats more…

Democrats: Into the wilderness

by Ellen Ratner -- Tuesday's election was a reckoning. The Republicans did what no party in power is supposed to be able to do in a midterm vote: They kept control of more…

Unworthy heirs

by Ellen Ratner -- In our age of blow-dried political gutlessness wrapped in an empty suit (I envision the Invisible Man wearing new threads and a toupe), Paul Wellstone was unique, maybe more…

Sniper scorecard

by Ellen Ratner -- Finally, it's over. After a few weeks on the learning curve, the cops appear to have pulled off a stunning investigative coup using lots of brains, shoe leather more…