Opinion Columns
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Google Glass joins the Failure Hall of FameJan 29, 2015 5:00 am - Google Glass has entered the annals of spectacular product failures. Many bright ideas have foundered on the shoals of consumer rejection. The Product Failure Hall of Fa...
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Republicans in the immigration minefieldJan 29, 2015 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Any Republican event convened by Rep. Steven King — he of “calves the size of cantaloupes” fame — could easily have degenerated into a festival of immigrant...
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Obama rush to empty Gitmo alarms lawmakersJan 28, 2015 5:12 am - It took a while for Republicans to catch on to what President Obama is doing with the U.S. terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But now that it's clear Obama is rus...
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Cohen: Netanyahu visit may cost Israel America's liberalsJan 28, 2015 4:55 am - It would not surprise me if at the next Republican National Convention Benjamin Netanyahu took a seat in the delegates-from-abroad section. The Israeli leader has both a...
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The overcriminalization of AmericaJan 27, 2015 12:01 am - As Americans, we like to believe the rule of law in our country is respected and fairly applied, and that only those who commit crimes of fraud or violence are punished ...
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The fight for the middle classJan 27, 2015 12:01 am - When you strip away all the layers of cockiness, preachiness and delusion in President Obama's 2015 State of the Union address, you find more cockiness, preachiness and ...
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Term limits move Congress in wrong directionJan 23, 2015 12:01 am - The issue didn't get much attention at the time, but the elections last November did more than give Republicans a majority in the U.S. Senate. Voters also added to the r...
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Slusher: When a death in the 'news family' becomes newsJan 22, 2015 12:01 am - A newspaper is a peculiar sort of family. Reporters, photographers, editors, clerks, advertising sales people, artists all forge relationships under stressful and unpred...
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When the pope speaks about women ...Jan 22, 2015 12:01 am - Forget E.F. Hutton. It's P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen. And then they get busy trying to figure out what he was really saying. Even no...
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Muhammad's example that truly faithful followJan 21, 2015 12:01 am - If Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him) were alive, I am certain he would look at actions of those who kill to honor his name and say, "They are not amongst us." I ...