Opinion Columns
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A different kind of carbon taxJan 31, 2014 4:00 am - It will take some convincing, but what if the environmental left could be persuaded to go along with an income tax-cutting, EPA-shrinking, China-in carbon tax? If persua...
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College’s diminishing returnsJan 30, 2014 4:00 am - President Obama is correct in wanting to make higher education more affordable and accessible, but Americans would also be correct in wondering just what they’re paying ...
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Our quagmire in AfghanistanJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - While watching the utterly gripping movie “Lone Survivor” recently, I comforted myself by noting that the four Navy SEALs engaged in a desperate firefight with the Afgha...
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Uncle Sugar goes to townJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - We know what Mike Huckabee meant. Sort of. Kind of. But, really? Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate, talk-show host and erstwhi...
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U.S. mayors forced to innovateJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - I recently came across more proof that lawmakers blocking progress are weakening the institution of Congress: Mayors from across the nation met in Washington, D.C., for...
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The ideological state of the unionJan 27, 2014 2:42 pm - For President Obama, the state of the political union ... could be better. It is not only that the president’s political support is diminished; it is diminished, in lar...
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Our complex presidentJan 26, 2014 4:00 am - There have always been two, not entirely consistent, elements of Barack Obama’s powerful political appeal: his aspirational ambition and his personal sense of complexity...
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In new budgeting, the demise of policy, rise of powerJan 24, 2014 4:00 am - Now that Congress has its immense, $1.1 trillion bipartisan funding bill in hand, Capitol Hill is breathing easier. They ended the specter of a government shutdown for t...
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Pass the chips and get ready for the Big DayJan 23, 2014 8:56 am - And so we embark on a brief interlude of hype, swagger and ridicule leading to a crescendo of cheers and excitement. Super Bowl fever? Sure. That, too. But the descript...
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Easy answer to question of mayor’s timingJan 23, 2014 4:00 am - The question du jour is, why did Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer wait so long to step forward and level her corruption charges at Chris Christie? As surely everyone knows by n...