Opinion Columns
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Unequal incomes is not the real problem hereJan 14, 2014 4:00 am - In politics, it’s all in how you say things. George Orwell knew what he was talking about when he described political language as “designed to make lies sound truthful ...
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For a new fight against povertyJan 12, 2014 4:00 am - Assessing the outcome of the War on Poverty — announced 50 years ago — has always been complicated by the hopes it initially inspired. After his election in 1964, Lyndon...
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Suburban weather drama: Fear of floods follows record coldJan 12, 2014 4:00 am - The idea germinated when the guy sitting next to me in the sauna, during the height of last week’s cold snap, mentioned the dramatic rescue. I think it was on a rural ro...
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Trust is a pillar on which government standsJan 10, 2014 4:00 pm - Of all the numbers thrown at us over the course of last year, one stands out for me. I hope we can avoid repeating it this year. That number is 12. It’s the percentage o...
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Hunger hurts us allJan 09, 2014 4:00 am - Carly Poe is a 33-year-old single mother in Portland, Ore. Despite a college degree, she struggles to find work and raise a teenage son with serious medical problems. Fo...
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Weather creed: Good stories and plenty of themJan 09, 2014 4:00 am - To butcher the creed of another venerable American institution, the post office, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night — nor now, the bitterest of cold — can...
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Make a deal with SnowdenJan 08, 2014 4:00 am - Is Edward Snowden a traitor? The question has vexed me ever since he leaked some of America’s most valued secrets to various news organizations, including The Washington...
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A yellow light for governmentJan 08, 2014 4:00 am - One of the main problems with an unremittingly hostile view of government — held by many associated with the Tea Party, libertarianism and “constitutionalism” — is that ...
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Snowden demonstrates double-think on importance of leaksJan 07, 2014 4:00 am - Moscow has always been hard on idealists. So it’s no surprise to find the world-renowned civil libertarian Edward Snowden feeling shaky midway through his first Russian ...
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A political circus ready to launchJan 06, 2014 4:00 am - If you happen to be one of those who enjoy politics as a blood sport, 2014’s midterm election promises to be a carnival of gore. And that’s just in the Republican Party...