Opinion Columns
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Observing advent with the homeless boysDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - Night after night, Jesse and Kelly Cone led their children through some of the most familiar verses in all of Christianity. The goal was to use the quiet pre-Christmas s...
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Losing today for the unknownDec 25, 2013 4:00 am - I find comfort and inspiration in music — all kinds of music. So when I see how obsessed the media have become with the 2016 U.S. presidential election — barely a year a...
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Taking on the Latino barriers in HollywoodDec 24, 2013 4:00 am - Given what he does for a living, it is no surprise that Rick Najera’s memoir about being a Latino breaking down barriers in Hollywood reads like a good movie. There are...
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The power of ChristmasDec 23, 2013 4:38 pm - ’Tis the season for crèche display controversies and public school decoration debates and First Amendment argumentation, when all the ideologues get a little extra outra...
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Breakthrough in AIDS researchDec 23, 2013 9:11 am - In 1987, two young medical researchers, Anthony Fauci and Cliff Lane, conducted the first clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine. They took the envelope that surrounds the vi...
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The exhausted political classDec 22, 2013 4:00 am - The bipartisan budget deal was a welcome exception to congressional gridlock. It was not, unfortunately, an indication that gridlock has been broken in any lasting or fu...
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Congress still isn’t being responsibleDec 20, 2013 4:00 am - Congress is winding down its historically unproductive session with a small flurry of activity. It’s a welcome change, but so long overdue that it can’t possibly make up...
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Outrageous fortune: Perchance to megadreamDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - The slogan at the checkout counter of the convenience store throbs with fat, bold type and is garnished with exclamation points. It is not to be missed. “WHEN YOU BELIEV...
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Dreaming of a penguin ChristmasDec 19, 2013 4:00 am - When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. And a penguin? In case you missed the most pressing issue of the season —...
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The traffic jam that may tie-up Chris ChristieDec 18, 2013 4:00 am - On Sept. 9, access lanes to the George Washington Bridge from New Jersey to New York were suddenly closed. No warning was given -- nothing posted days before or announce...