Opinion Columns
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How the gop learned to stop worrying and love taxesApr 21, 2013 5:00 am - Republican governors across the United States have discovered a new tool to deal with budgets bleeding red ink: taxes. Many states have laws that require balanced budget...
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Filling the silence after the sirensApr 21, 2013 5:00 am - The sense of helplessness that follows a tragedy is too much for us. So we fill the silence after the sirens with explanations. This is very human — until it becomes inh...
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Forum provides a chance for all views on pensions to growApr 18, 2013 10:18 am - The Daily Herald has already stated unambiguously that we think pension reform needs to be instituted immediately and we tend to favor — in principle at least, if not in...
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Tired of budget shenanigans? Here’s an answerApr 18, 2013 7:49 am - With the formal release of President Obama’s budget, the pieces are finally in place for a reprise of the Washington drama we’ve all come to know. There will be high-sta...
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What do we do? What do we feel?Apr 18, 2013 5:00 am - You know the feeling. You wake up filled with dread but, still groggy, you can’t put your finger on the reason. Possibilities flitter across the landscape of near-consc...
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Food aid programs need more flexibilityApr 17, 2013 5:00 am - Since the Eisenhower administration, the United States generally has done food aid in a certain way: grow and pack it in America, ship it across the world on American-fl...
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Beauty and the beastApr 16, 2013 12:55 pm - The recent kerfuffle over a secret recording of Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign strategy meeting, which focused on opposition research about a likely opponent, ...
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Congress’ gun solutions are missing the pointApr 16, 2013 8:36 am - Washington is one big magic show. In black tie and tails, the Senate points to the bereaved parents of Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were shot to deat...
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Compromise for the common goodApr 15, 2013 5:00 am - Spring brings a change in the weather, and the first hopeful signs of new life. In Washington, D.C., the atmosphere warmed slightly and we saw the first sprouts of bipar...
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Pass gun laws, but will they really help?Apr 14, 2013 12:14 pm - The biggest obstacle to the Obama administration’s push for tighter gun control may be its own best argument: Newtown. This is because nothing proposed in the gun contro...