Opinion Columns
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The Clintons on gay marriageMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - Since at least 1992, the Clintons have been a very public family. They have evolved and grown on the national stage. Their changes, we are coming to realize, reflect our...
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Decency in a handheld deviceMar 25, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The recent rape conviction of two teenagers, one of whom also distributed a photo and sent cruel text messages about their victim, has captured the “bystander...
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The GOP’s strategic failureMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Recent brutal attacks on the GOP have claimed that minorities often think that “Republicans do not like them or want them in the country.” That younger voters are “rolli...
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Congress falls short on national securityMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Wherever you stood on Sen. Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster to delay John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA director, or on the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Brennan and ...
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Silent on rape no moreMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - Mariska Hargitay, better known as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Detective Olivia Benson, is the human intersection of life and art. Precisely, the line between the...
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Comforting words for young workersMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - Many speak of Gen X and Gen Y as “lost generations” destined to “not live as well” as their parents. A new Urban Institute study finds that young people up to the age of...
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The seeds of inspiration are all sizesMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of...
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China’s undeclared war against AmericaMar 19, 2013 5:18 pm - “We are in a trade war and stealing, lying, and cheating on the part of the Chinese are all part of it.” That damning indictment comes from US-China Commissioner Dan Sla...
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Needed: A U.S. policy on SyriaMar 19, 2013 4:56 pm - The Obama administration’s fear of blowback in Syria — weapons falling into the hands of jihadists and other bad guys — can be avoided in only one sure way: Throw Americ...
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The risks of retreatMar 19, 2013 5:00 am - Declining national influence is a choice, and America seems to be making it. What foreign policy practitioners politely call the “churn” of events is beginning to look m...