Opinion Columns
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The Fed’s not-so-golden ruleFeb 27, 2013 10:17 am - RICHMOND, Va. — A display case in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank here might express humility. The case holds a 99.9 percent pure gold bar weighing 401.75 troy oun...
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When doing nothing is a policyFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - In the movie “Lawrence of Arabia,” the attempt to unite the Arabs comes apart in Damascus. Lawrence bangs on his desk with the butt of his gun to bring the assembly to o...
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Droning on about feelingsFeb 26, 2013 4:00 am - First they came for the drones. No, not the unmanned kind that kill strangers from a safe distance but the sort who sit in meeting rooms and repeat slogans until they ab...
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Saving the Republican PartyFeb 25, 2013 1:17 pm - In the summer of 1999, George W. Bush chose the first major policy speech of his presidential campaign to pick a fight with Grover Norquist. Bush flatly rejected the “de...
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What’s ahead in Congress this yearFeb 25, 2013 11:03 am - Earlier this year, it seemed there might be some hope for Capitol Hill when Congress dealt easily with raising the debt ceiling. But don’t let that single episode fool y...
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No, we don’t all sin like Mark SanfordFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - Most of us do bad things. We betray friends, make hurtful remarks, lie. Often an apology will suffice in restoring trust and respect. But some very successful people eng...
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The lesser of two evils on immigrationFeb 25, 2013 4:00 am - The president suggested he would hold off introducing his own immigration bill as long as bipartisan Senate negotiations were proceeding apace — until his own immigratio...
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No winners in this gameFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - The standoff over the package of budget cuts known as “the sequester” is the dumbest, most self-defeating fight between President Obama and Republicans in Congress since...
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The sequester: a manufactured crisisFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of...
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‘Undedication’ of ex-Carol Stream mayor sign prompts blame gameFeb 24, 2013 4:00 am - Don’t shoot the messenger! Perhaps that’s not an officially sanctioned axiom of journalism, But I’ll wager every reporter can cite numerous examples in which his or her ...