Opinion Columns
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Four ladies from BurmaFeb 11, 2013 4:00 am - When Burma’s Zin Mar Aung was placed in solitary confinement for trying to organize students in 1999, Bill Clinton was president of the United States. When she was relea...
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No. 1 key issue: ‘To get elected’(and other pearls)Feb 10, 2013 4:00 am - First let me say this: It’s my observation that the vast majority of candidates running for the hundreds of local governments that fall within the Daily Herald’s circula...
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A debate we never can resolveFeb 10, 2013 4:00 am - A few weeks ago, in his second inaugural speech, President Obama waded into the longest-running argument our history offers. “Progress does not compel us to settle centu...
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Wrong on drone hitsFeb 08, 2013 4:00 am - If George W. Bush had told us that the “war on terror” gave him the right to execute an American citizen overseas with a missile fired from a drone aircraft, without due...
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A case for a balanced budget amendmentFeb 08, 2013 4:00 am - The arguments against a constitutional amendment to require balanced budgets are various and, cumulatively, almost conclusive. Almost. The main arguments are: The Const...
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‘Baby bust’ baloneyFeb 07, 2013 4:00 am - America’s alleged “baby bust” is pushing the country over “a demographic cliff.” So argues Jonathan V. Last in The Wall Street Journal. Stacking one highly debatable cla...
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The shell game of contraceptive fundingFeb 06, 2013 8:04 am - The Obama administration’s latest revision of its contraceptive policy was welcomed by some religious people as a breakthrough, even a “miracle.” Upon reflection, it see...
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Combat women and Congress’ wimpsFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - Polling that shows Americans favor women in combat by 2-to-1 is evidence only of the power of misinformation. And, yes, indoctrination. Arguments favoring women in dir...
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Courage of their convictionsFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - Imagine six former directors of the CIA talking with a distinguished filmmaker and confessing to the murder of two terrorism suspects, ordering the assassination of othe...
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Immigration: Getting it rightFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - Immigration reform is coming. Let’s get it right. What counts as getting it wrong? The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed by President Reagan. It granted amnesty to the th...