Opinion Columns
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The anatomy of a distinction on lame-duck votesJan 03, 2013 7:57 am - In a literal sense, lame ducks ought to be easy targets. By definition — assuming one is willing to tolerate the insensitive term lame duck over the more compassionate a...
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An urgent resolution on guns for 2013Jan 03, 2013 4:00 am - Guns do kill people. Our national New Year’s resolution must be to stop the madness. It is shameful that gun control only becomes worthy of public debate following an u...
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Getting more for less in health careJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - Sad, sad, sad that in talking about budget cuts, we use painful words like “extracting billions from Medicare” or “slashing the Medicare entitlement.” Has it ever occurr...
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A Washington messJan 01, 2013 4:00 am - In 1962, Casey Stengel, the longtime manager of the New York Yankees, came out of retirement to lead the New York Mets, an expansion team. That season the Mets lost an a...
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Things better left unsaidJan 01, 2013 4:00 am - ’Tis the season when columnists write mea culpas, make predictions and list their resolutions. Since my culpas are too vast for this tiny space, my predictions best in r...
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Democrats’ hypocrisy toward blacksDec 31, 2012 5:10 pm - African-American Republicans catch a lot of flak, but they can also be an illuminating force in the American political system. The reaction they often generate shows th...
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The perfect and the good and the shame in betweenDec 31, 2012 4:00 am - What happened to that millisecond after the election when both the president and the speaker said they’d heard the message that Americans wanted the two parties to work ...
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Scholarships for illegal immigrantsDec 31, 2012 4:00 am - When it comes to how California handles illegal immigrants, the state is all over the map. Not unlike the rest of the country, the Golden State can’t decide whether it w...
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Disdain all aroundDec 30, 2012 4:00 am - While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of “disdain for democracy,” Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Stanford law pro...
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Print’s longtime passingDec 30, 2012 4:00 am - It is comforting to think of death as a passing rather than an end. In that vein, I prefer to think of Steve Jobs’ final words as editorial commentary: “Oh wow. Oh wow. ...