Opinion Columns
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Justice in Florida must wait for the factsApr 03, 2012 5:00 am - There are so many appalling aspects to the Trayvon Martin case that it’s hard to find a permanent home for outrage. Most appalling, obviously, is the fatal shooting of ...
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The price if health care is overturnedApr 03, 2012 5:00 am - In arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the Obama administration might have done just enough to keep the Affordable Care Act from being ruled unconstitutional. ...
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The ‘flexibility’ doctrineApr 02, 2012 5:00 am - “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved, but it’s important for him (Putin) to give me space. ... After my election, I have more flexi...
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Politics among the justicesApr 02, 2012 5:00 am - As was clear in this week’s arguments on the constitutionality of the health care reform law, today’s Supreme Court is as political as any institution in Washington. It ...
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Deluding ourselves on medical ‘cures’Apr 01, 2012 5:00 am - I’m glad I’m not the only one whose blood pressure rises every time a quick fix to a complex, multilayered medical conundrum spreads through the media despite researcher...
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Paul Ryan’s irreplaceable contributionApr 01, 2012 5:00 am - The first time Rep. Paul Ryan presented his budget, it was supposed to be fatal for the GOP. Ryan, after all, was not only touching the entitlement third rail but lickin...
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Cruising for a showdownMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Ali Bokhari, 39, emigrated from Pakistan in 2000 and eventually settled here as a taxi driver and soon experienced a quintessentially American itch, ...
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Whether Obamacare wins or loses, Obama winsMar 30, 2012 5:00 am - Small wonder President Obama chose not to delay the U.S. Supreme Court case on his health care reforms until long after the election. His advisers are clearly in the lab...
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What America will look like if Obama’s re-electedMar 29, 2012 5:00 am - Politicians and presidents of both parties have occasionally suffered from open-mic syndrome, saying something when they thought the microphone was turned off they wishe...
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Repeal the ‘Stand Your Ground’ lawsMar 29, 2012 5:00 am - The “Stand Your Ground” laws in Florida and other states should all be repealed. At best, they are redundant. At worst, as in the Trayvon Martin killing, they are nothin...