Opinion Columns
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Scent of a buzzword: Keeping objectivity in the mainstreamMar 28, 2012 6:00 pm - We all know very well the injunction that a rose by any other name should smell as sweet. But in popular political practice today, it seems more common to find critics s...
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Mitt Romney and Mike DukakisMar 28, 2012 5:00 am - I’ve been waiting for it: the inevitable comparisons between the Massachusetts governor who ran for president (with my help) in 1988 and the former Massachusetts governo...
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A plea to lead on SyriaMar 28, 2012 5:00 am - For over a year now, the best minds in Washington have assured me (and you) that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad is about to fall. These assurances are always deliv...
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The health care law and civil rightsMar 28, 2012 5:00 am - By now you've heard it plenty: The Affordable Care Act, aka “Obamacare,” is like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This creative bit of dot-connecting began with President O...
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Extolling the virtues of moderationMar 28, 2012 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS, Nev. — As the sun rises and dabs Caesars Palace with morning rouge, irony struts down the strip of casinos, shops and nightclubs. What better place to contem...
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Obama’s fog of ambivalence on the warMar 27, 2012 5:00 am - From media reports, it is now clear that America’s hold on Afghanistan is unraveling and our military faces defeat. The recent rampage of an American soldier was the las...
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For government: No limitsMar 27, 2012 5:00 am - Are there no limits on government’s power, no place where it cannot go? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a former (thankfully) Republican, but in name only, has de...
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Sky not falling with Japanese birthratesMar 27, 2012 5:00 am - There's one complaint visitors to Tokyo rarely make, and that is “not enough people.” With a population of 36 million, the Tokyo metropolitan area stuffs an average 6,80...
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The glory of messy chaosMar 26, 2012 5:00 am - Retreat need not mean surrender. Still ... In 1886, a shipment of $25 watches from a Chicago jeweler was rejected by the addressee in Redwood Falls, Minn. The jeweler o...
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Where is the political inspiration?Mar 26, 2012 5:00 am - Folks, I hate to break it to you, but even though it seems to have been grinding on for years already, this presidential election is on pace to drag on forever. Why? On...