Opinion Columns
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Isolationism, reduxJan 03, 2012 4:00 am - The blogger Andrew Sullivan, typing faster than he could think, endorsed Ron Paul for the Republican presidential nomination. (He took it back, but we’ll get to that lat...
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Get my phone, the end is nearJan 02, 2012 4:00 am - Well, we’ve finally passed a worrisome milestone on the road to the end of the world. Not the Mayan calendar’s prophecy about life-as-we-know-it ceasing to exist on Dec...
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The little state that could?Jan 01, 2012 4:00 am - Rhode Island shouldn’t even be a state. It’s basically a city, Providence, with some suburbs, factory towns, a little countryside and Newport. The smallest state in area...
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Why look back? Here’s what’s comingDec 31, 2011 11:00 pm - The glut of retrospectives this time of year is unnecessary. With so many info sources these days, it is impossible to avoid knowing what has happened. Recounting the pa...
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Are we alone in the universe?Dec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Huge excitement. Two Earth-size planets found orbiting a sun-like star less than a thousand light-years away. This comes two weeks after the stunning announcement of ano...
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The new Chelsea ClintonDec 30, 2011 4:00 am - Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s debut on NBC’s “Nightly News” drew plenty of attention, as well it should have. Since her father’s election nearly 20 years ago, ...
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‘Cool’ cities are not necessarily warmDec 29, 2011 4:00 am - The soft economy has left lots of Americans in place, whether they want to be or not. That would include the most mobile group, young people. But to the extent that adul...
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Latinos in the newsDec 28, 2011 4:00 am - As I look back on 2011, I’d say the most memorable headlines concerning Hispanics fell under the “made us look bad” category. As in, I saw a negative news story attached...
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Europe’s irrepressible conflictDec 28, 2011 4:00 am - Oh, how I love humanity, With love so pure and pringlish, And how I hate the horrid French, Who never will be English! #8212; G.K. Chesterton Under ...
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As this end nears, guard your checkbookDec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - According to the Mayan “long count” calendar, the final day on Earth is less than a year away, on Dec. 21, 2012. While we wait to see if that apocalypse occurs, a more r...