Opinion Columns
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Obama’s bailoutFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - An extended, contentious nomination contest paradoxically hones and improves a presidential candidate — except when it non-paradoxically does not. It is increasingly di...
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The plight of Hamza KashgariFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - Keep your eye on Hamza Kashgari. He’s the 23-year-old former columnist for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Bilad newspaper who had the extremely bad judgment to tweet an imaginary con...
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Reasons to like (and honor) IkeFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Two coming developments, one dismal and one excellent, pertain to America’s memory of a great man. One of several oversight panels soon will consider a proposed memorial...
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Pay close attention to ChinaFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - China, for better or worse, is a serious country. The United States had better start acting like one. I got a glimpse of the future last week in the vast ballroom of a ...
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Rachel Maddow and my lesson in civilityFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - When one writes about moral convictions, it’s probably a good idea to consistently live up to them. That way people can still disagree with your convictions, but they ha...
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Civility is goldenFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - Can civility be saved? This has become the question du jour among scholars, journalists and others who fret about such things at dozens of programs popping up around th...
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Missiles aimed at Social Security and MedicareFeb 19, 2012 4:00 am - Missiles are pointed at Social Security and Medicare, the broad-based programs for older Americans. Some are stealth missiles. Some are misguided missiles. But both part...
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Overreach: Obamacare vs. the ConstitutionFeb 19, 2012 4:00 am - Give him points for cleverness. President Obama’s birth control “accommodation” was as politically successful as it was morally meaningless. It was nothing but an accoun...
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The new Lego ‘women’Feb 17, 2012 4:00 am - My sons are aghast at what we call the new “Lady Legos.” So am I. They think our favorite toy manufacturer’s new “Friends” line of building kits aimed at girls is “stupi...
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Romney on the edgeFeb 17, 2012 4:00 am - The central narrative of the Republican nomination contest is easy to summarize: Any candidate who is perceived as the main opponent to Mitt Romney immediately ties or l...