Opinion Columns
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Domestic misfits and foreign terroristsOct 25, 2011 5:00 am - When trying to make sense of terrorists, we examine their “causes.” In the cases of Muslim terrorists, we search their religious views and political indoctrination. But ...
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At a loss for a world viewOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - The demise of Moammar Gadhafi is big news around the world. Note to the Republican presidential candidates: This will come as a shock, but there are lots of other countr...
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Not dressed for successOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - I was curled up in an armchair at my local coffee shop when a teenage boy took a seat at the table next to me. He was like any of a thousand boys, my two sons included, ...
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Punch-out in the Vegas desertOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - On Tuesday night, seismologists at the Las Vegas Oceanographic Institute reported the first recorded movement of a hair on Mitt Romney’s head. Although it was only one f...
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Leaders don’t play chicken in this debateOct 23, 2011 6:00 am - Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To force civic leaders into protracted discussions about whether the very presence of chickens should be permitted in the subur...
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A republic, guaranteedOct 21, 2011 5:00 am - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government ... — U.S. Constitution DENVER — Progressives have long lamented th...
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Opinion page even more valuable to help tame WebOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - The question to a panel of editorial page editors at a recent workshop may have struck a little too close to home for comfort: With so much newspaper content migrating o...
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Class warfare Q&AOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - Demands to let taxes rise for Americans topping the income charts have led to charges of “class warfare” by the usual Republican suspects. To move the conversation forwa...
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A loss of confidence in our leaderOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - It’s only October, but I have a nomination for the scariest book of 2011 — maybe the saddest, too. I’ve rarely read a book that punched me in the gut quite like “Confid...
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The irrationality that is IranOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - A mere moment or two after the Obama administration announced it had discovered and thwarted a plot by Iran to murder Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States by b...