Opinion Columns
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Lombard foreign correspondent’s career winds downNov 13, 2011 4:00 am - The final paragraph of Army Lt. Matt Spartz’s Veterans Day column, I told him, put a lump in my throat first time I read it. It said: “But most of all, we honor our fall...
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Defining poverty in the land of plentyNov 11, 2011 5:00 am - The “poverty issue” opens a vast highway system of social and economic observations headed in every direction. Some say poverty is a national disgrace. Some say it’s the...
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The 2011 elections: split decisionNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - The 2011 off-year elections are a warning to Republicans. The 2010 party is over. 2012 will be a struggle. To be sure, Tuesday was not exactly the Democrats’ night. They...
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The high cost of an open mind in a free societyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - When it comes to following proceedings against people accused of crimes or even misbehavior, democracy and the American justice system require a lot of you. They require...
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Herman Cain’s woman problemNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - If you were Herman Cain, what would you do? Undoubtedly countless men have pondered this question the past several days. The query got trickier when feminist attorney Gl...
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For once, debate the big issuesNov 09, 2011 4:00 am - The Republican presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread tonight’s version of what are inexplicably called debates. ...
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The culture that defines usNov 09, 2011 4:00 am - Last month, the Financial Times announced on Page 1 that Volkswagen “will become the world’s biggest carmaker this year ... (and) replace Toyota in the industry’s top sp...
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Less equality, more mobilityNov 08, 2011 4:00 am - It is the primary liberal argument that America’s primary economic problem is growing income inequality. For three decades, in this view, the rich have grown richer whi...
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Our reading-instruction hodgepodgeNov 08, 2011 4:00 am - When the Nation’s Report Card for grade school math and reading was released, the adjectives describing the overall lack of upward momentum in reading scores were: lackl...
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The Mitt might not fitNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The Republican Party’s inevitable decision to nominate Mitt Romney for president is starting to look evitable after all. That’s certainly not a consensus view among the...