Opinion Columns
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Federalism, coercedOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - Obama Gives States a Voice In ‘No Child’ #8212; New York Times, Sept. 24 Many Americans, having grown accustomed to Caesarism, probably see magnanimity in that...
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Why Abbas went to the U.N.Oct 03, 2011 4:00 am - While diplomatically inconvenient for the Western powers, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ attempt to get the U.N. to unilaterally declare a Palestinian st...
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Saving the world one finger at a timeOct 03, 2011 4:00 am - Unless you are an NPR loyalist, you may have missed a political drama unfolding far beneath the radar of human consciousness having to do with — OK, open your eyes — tab...
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Reader complaints provide valuable lesson: Bee carefulOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - IRRESPONSIBLE REPORTING ... ... was the upsized, uppercased heading above the missive from a reader unhappy with our mistreatment of the beloved honey bees. When I say “...
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The middle class and its entitlementsOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - To what are Americans entitled? Government-guaranteed health coverage in old age? Government-guaranteed health coverage at any age? Subsidized housing if they’re low inc...
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Life explained in eighth gradeOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - With the school year well under way, and test anxiety blooming like a hardy fall perennial, and parents making the rounds on back-to-school night, it is worth recalling ...
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Cut the dead weight in governmentSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - There isn’t much about dysfunctional government that shocks me anymore, but this story did. According to a report by the Office of Personnel Management and reported in E...
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Somehow, when we have to, we change driving habitsSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - Traffic, again. Or maybe I should say very light traffic. This is the second time in recent months that we in Southern California have been warned of traffic nightmares...
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How breaking sports news affects other decisionsSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - The news of Ozzie Guillen’s abrupt departure from the White Sox had an interesting impact this week even beyond the confines of the Sports pages. For one thing, and I’m ...
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The English fluency challengeSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - I grew up bilingual in a city where as many as 64 languages were spoken by the public schools’ diverse student body. And like everyone else in our nation of immigrants, ...