Opinion Columns
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The just-vote-no crowdJul 12, 2011 3:00 am - A debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste in a presidential election season, and Democrats and Republicans alike are responding on cue. The news Saturday night that Re...
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We are (largely) what we eatJul 10, 2011 12:00 am - Quick quiz: What’s the difference between deep-fried Kool-Aid and potato chips? If you haven’t yet made it out to the San Diego County Fair for a mouthwatering ball of ...
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A nation born in painJul 10, 2011 12:00 am - AWEIL, South Sudan — Days away from becoming the world’s newest nation, nearly every dusty street here has a splash of flags — raised on high poles over ramshackle huts,...
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Stumbling along on the deficitJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Here we go again. An approaching crisis. A looming deadline. Nervous markets. And then, from the miasma of gridlock, rises our president, calling upon those unruly congr...
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The people want higher taxesJul 09, 2011 12:00 am - Poll after poll shows that the American people want higher taxes. That’s not the same as liking higher taxes. The people have simply concluded that higher taxes are pref...
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The cultic tendencies of the GOPJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Someone ought to study the Republican Party. I am not referring to yet another political scientist but to a mental health professional, preferably a specialist in the po...
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The dream of home ownership gone awryJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” — Emerson The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they made. And the m...
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No more ‘Right Stuff’?Jul 06, 2011 1:00 am - When Atlantis lifts off on its final mission scheduled for Friday, it will bring to an end an era of space exploration that began for the U.S. with the Soviet launch of ...
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Our robotic assassinsJul 06, 2011 1:00 am - The skies over at least six countries are patrolled by robotic aircraft, operated by the U.S. military or the CIA, that fire missiles to carry out targeted assassination...
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Big steps and baby stepsJul 05, 2011 9:00 pm - Just days after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and the coalition supporting simila...