Opinion Columns
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The multilateral trade-offMar 21, 2011 2:00 am - President Obama’s decision to participate in the air campaign against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime is a vast improvement over previous policy, a victory for human rights ide...
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In teaching, why not the best?Mar 20, 2011 6:00 pm - Let's imagine this country really believed that to thrive in the 21st century, we have to be able to compete in a global economy. And to do so, we need creative, well-ed...
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Making a difference, one child at a timeMar 20, 2011 6:00 am - SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Everybody wants to save the children. But few people, however well-intentioned, actually bestir themselves from the sofa to aid those in distress. Mos...
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Trust fund is still an empty lockboxMar 19, 2011 6:00 pm - President Obama’s budget chief, Jack Lew, recently took to his White House blog to repeat his claim that the Social Security Trust Fund is solvent through 2037. And to c...
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Nuclear waste’s toxic legacyMar 19, 2011 6:00 pm - The most urgent focus of Japan’s worsening nuclear crisis is the threat from radioactive fuel that has already been used in the Fukushima Daiichi reactors and awaits dis...
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Politicians and their self-serving charitiesMar 17, 2011 2:00 am - Not long ago, Republicans mounted their high horse over Charlie Rangel’s ethical lapses. They had a right to. Among other questionable conduct, Rangel had solicited char...
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Deception under the cover of journalismMar 17, 2011 2:00 am - James O’Keefe’s guerrilla video attack on NPR has led to the resignation of its chief executive and an ethical debate: When are lies justified in pursuit of a political ...
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Among energy options, nothing is foolproofMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - In the 1979 movie “The China Syndrome,” reporter Kimberly Wells (played by Jane Fonda) witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant and then uncovers a plot to keep it...
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Seeking safety in an uncertain worldMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - “Did you have a nice weekend?” a friend asked on Monday, before recounting all the fun things he and his kids did over the weekend. I’m sure I looked at him as if he had...
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Daily Herald’s newest syndicated columnist builds on local foundationMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - Esther Cepeda is embarking on a “dream job” as a nationally syndicated columnist, but her foundation, she says, is local. Cepeda, whose Washington Post Writers Group col...