Opinion Columns
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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...
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Dawdling over a natural-born killerMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - On Dec. 21, 1988, Moammar Gaddafi killed Theodora Cohen. That’s one way of putting it. Cohen was one of 259 passengers and crew on Pan Am Flight 103. I remember her for ...
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A hold-your-nose immigration fixMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - A casual observer might welcome Utah's recently approved legislation to grant work permits to illegal immigrants and allow police officers to determine the immigration s...
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Who’s missing in Utah’s immigration dealMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - Someone is missing at the celebration for the Utah Compact on immigration. Who could that be? Latino activists, the Catholic Church, the Mormon Church, the Chamber of C...
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The paradox of Robert GatesMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - A rush of recent events has confirmed long-standing conservative suspicions about Secretary of Defense Robert Gates — causing grumbling, and a call from William Kristol ...
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Obama’s Social Security hoaxMar 12, 2011 11:00 pm - Everyone knows that the U.S. budget is being devoured by entitlements. Everyone also knows that of the Big Three — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — Social Securi...
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Time to rethink Arab arms salesMar 11, 2011 11:00 pm - For many years American policy has been to sell modern weaponry to Arab states. The reasons given are to maintain the “balance of power” in the region, but the unstated ...