Opinion Columns
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Action is real test in Constitution debateJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - For decades, Democrats and Republicans fought over who owns the American flag. Now they're fighting over who owns the Constitution. The flag debates began during the Vie...
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Daley choice moves Obama in right wayJan 08, 2011 10:00 pm - For a while there, I was worried that Barack Obama might actually be content to be a one-term president so long as he could say he accomplished what he set out to do. I...
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Let investigations of waste, fraud and plots beginJan 08, 2011 10:00 pm - Given the Democrats' track record of investigating Republican administrations, they will lack credibility when they protest Republicans investigating actions by the Obam...
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In Dallas, a sociological bomb defusedJan 07, 2011 10:00 pm - Race still matters in America and justice is not completely blind. Anyone who believes otherwise should examine the case of Cornelius Dupree Jr., who was ruled innocent ...
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Obama to face ire of Rust Belt revolutionariesJan 07, 2011 10:00 pm - Consensus is scarce, but almost everyone agrees with this: The government is dysfunctional and the Internet is splendid. But last month, the Democratic-controlled Federa...
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Immigration reform is no place for gamesJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - Consider this immigration case from Canada: Three years ago, a Mexican sister and brother moved illegally to Toronto. Brenda Garcia, 30, filed for refugee status, claimi...
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We're out of control — but by choiceJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - “Our flesh Surrounds us with its own decisions#8221; #8212; Philip Larkin Wonder why you have already broken all your New Year's resolutions? Do not blame yo...
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You, not we, decide between crude, courteousJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - We asked for more civility. Unfortunately, you'll have to determine what qualifies. I say “unfortunately” only in the sense that I wish it were easy to set out some clea...
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Heed Palin's warning on death panelsJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Sarah Palin deserves an apology. When she said that the new health care law would lead to “death panels” deciding who gets lifesaving treatment and who does not, she was...
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We're fighting two wars while few even noticeJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - I present you with a paradox. The U.S. Army that fought the Vietnam War was reviled, not spit upon (that's an urban myth) but not much admired, either. In contrast, the ...