Opinion Columns
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Rubicon: A river in WisconsinFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - The magnificent turmoil now gripping statehouses in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and soon others marks an epic political moment. The nation faces a fiscal crisis of historic...
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Deflating the anti-SemitesFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - During World War II, the leader of the Palestinians lived in a Berlin villa, a gift from a very grateful Adolf Hitler, who clearly got his money’s worth. Haj Amin al-Hus...
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Congress shouldn’t skip this class actFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - For Princetonians, the senior thesis is a high hurdle before graduation. For Wendy Kopp, class of 1989, it became a career devoted to transforming primary and second...
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The progression of fiscal painFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - In readjusting the size and role of government, there is a natural progression of pain. Cuts tend to begin with the poor and vulnerable, who have limited political clout...
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Give Gadhafi a real messageFeb 26, 2011 10:00 pm - President Obama pledged that “the entire world is watching” the horror in Libya, but watching isn't nearly enough. There is much more that world leaders — beginning with...
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Where are the Latino journalists going?Feb 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Americans count on the media to tell us — as Walter Cronkite used to say — “the way it is.” But how can media companies do that effectively when their staffs look more l...
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A mother’s search for meaningFeb 23, 2011 11:00 pm - There has been a whole spate of memoirs lately by young mothers searching for meaning. They go off looking for happiness in yoga and personal trainers and spiritual guru...
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Attention!!! An election is coming up soonFeb 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Someone around here (OK, it might be me) often opines that except for the people directly involved, no one pays attention to local elections until about a week before th...
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Consumed by fat pensionsFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - In New York City, the No. 2 guy in the fire department retired on a pension worth $242,000 a year. In New York state, a single official holding two jobs and one pension ...
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Coolidge-Reagan-Walker?Feb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - When three-fourths of the Boston police department went on strike in 1919, leading to broken shop windows and looting, then-Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge called out...