Opinion Columns
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As parties dig in, centrists just need a leaderNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black. Political outliers not quite Republican, not quite Democrat are for...
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The irrelevance of STARTNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — It's a lame-duck session. Time is running out. Unemployment is high, the economy is dangerously weak and, with five weeks to go, no one knows what tax they'...
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Invisible recovery still needs volunteersNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Remember that recession? It ended more than a year ago, the economists say. Surprised? Me, too. I think it's safe to say the news hasn't made it to most folks yet. Nor h...
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Curbing Chicago Street siege needs Olympian effortNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - As President Barack Obama was smarting from a dozen stitches after an errant basketball elbow to the mouth, there was a real foul being committed here on the home front....
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GOP has a potential new starNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO — Poised to make history by becoming the first female governor of New Mexico and the first Latina to be a governor of any state, Susana Martinez will easily be...
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Keep it simple: Make levies, not war, on the richNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Most Americans dislike class-warfare talk aimed at rich people. It does not follow that they don't want the wealthiest among us to pay more taxes. Polls show they do. Th...
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Comics and progressives' cult of expertiseNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - An eminent Harvard law professor, James Thayer (1831-1902), argued that although the judicial function is “merely that of fixing the outside border of reasonable legisla...
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By the time we got to Barnstock ... we were kinda oldNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - There was a great Top Ten list on Letterman some time ago. Names for an upcoming Rolling Stones tour: “Geezers with Guitars,” “Hey, You, Get Off My Barcalounger” and my ...
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Lame-duck game of chickenNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Washington began last week to come to grips with the new order of things, a regime in which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds as much sway as t...
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A day to remember the whole story of life in the suburbsNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - “You know what the news is,” to recall the late great Paul Harvey. “Now, you'll hear (pause) the rest of the story.” Actually, these chapters from the story of the subur...