Opinion Columns
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The perils of the outrage industryJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - As a longtime champion of greater civility in public discourse and one who has led the charge for dialed-back rhetoric, may I respectfully take most of it back? OMG, as...
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A growing cast of conformists for GOP in 2012Jan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Herman Cain is thinking of running for president. I learned this from an article by Dan Balz, The Washington Post's chief political correspondent, so I know it's true. C...
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One man for the peopleJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Good news: Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords is preparing to start rehabilitation in a Houston center. It seems the country is feeling a lot better, too. But it's a strang...
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In law school to get rich? Think againJan 22, 2011 11:00 pm - One of the most widely circulated articles in The New York Times of late asks: “Is Law School a Losing Game?” For days, it was the most e-mailed story in the paper, and ...
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38 years and 50 million livesJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - When the leadership of the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives decided as their first act to have members read the U.S. Constitution aloud, there wer...
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The blinders of hubris in governmentJan 21, 2011 12:00 am - It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, and in a recent speech that seemed like Larry Summers' swan song, the president's departed economic adviser warned that Am...
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Setting the stage for a Bears fan's ideal showdownJan 20, 2011 12:00 am - Think you've had all you can stand of Bears hype? Trust us. We'll make more. Maybe there are some folks out there who don't see any value in the growing clamor surroundi...
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No tears for Joe LiebermanJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - My eyes are dry as I ponder Joe Lieberman's decision to not seek re-election. Voices on the right regard Connecticut's independent senator as a victim of left-wing intol...
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Contrasts in black and redJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The contrast between what Illinois Democrats did last week and what Republicans have done in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia and New Jersey could not be clearer. In I...
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A rush to judgment — againJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Not long after the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — a tragedy that resulted in the killing of six people and the wounding of 14, including Giffords —...