Opinion Columns
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Needed: a part-time CongressNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - “I wanted the music to play on forever. Have I stayed too long at the fair?#8221; Barbra Streisand lyric The finding by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee...
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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...