Opinion Columns
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Ghost of Carter realism haunts Obama's successOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Almost like an apparition, Jimmy Carter stalks Barack Obama. The former president has published yet another book, his 25th, which has been greeted with some scorn and pl...
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The president and the peril of overreachOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Promoting his new book, Jimmy Carter, whose version of Christianity allows ample scope for what some Christians consider the sin of pride, has been doing something at wh...
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I'm Giancana's grandchild and proud of it, Coco saysOct 11, 2010 1:00 am - Everybody becomes Italian on Columbus Day just as we all put an O' before our names on St. Patrick's Day and become Irish, right? But only a few people are fearless enou...
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The disillusioned Latino voterOct 10, 2010 11:00 pm - From poll taxes to literacy tests to outright voter intimidation, Americans have a long history of trying to suppress the turnout of Latino voters. It turns out they mis...
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The money race in CaliforniaOct 09, 2010 11:00 pm - If there were one contest Meg Whitman didn't need to win in her bid to become governor of California, it was the race to collect the most money from individuals and busi...
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Boehner antes upOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The Democrats were lying in wait for John Boehner when the Republican leader of the House announced that he would address the subject of congressional reform in a speech...
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Who wants to shake up the county board?Oct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Three days after my final college class, I landed my first “real job, reporter for the now-shuttered Daily Journal. I'd somehow fallen into the premier beat coverage of...
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Terrorism of a personal kindOct 06, 2010 11:00 pm - The schoolyard bully used to work his fists. His target might go home with a black eye, but the bruise would eventually go away. Later in life, victim and victimizer mig...
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A private matter of public concernOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The suicide of an 18-year-old Rutgers University student following an unimaginable invasion of his privacy has launched an overdue examination of casual and possibly cr...
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Mr. Speaking-in-WaitingOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The House minority leader sits in his spacious Capitol Hill office contemplating an upgrade to larger digs should his party live up to expectations and win a majority of...