Opinion Columns
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An unforgivable silence suggests frightening omenAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - I always read The Economist magazine. I like many things about it, but I particularly cherish its book reviews. They are cogent and snappily written, and often deal with...
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Raising the stakes on gay marriageAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The 14th Amendment is a mighty sword, and U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker used it last week to flay and shred all the specious arguments - and I mean all of them - tha...
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Rod's on hold, but there's plenty of distractions out thereAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Any kid awaiting Christmas morning knows. Every love-struck teenager can tell you. And all soldiers heading home feel it in their gut. Waiting is the worst part. Ex-Illi...
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Who makes the laws, anyway?Aug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Last week, a draft memo surfaced from the Homeland Security Department suggesting ways to administratively circumvent existing law to allow several categories of illegal...
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Winning still part of politicsAug 08, 2010 11:00 pm - "Are you really a Democrat?" someone wrote to me recently, after I wrote a column criticizing the president's decision to go on vacation in Martha's Vineyard while so ma...
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Ethics trials may help, not hurt, DemocratsAug 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrats will "drain the swamp of Washington" if they win control of the House. So promised California Rep. Nancy Pelosi before the 2006 election that led to her becomi...
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The real illegal immigration story in the U.S.Aug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Arizona commands front and center stage in the national drama over illegal immigration. But the real action lies elsewhere. For those who prefer dealing with the problem...
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None dare call the danger to be . . . radical Islamists?Aug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Former Speaker Newt Gingrich may be the most notable public figure in some time to state the obvious: radical Islam is a clear and present danger to America. In a speech...
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Does Obama get the country's current situation?Aug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The conventional wisdom these days is that the best shot for Democrats heading into the November elections in marginal districts is for the president to raise money and ...
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The United States Senate, running on emptyAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Earlier this week, as the United States Senate went through the motions of debating Elena Kagan's nomination to a Supreme Court seat that almost certainly will be hers, ...