Opinion Columns
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Demagogy and a mosqueAug 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Newt Gingrich, his doctorate notwithstanding, has offered us an illogical and ahistorical context to the ugly dispute about building an Islamic cultural center and mosqu...
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In Delaware, civility rulesAug 02, 2010 11:00 pm - MIDDLETOWN, Del. - A lot of the mail I receive these days reads like this letter from a Milford, Utah, man, who says: "Truly, there is a lot of anger in the land, and on...
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The meaning of Olive StreetAug 01, 2010 11:00 pm - We've heard much these past few years about "small town values," most recently iterated and personified by Sarah Palin. When politicians speak of small town values, we ...
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Betting on Blago jury soothes summertime bluesAug 01, 2010 11:00 pm - During this lull between college basketball and fall football weekends, Rod Blagojevich is once again performing a valuable public service. The precise time that a feder...
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Chelsea's wedding like so many othersAug 01, 2010 11:00 pm - No, I wasn't invited. I shouldn't be. I'm a friend of her parents. They aren't getting married. She is. The rule that invited guests should have a personal relationship ...
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Iran starts to feel heatJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - "They (the United States and Israel) have decided to attack at least two countries in the region in the next three months." - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, July...
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Immigration as partisanshipJul 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Christmas came early for demagogues. The court decision putting a hold on the worst provisions of Arizona's new anti-Latino immigration law is a gift-wrapped present to ...
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National Health Service: It's coming to AmericaJul 29, 2010 11:00 pm - PORTSTEWART, Northern Ireland - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told a group of liberal activists meeting in Las Vegas they shouldn't worry about not getting the singl...
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Dr. Donald Berwick, taxpayer money saving heroJul 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Welcome, Dr. Donald Berwick. Once you pull the arrows out of your back, you can get down to the important work for which you are supremely qualified: fixing the governme...
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Some calls are bleepin' tough to make, some notJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The late George Carlin liked to say that "there are no bad words," only bad uses of words. I'm inclined to agree, though I would add there are certainly bad times to use...