Opinion Columns
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Voter unrest could also help DemocratsJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - It's hard to call the outcomes of recent primaries a "voter uprising." It looks more like democracy in action than a series of coup d'etats. Replacing party establishmen...
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The little engine that mightJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The Pentagon doesn't want it. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's unnecessary. Former President George W. Bush was against it, as is Barack Obama, who has threatene...
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The mortal politicianJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - There is a scene in the film "Superman II" in which the Man of Steel chooses to give up his powers and become mortal for Lois Lane, the woman he loves. A major part of P...
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Hey, how 'bout a hand for the Hawks' fans?Jun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Mike "Doc" Emrick's call on NBC-TV of Patrick Kane's impossible-to-see winning goal sounded something like, "Schubaduacrosstheskates. Oh, my, it rattled around and then ...
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Salvation through sportsJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A fascinating test of the curative power of sports has been unfolding this week on both sides of the Atlantic, as Washington and Johannesburg look to athletes to lift th...
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Nightmare of a jobs reportJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Concerning the job numbers from May, one can almost echo Henry James' exclamation after examining letters pertaining to Lord Byron's incest: "Nauseating, perhaps, but ho...
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Use news, not news excerpts, when you voteJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Who is going to determine how you perceive the candidates you support in the coming election? You? Or the candidates? There is hardly mystery surrounding the power of po...
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The Jews couldn't go homeJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Ah, another teachable moment! This one comes to us from Helen Thomas, the longtime White House reporter and columnist who announced her retirement on Monday. Thomas, of ...
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Libidos gone wild in these egalitarian timesJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - When a long-ago South Carolina legislator described his state as "too small to be a republic and too large to be an insane asylum," he might have added, "but just perfec...
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Arizona's immigration law: a rebuttalJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - If Arizona's new immigration law is supposed to be the best thing since warm tortillas, why do supporters have to prop it up by engaging in falsehoods and scare tactics?...