Opinion Columns
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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, ...
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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 ...