Opinion Columns
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Obama 'likes to smoke a couple cigarettes' before flyingMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The reason there is no such thing as an "ex-Marine" is because they are the best of the best, toughest of the tough, etc. of the etc. Despite that, I became concerned ab...
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Frugality theaterMay 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Barack Obama, an unbeliever genuflecting before the altar of frugality, is asking Congress, as presidents do, to give him something like a line-item veto. Coming in toda...
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Political 'wisdom' and expiration datesMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Much of political wisdom consists simply of understanding and acknowledging which subjects and practices are off limits. Yes, I know, to some people the very term "polit...
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A case for a moral imperativeMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - In June 1969, the stretch of the Cuyahoga River that runs through Cleveland was so polluted that it caught fire. Time magazine described the Cuyahoga this way: "Chocolat...
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Russians thwart suburban sweep in reality TVMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Personally, I blame the Russians. Had they not sent us Anna Trebunskaya, she wouldn't have had that argument with Evan on how to approach the freestyle, and they wouldn'...
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Running, not shruggingMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE - Before what he calls "the jaw-dropping" events of the last 19 months - TARP, the stimulus, Government Motors, the mistreatment of Chrysler's creditors, Obama...
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A complexity, reduced to shameMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - As a kid, an abiding fear, reinforced by movies and comic books, was that I would die on some foreign battlefield. I would become a casualty of the war that every genera...
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'Cup' reporting will be a thrill as well as the gamesMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago Blackhawks fans aren't in for a demonstration just of great hockey over the next two weeks, They're also in for a demonstration of great hockey writing. The Dail...
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There's no need for textbook warsMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Public interest in wars and "man-caused disasters" (formerly known as the war on terror) isn't what it used to be, except when men try to cause disasters, as in attempte...
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What could these candidates have been thinking?May 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Candidates subject themselves to all those boring chicken dinners, weekends on the road and having to flatter unpleasant people. Their campaign workers, contributors and...