Opinion Columns
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The joy of losingApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Among my various idiosyncrasies, such as (twice) driving from Washington to New York to watch a world championship chess match, the most baffling to my friends is my ste...
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Arizona's act of vengeanceApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination - racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. About the only hopeful thing that can be said is that t...
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Arizona takes off its 'rainbow shades'Apr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Arizona has decided that if the federal government will not live up to its responsibility to control the border, it will. Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, signed a bill th...
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Another tea party momentApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Pretty soon this state will be dicey for blondes. Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill that allows the police to demand the papers of anyone reas...
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Titan over Wall StreetApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The politics of financial regulatory reform are simple. After the meltdown and the bailout, many Americans - perhaps most Americans - are inclined to see Wall Street as ...
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Putting the ill in Illinois and some other thingsApr 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A few things you won't read anywhere else: • The Democratic Illinois U.S. Senate candidate helped manage a failed family bank that loaned money to mobsters. The Republic...
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In praise of cheerful menApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Hearing about a shortage of farm laborers in California, the couple who would become Susumu Ito's parents moved from Hiroshima to become sharecroppers near Stockton. Thu...
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The First Amendment and animalsApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Let me be clear at the outset: I love dogs. Not like them, love them. Of course, I love mine the best: Judy J. Estrich, Molly Emily Estrich and Irving A. Estrich. Judy i...
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Prayer and stateApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - If one tries hard enough and is clever enough, one can find a federal judge to rule on just about anything. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a group of atheists and...
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The eradication of trustApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Trust might as well be a four-letter word. American public opinion seems to have become an unguided Weapon of Mass Suspicion, and it's not hard to understand why. But th...