Opinion Columns
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The British (elections) are comingJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - The new year kicked-off an election campaign for prime minister of the United Kingdom with a series of soap opera events that grabbed headlin...
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The awakening of awarenessJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - To the columnist's obligation to provide a 10-best list of 2009 films, I punt by offering just one. It is "The Baader Meinhof Complex," which Anthony Lane, the film crit...
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Unchained Dodd rides into finance reformJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - With polls showing that Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd would probably lose to most everyone running against him, the Democrat's decision not to seek re-election is a relief...
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The high price of bravadoJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - As we have seen, bravado is not exclusive to any political party. Republicans and Democrats can both get carried away and say things they'll later have trouble backing u...
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James Lewis writes the book on POISON! deathsJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The man long suspected of putting deadly poison inside Tylenol capsules back in 1982, killing seven metro Chicagoans, has written a book. James Lewis calls it "a chillin...
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The Gitmo obsessionJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Nigerian would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was indicted by a Michigan grand jury for attempted murder and sundry other criminal charges. The day before, the Stat...
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Golden no longerJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was a hero to the American left, partly because of his 1939 anti-war novel "Johnny Got His Gun." Trumbo's title modified the lyric "Johnny get ...
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Leader without a causeJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Last month, no American soldiers were killed in Iraq. Last month, the unemployment rate dipped a bit, the stock market ended the year up, the financial system did not cr...
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Freak accident a sobering reminder of life's frailtyJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - "There but for the grace of God go we" was how this column was supposed to be themed. I was going to mention how, many years ago, I was headed north on Route 53, just pa...
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Something about that nameJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The secular left - and some self-described Christians - criticize Brit Hume, the Fox News commentator, for suggesting that the solution to Tiger Woods' problems is a rel...