Opinion Columns
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'Aging' still an important part of news processJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the more painful videos I've watched as a newspaper journalist is a clip from a recent "Daily Show" in which Jason Jones buckles the knees of The New York Times, ...
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The real meaning of NedaJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Every revolution needs a unifying symbol, and members of Iran's opposition movement now have theirs. That was one dumb sniper who took out the young woman millions now k...
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Showing respect for what we don't knowJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The foreign policy sins of the United States fall into two categories: commission and omission. Commission includes wars in Vietnam and Iraq, and a one-time Latin Americ...
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Humanitarian, but questionableJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Those of us who live near the U.S.-Mexico border are used to seeing bizarre things - but not this bizarre. Law enforcement agencies don't typically help those who break ...
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Twitter unsurpassed as tyranny-fighting toolJun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - "I wouldn't know a Twitter from a tweeter, but, apparently, it is very important." Those were the inspired words of former first lady, former U.S. senator and current Se...
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Why silence on Iran when terror reigns?Jun 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Millions of Iranians take to the streets to defy a theocratic dictatorship that, among its other finer qualities, is a self-declared enemy of America and the tolerance a...
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Lacking a Bush gauge, Obama's popularity fallsJun 20, 2009 11:00 pm - In a conversation the other day with a White House official, I heard something I'd never expected from an employee of Barack Obama's. "I wish," he said, "George Bush wou...
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Heavy lifters for a health billJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Fifteen years ago, when Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle was running interference for the Clintons' effort at health care reform, his goal in life was to enlist Sen. Bob Dole...
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Burned by tobacco legislation againJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Politicians have extraordinary shoulder joints that enable them to pat themselves on the back, and last week the president performed it in the Rose Garden. His subject w...
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Put medical culture in tune with callingJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - There will be time to talk about costs and coverage, about public and private plans, about reasoning and rationing in health-care reform. So the president began this wee...