Opinion Columns
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Obama's clout will be tested in three races todayNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The first key votes of the Obama era take place this week, not on the floor of the House or Senate, but in Virginia, New Jersey and New York, where President Obama's end...
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The three envelopesNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. "Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you. Just three envelopes. Open them, one at a time, when you get ...
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If you don't understand 'GNOC, please read thisNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - 143 and 459 are nice. Unless you are saying so under the influence of 420. Or if it leads to GNOC. If you don't understand what I have just written, then your children h...
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It seems almost anything goes with FHA loansOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, ...
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Disclosure as liberal coercionOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Conservatives here, a droll minority, say that under this city's quota system, when a conservative enters the city, one already here is required to leave. The...
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In pursuit of happinessOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Not long ago a group of writers decided to publish a book of essays we called: "Feminism Made Me Happy." It was an in-your-face title, a deliberate attempt to counter th...
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Democrats worth hearingOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Does anyone in Washington tell the truth? Why should Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid be believed when he promises states can "opt out" of a public option on health car...
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Seen anything like this flu, or the coverage thereof?Oct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Hard to believe there's much more to say about the H1N1 flu, but that's why I'm here. I'd like to tackle a few off-the-beaten-path questions about the issue. For answers...
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An apple for the secretaryOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - By stalling on issues ranging from Afghanistan to immigration reform, President Obama has earned a reputation for being indecisive. Yet Obama did make one decision that ...
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Make newspaper your source for informed votingOct 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Here. They. Come. Oh, if only we could think of them like Douglas Adams' Perfectly Normal Beasts that come thundering out of another dimension twice a year to roar brief...