Opinion Columns
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Does anyone know Barack Obama?Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - If, as the saying goes, the perfect is the enemy of the good, then Barack Obama is his own worst enemy. That becomes clear in the upcoming HBO documentary "By the People...
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'The way it is'Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - "That's just the way it is. Some things will never change . . ." (Bruce Hornsby song lyric) The Washington Post headline sounds as if a comedy writer, or someone fluent ...
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Send out the clownsOct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - As the war of words escalates between conservative gabmeisters and the White House, Americans might pause to wonder: Have we lost our minds? On any given day, life in th...
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Debacle in MoscowOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's forei...
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Happy Gang Initiation Week! And watch out for flying saucersOct 18, 2009 11:00 pm - The word gullible is not in the dictionary. Really. Go look it up. I'll wait. g-u-l-l-i-b-l-e Now that you know what the word gullible means - "easily deceived or duped"...
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Stimulating incumbencyOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - As Harvard's president, Larry Summers, economist and former Treasury secretary, was a lion in a den of Daniels. The faculty Daniels, their tender feelings hurt by his oc...
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Make Afghan footprint biggerOct 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Those who believe that President Obama should ignore Vice President Biden's advice about a "small footprint" and give Gen. Stanley McChrystal additional troops to comple...
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When tragedy strikes, please help the messengerOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - A wise journalist I know suggests three simple rules for how public officials should deal with the media. He uses the acronym HAT: be honest, be accessible, be timely. ...
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Could a wave be building?Oct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Demure Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, but since then has not made many waves. It might, however, be part of a political wave a year from now, t...
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Four women the GOP should noticeOct 14, 2009 11:00 pm - As the Republican Party continues its pilgrimage through the desert, its leaders may be missing the oasis for the vale of tears. The answer to the party's woes isn't a r...