Opinion Columns
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Life in a snapshotAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - CASCO BAY, Maine -- I am back at my post. Feet planted on the porch railing. Back braced against the familiar contours of the Adirondack chair. On the bird feeder before...
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Hard times nonetheless evoke volunteer spiritAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Hard to believe it was more than a year ago when we were deep in the throes of writing stories about how the lousy economy was causing this hardship and that woe. The sp...
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On Vick, excusing the inexcusableAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - With team after team turning him down, the question regarding Michael Vick, thrower of football and killer of dogs, is not whether he will return to the NFL or even whet...
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Shriver's legacy: A look at the nature of heavenAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." ...
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Fear no evil in benign provision of health care billAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I am as happy as anyone at signs of an economic recovery. But I confess to having mixed feelings about the resurgence of the wing-nut industry. We now have "The Birthers...
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Latinos know profiling all too wellAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - If you think it's embarrassing for an African-American to have to identify himself to the police while in his own house, imagine how humiliating it is for U.S.-born Hisp...
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Top Roman Catholic official's transcript shows 'who cares'Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - "Thou shall not speak in code" isn't one of the Ten Commandments. So for decades, when top Roman Catholic officials of the Chicago Archdiocese used the word "sabbatical"...
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Health care reform: a better planAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - In 1986, Ronald Reagan and Bill Bradley created a legislative miracle. They fashioned a tax reform that stripped loopholes, political favors, payoffs, patronage and othe...
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Sotomayor's potential impactAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - When Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was explaining his decision to become one of the nine Republicans to support the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, he said ...
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Outrage begins to dog usAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Maybe it's the dog days, but three friends recently got in touch within a 24-hour period to catch up. Or more like it, to catch their breath. One reported the onset of ...