Opinion Columns
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Switch is no surprise from 'the defector'May 02, 2009 11:00 pm - It's been more than four decades since Arlen Specter, the senator from Pennsylvania, earned the nickname "Specter the Defector." This week, he confirmed that it is indee...
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Swine flu is a virus, not an immigrantMay 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of what is being said about the possible swine flu pandemic that seems to have originated in Mexico demonstrates that ignorance is infectious. Among the infected: R...
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Life does the makeover for Susan BoyleApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - I am not the sort of person who fills the e-mail inboxes of my friends with jokes. Nor do I harass my family with hyperlinks to the latest YouTube video of lobsters with...
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Coverage of sports, courts and people who feel out of sortsApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Odds and ends: Again, we find ourselves looking for that perfect space between Chicken Little and Pollyanna, between outright panic and unbridled optimism. No, I'm not t...
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Obama should bow out from 'our lady'Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Here on planet "What About Me," principled people are so rare as to be oddities. Thus, it was a head-swiveling moment Monday when former Vatican Ambassador Mary Ann Glen...
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Torture of enemies also tortures the lawApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - On April 16, President Obama released the now-infamous torture memos along with a covering statement that said the CIA's old interrogation methods not only failed to "ma...
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Blagojevich's next trick, wearing his bathrobe to court?Apr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - When Milorad the Magnificent thanked a federal judge for sparing him the gagging chore of eating jungle bugs, he was partially correct. You see, the man who was Illinois...
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If it sounds like torture, it likely isApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Several years ago, I asked a veteran journalist for advice. "I'm trying to figure out if I have an ethical conflict," I began. "If you have to ask, you do," he said. S...
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Opening overture has been promisingApr 25, 2009 11:00 pm - As we approach the 100-day mark for the Obama administration, you will hear and see a wide variety of grades for the new president's performance. Remember this. What has...
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Sexting common sense no easy sendApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I am sure that Vermonters don't like the idea of teens sending sexy pictures from one phone to another. Nor do Ohio and Utah parents want their kids using cell phone min...