Opinion Columns
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Obama speech was hardly a convincing meditation on raceMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The beauty of a speech is that you don't just give the answers, you provide your own questions. "Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial ...
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A government rescue is hazardous, except for Bear StearnsMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I don't know too many economists who get confused with preachers. But there are times when they talk about virtue and temptation as if they were free-market holy rollers...
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Credit card rejection seems ironic amid our current excessesMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - The parent of a teenager with even marginal grades needs a paper shredder to deal with all the credit card and college loan offers that arrive unsolicited. Want an easy...
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McCain missed out on chance to distance himself from BushMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - These are salad days for John McCain, touring world capitals with his buddies Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, his nomination secure and polls confirming that he is wel...
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Absurd ruling against viable option of home schoolingMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - There is a lot to criticize in an outrageous California appellate court decision that threatens to outlaw home schooling in the state. But there are also a few things wo...
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Idiocy and meanness reaching new heights in the suburbsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Local, small town "governance" can sometimes be plagued by pettiness and a hunger for power that far outdistances the scope of any elective or appointed position. Now, t...
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Race between Clinton and Obama is about identity, not policyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Elections can be about policy, personality or identity. The race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is surely not about policy. The differences between the two are...
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'Interference' can be found in so many interesting formsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - You'd have thought I was asking for a copy of the "Pentagon Papers" or Prince Harry's latest military assignment. Nothing that interesting. Just a simple traffic ticket....
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Ferraro's foolish remarks contribute nothing to campaignMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - With an African-American male and a white female competing for the Democratic presidential nomination, we were sure to discuss affirmative action. And not in the conve...
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Don't count on Clinton, Obama being on same ticketMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the great surprises of my first presidential campaign, back in 1960, came on the final morning of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. Cecil Holland...