Opinion Columns
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Strong foreign policy leadership without bitter partisanshipJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Judging by the rhetoric coming out of the Obama and McCain campaigns this week, the United States is fated to endure another four years of bitter foreign policy partisan...
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Hey, it's Take Your Dog's Picture, Bring it to Work DayJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - I'll admit it: I didn't really think it'd be a good idea to observe "Take Your Dog to Work Day" at the Daily Herald today. When I was asking people in other offices for ...
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How the pop star got top billing over the journalistJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - On this hand, a respected journalist; on that, a world-renowned music star. To me, the choice of which one people would most want to read about was a virtual no-brainer...
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Russert was not only a great journalist, but also a great guyJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Washington is mourning the death of Tim Russert, but the loss resonates far beyond the Potomac. I only met Russert, the moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," once. It wa...
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Perot is back, charting a course politicians should followJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Sixteen years after he shook up American politics by launching an impromptu campaign for president, Ross Perot is about to dip a toe back into the public debates. And, y...
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McCain needs to do some homework on habeas corpus rulingJun 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The day after the Supreme Court ruled that detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo are entitled to seek habeas corpus hearings, John McCain called it "one of the worst decisi...
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Kwame caper reveals how Obama intends to stop smearsJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - On the heels of two grandstanding preachers, the last person Barack Obama needs to walk with is a scandalous mayor. So with the ink still tacky on the Rev. Jeremiah Wrig...
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Double standard in deportation of illegal immigrantsJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Let me say a few words in defense of deporting illegal immigrants. I wouldn't have thought such a defense would be necessary, since being in the United States without pr...
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McCain should take aim at Democrats' defeatist war policyJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - In his St. Paul victory speech, Barack Obama pledged again to pull out of Iraq. Rather than "continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in...
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What will all the harsh Clinton critics write about now?Jun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I have sometimes wondered what would happen if the good reverends of this Earth got their way and lust -- evil, sinful lust -- vanished overnight. I fear motels and hote...