Opinion Columns
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Obama alienated women with his curt remark to ClintonJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Rick Lazio must have known what was coming. As Hillary Clinton's Senate opponent in 2000, he alarmingly strode across the stage during a debate and demanded that she sig...
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Just a cranky, old curmudgeon or real reason to despair?Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Candidates these days are making me feel like a kindergarten teacher imparting the harsh realities of a world no longer just about "me" to the uninitiated. Or an irascib...
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Voters looking in different directions in presidential raceJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Like the Roman god Janus, from which this godforsaken month takes its name, the two parties' voters in two states have looked in different directions. These states perha...
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Stop the presses!Jan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Warning! Warning! Danger! Danger! Self-promoting, semi-gloating and perhaps less-than-timely column approaching! Nonetheless, I had a bunch of end-of-the-year vacation t...
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Women voters came to the rescue of Hillary Clinton's campaignJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - By Wednesday, the headlines that had blared "Panic" and "On the Edge" were as infamous as "Dewey Beats Truman." The advance stories written to explain Hillary's defeat h...
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New Hampshire voters put a high value on characterJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - MANCHESTER, N.H. -- The lesson of New Hampshire can be summarized in two simple words: Character counts. John McCain and Hillary Clinton left the Granite State Wednesda...
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Series seeks productive actions, not simply another shot at tollwayJan 09, 2008 10:00 pm - It's easy to disdain the Illinois tollway. Born of the same lie that frequently justifies unpopular government projects -- think local taxes: "Don't worry; this issue do...
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Difficulty of spreading democracy throughout the worldJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Of all the understandings of the democratic idea, none could be more wrong than this one. Democracy at its very core is an antidote to the kind of dynastic revenge young...
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Public funding of elections would be a change for the betterJan 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Change. Change. Change. Change. Change. How? How? How? How? How? I'm glad you asked. First, do some harm -- and I mean real harm. Break the system we now have where e...
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Peres knows what is needed to achieve peaceJan 06, 2008 10:00 pm - One of the main obstacles blocking a genuine peace between Palestinians and Israelis is the refusal of leaders and citizens on both sides to acknowledge injustices their...