Froma Harrop
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Obama’s biggest threat was HuntsmanJan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Politically astute Republicans, including many social conservatives, see Mitt Romney as the strongest candidate to beat President Obama in November. The former Massachus...
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The unbearable consequence of IowaJan 09, 2012 4:00 am - So Mitt Romney “won” Iowa by eight votes, giving him the “Big Mo” (that’s momentum) as he marches forth into the primaries. What happened to Rick Santorum’s surge? Did a...
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‘Nuts’ to IranJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - When the Germans told Gen. Anthony McAuliffe to surrender his forces in Belgium during World War II, the commander of the 101st Airborne Division famously replied, “Nuts...
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The little state that could?Jan 01, 2012 4:00 am - Rhode Island shouldn’t even be a state. It’s basically a city, Providence, with some suburbs, factory towns, a little countryside and Newport. The smallest state in area...
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‘Cool’ cities are not necessarily warmDec 29, 2011 4:00 am - The soft economy has left lots of Americans in place, whether they want to be or not. That would include the most mobile group, young people. But to the extent that adul...
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The greatest gift for the unemployedDec 26, 2011 5:00 am - To many rational economists, holiday gift-giving is “an orgy of wealth-destruction,” writes Dan Ariely in The Wall Street Journal. A behavioral economist at Duke Univers...
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The right's health care fantasiesDec 16, 2011 4:00 am - A real conservative would say: “Government should stay out of health care. Let Americans meet their medical needs in the free market.” I respectfully disagree, but thank...
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Newt and The Donald a-courting goDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Liberals and conservatives both seem obsessed with the behavior of “the 1 percent,” but there the similarity ends. Liberals seek to change the ways of the richest 1 perc...
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If it’s on paper, it’s more foreverDec 08, 2011 4:00 am - How many of you want your holiday greetings to arrive in the form of thick paper cards delivered by the United States Postal Service? Now, how many prefer your cheery wi...
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Dirty jobs don’t have to be lousy jobsNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - “Why Americans Won’t Do Dirty Jobs” is the presumptuous headline on a Bloomberg BusinessWeek cover. The subject is Alabama’s new no-tolerance policy toward illegal immig...