Froma Harrop
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Politicians and their self-serving charitiesMar 17, 2011 2:00 am - Not long ago, Republicans mounted their high horse over Charlie Rangel’s ethical lapses. They had a right to. Among other questionable conduct, Rangel had solicited char...
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Who’s missing in Utah’s immigration dealMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - Someone is missing at the celebration for the Utah Compact on immigration. Who could that be? Latino activists, the Catholic Church, the Mormon Church, the Chamber of C...
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Spending's not better the second time aroundMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Before we take an ax to the federal budget, let's try a scalpel. Many things done in one federal department or agency are also done in others, according to a new Governm...
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A left wing in need of an updateFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Though I deem myself a sort-of liberal, I don’t closely read the left-wing magazine The Nation. Its views don’t budge for decades at a time, so one can get by just c...
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Federal policies skew house values everywhereFeb 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Not Seattle! Home prices in the “Queen City” of the Northwest were not supposed to go south. This isn’t Miami, Phoenix or Las Vegas, where sun-tanned speculators built b...
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Budget debate can’t be reduced to catch phrasesFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - In politics, simple phrases can hide complex agendas. The budget debate offers the perfect stage for mouthing “home truths” that are not quite true. Let’s air a few exam...
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The blubber hits the road projectsFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The blubbering has hit the road projects, as the congressional ban on earmarks becomes reality. Tea partyers and other foes of “Big Government” demanded the end to earma...
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Come out of hiding, moderate RepublicansFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - One of the more disagreeable traits of many tea party “spokespeople,” aside from their loose connection with facts, is their zest for threatening Republicans who don't l...
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'2nd adolescence' of baby boomers placed on holdJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - A few years ago, baby boomers needed 3-D glasses to take in the gorgeous vision of their decades to come. Books and articles foresaw baby boomers skipping off into a “se...
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No tears for Joe LiebermanJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - My eyes are dry as I ponder Joe Lieberman's decision to not seek re-election. Voices on the right regard Connecticut's independent senator as a victim of left-wing intol...