Froma Harrop
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The Grand Old Party’s breaking upAug 13, 2012 5:00 am - When traditional Republicans tell their Tea Party wing that they have to negotiate with Democrats, the radicals’ frequent response is: No, they don’t. One side has to wi...
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Drought nation heads for dry federal wellAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - CHADRON, Neb. — As three-digit temps broil the sidewalks through late afternoon, one walks alone in this charming Nebraska panhandle city. These days, Chadron seems more...
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Politically and otherwise, the Mountain West swingsAug 03, 2012 5:00 am - DENVER — When the sun goes down, the new Mountain West comes out swinging. Denver’s Larimer Square and LoDo (Lower Downtown) district turns into a multicultural Mixmaste...
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Badger Cottage versus Toad HallJul 26, 2012 10:14 am - Sometimes you need children to set you straight. They are so attuned to what they like and what feels good. The status-value of things doesn’t register as much as with a...
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Are some in GOP ready to deal on taxes?Jul 23, 2012 5:00 am - Nowadays, few politicians will stray from party orthodoxy without also taking unfair whacks at the opposition. Sen. Tom Coburn, Republican from Oklahoma, is braver and m...
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The worst financial scandal yet?Jul 17, 2012 5:00 am - If only one in four American adults can name his or her U.S. senators, we can assume that even fewer know what Libor is. Libor (pronounced lie-bor) is at the center of a...
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Where they play, rich conservatives like zoningJul 12, 2012 10:10 am - Last weekend’s memorable photo is of Mitt Romney driving his massive powerboat past a privately built castle, not unlike his own, on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee. ...
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Health care politics go into extra inningsJul 09, 2012 5:00 am - There was never much doubt that the individual mandate in “Obamacare” was constitutional. As Harvard Law School professor Einer Elhauge had noted, the first Congress in ...
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Executive women are not that special, eitherJul 04, 2012 1:52 pm - Two cultural events have caught our attention this season. One is the stern graduation speech at Wellesley (Mass.) High School in which teacher David McCullough Jr. told...
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Here’s to the Yankee Doodle liberalJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - In 1940, a Los Angeles jury released testimony linking James Cagney to the Communist Party, or at least to “communist members, sympathizers or heavy contributors.” He ha...