Kathleen Parker
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Mining Afghanistan's futureJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Amid all the dark news from Afghanistan, every now and then a sliver of light slips through the cracks. Afghanistan, it turns out, is rich in minerals. Trillions rich. I...
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The little engine that mightJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The Pentagon doesn't want it. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's unnecessary. Former President George W. Bush was against it, as is Barack Obama, who has threatene...
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Libidos gone wild in these egalitarian timesJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - When a long-ago South Carolina legislator described his state as "too small to be a republic and too large to be an insane asylum," he might have added, "but just perfec...
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Real Marines don't lieMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - I have a thing for Marines, always have. It began a long time ago when I watched my older brother amble away in the night toward his barracks at Camp Pendleton near San ...
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Gender, geography and the courtMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The magnificent author and son of the Great Santini, Pat Conroy, began "The Prince of Tides" with these words: "My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port o...
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Abortion's route to rareMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - When Bill Clinton said in 1992 that he wanted to make abortion safe, legal and rare, many Americans applauded. Even if one dismisses this as rhetoric, it is a sentiment ...
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A sprig of verbenaApr 15, 2010 11:00 pm - One of President Obama's consistent education themes has been the wish that every child cross paths with that one teacher who hits the light switch and changes one's lif...
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Karzai's temper tantrumApr 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Paging Dr. Khalilzad. That is, Zalmay Khalilzad, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and now a wandering consultant on all things Afghan and Middle Eastern. Might we i...
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The view from CanteyvilleApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - CANTEYVILLE, S.C. - If thy name is Incumbent, you might want to start packing up those D.C. tchotchkes. November is likely to be a cruel month. That, at least, is the vi...
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Hiding behind HydeMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Health care is the next-to-last thing I want to write about. The last thing is abortion, so this column is a banquet of tortures. Usually, I would not return so soon to ...