Articles filed under Commentary
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The balancing act of parentingJan 14, 2013 4:00 am - I often describe it as my most important job. It’s the one that is the most difficult, and yet the most fulfilling. It consumes the most time, and it’s the one where I m...
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On crying at the moviesJan 14, 2013 4:00 am - Following the “Les Miserables” incident on Christmas Day, I suspect I will never convince my teenage sons to attend a movie with me again. At various moments of high emo...
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Changing channelsJan 11, 2013 10:30 am - No one forced me, but I finally decided it was time to discover what all the business was about Honey Boo Boo. Even though I’ve made reference to the show featuring a f...
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A rallying cry to tame spendingJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - “Even victors are by victories undone.” -- John Dryden Democrats not allergic to arithmetic must know the cost of their “fiscal cliff” victory. When they flinched from...
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Hot enough for you?Jan 11, 2013 4:00 am - All right, now can we talk about climate change? After a year when the lower 48 states suffered the warmest temperatures, and the second-craziest weather, since record-k...
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Building hope for collaboration in IsraelJan 11, 2013 4:00 am - Standing atop Israel’s Mount of the Precipice, it’s easy to believe that anything is possible. Its sweeping views of the Jezreel Valley, Mount Tabor and other Galilean s...
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Stunt shows what papers do — engageJan 10, 2013 7:00 am - All right, pay attention. Ah, well, actually, I may not have to ask that of you. If a stunt pulled by a Belgian advertising agency is any indication, you're already pret...
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The wrong RepublicansJan 10, 2013 4:01 am - “The damage may have already been done,” starts a Wall Street Journal news story about the fiscal cliff. This is damage a fix at this point can’t fix. That Washington co...
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Return of the real ObamaJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Obama got his tax hikes — naked of spending cuts — passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives....
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The tarring of Chuck HagelJan 09, 2013 4:00 am - Before they were girls, they were women. Before that, they were girls. I am not talking here of the chronology of females but of acceptable usage. Back in the 1970s, for...