Articles filed under Commentary
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Divider in chiefMay 07, 2012 5:00 am - Poor Solicitor General Donald Verrilli. Once again he's been pilloried for fumbling a historic Supreme Court case. First shredded for his “train wreck” defense of Obamac...
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Afghanistan, for the long haul?May 07, 2012 5:00 am - ...
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The unknown celebrityMay 06, 2012 5:00 am - The squabbling between political campaigns and the harrumphing of pundits were put in proper perspective at, of all places, the White House Correspondents’ Association d...
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Wishing the worst for John EdwardsMay 04, 2012 5:00 am - John Edwards allegedly misused campaign money to cover a tawdry affair while posing lovey-dovey with his dying wife for the cameras. All this happened in 2008, as the fo...
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Torture never an optionMay 03, 2012 11:00 pm - In April 24, the Daily Herald published an Associated Press story, “Ex-spy: Destroying CIA tapes purged ‘ugly visuals.'” With the publication of Jose Rodriguez's new boo...
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The war is over?May 01, 2012 5:00 am - “The war on terror is over,” or so claims an unnamed senior State Department official, as reported by National Journal’s Michael Hirsh in his recent article “The Post al...
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How long must Syrians wait?May 01, 2012 5:00 am - The United States seems to have two plans to deal with what is fast becoming a civil war in Syria. Plan A calls for the full implementation of the U.N. cease-fire and th...
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‘Reform conservatism’ revisitedMay 01, 2012 5:00 am - In a recent column, I described two forms of conservatism that coalesced in opposition to President Obama’s polarizing expansion in the size and role of government. Rej...
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Slow jamming the presidencyApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - It was fun. It was odd. It was just a little bit ... unseemly. Doubtless you’ve heard plenty by now of President Obama’s slow jam, which, for all you drips out there, r...
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Campaign an adventure for NewtApr 30, 2012 5:00 am - Every four years, there is one presidential campaign that is much more fun to watch than the rest, even if it has no realistic chance of success. I loved watching Mike H...