Articles filed under Commentary
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A sincere apologyMar 08, 2012 12:41 pm - The first apology by Rush Limbaugh, posted on his website over the weekend, sounded forced, qualified, almost defensive. The second, broadcast live on his Monday show, s...
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Failing the test of political courageMar 08, 2012 12:24 pm - How’s this for political cowardice? Right-wing bloviator Rush Limbaugh launches a vile attack, full of sexual insults and smarmy innuendo, against a young woman whose on...
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Farewell, honored prophetMar 08, 2012 12:00 am - The most accomplished social scientist of the last half-century would occasionally visit his friend and Harvard colleague Pat Moynihan at the White House when Moynihan w...
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What Limbaugh is really aboutMar 08, 2012 12:00 am - Too bad the Republican candidates had to comment on Rush Limbaugh’s flaming attack on a female law student at Georgetown University. El Rushbo plays troubadour to the pa...
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Blog item: That jerk in the other carMar 07, 2012 12:00 am - My husband has started teaching our oldest son the rules of the road in anticipation of his getting behind the wheel. A few weeks ago, I heard my husband tell the impres...
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A battle, not a routMar 07, 2012 12:00 am - It is the temptation of the columnist to universalize the moment — to present transient trends as exceptional, predictive and permanent. A direction is presented as a de...
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The passing of a bomb-throwerMar 07, 2012 12:00 am - It is not nice to speak ill of the dead, my mother once told me. But it is OK, I think, to speak ill of those who praise the dead when the deceased was best known for sl...
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Just show us respectMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - Time magazine’s March 5 edition is barrier-breaking, according to Richard Stengel, the managing editor. In his “Editor’s Desk” letter to readers he wrote, “For the first...
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Tax the rich ... firstMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - We who’ve been going on and on about the need to raise taxes on the rich need to catch our breath. There’s no need to reverse course, but also no obligation to totally l...
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Farewell, honored prophetMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - The most accomplished social scientist of the last half-century would occasionally visit his friend and Harvard colleague Pat Moynihan at the White House when Moynihan w...