Articles filed under Commentary
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The best show in townSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - In that fleeting interval between earthquake/hurricane and the president’s 57th (or so) major national address next Thursday, I can finally devote a summer column to the...
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The progressives’ freedom agendaSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - The third week in July, Republican Gov. Rick Perry said that the U.S. Constitution — whose 10th Amendment limits federal power — gives states the right to decide on such...
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The tide and Marco RubioSep 02, 2011 5:00 am - In my high school days before sex and environmental education and the general dumbing down of the population, memorization of some Shakespeare was expected in Miss Kauff...
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‘Purple’ Colorado brews up a leaderSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - DENVER — “Beer,” said Benjamin Franklin, who knew a thing or two about pleasure, “is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” If so, perhaps He wanted J...
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Wide, interesting variety etched on face of the suburbsSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - Just who are we in the suburbs? We’re often portrayed in monotone. Written off as bland vanilla. Beige. Banal. Colorless. Odorless. Tasteless. The newspaper tells a dif...
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Our interests to interveneAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - In 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt named an obscure history professor, William E. Dodd, as ambassador to Germany. Dodd was a principled but prosaic man, whose gift to popula...
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Planet of the godlyAug 31, 2011 5:00 am - Rick Perry’s rapid lead over previous Republican front-runner Mitt Romney was predictable. But it is not a good sign for Republicans hoping to reclaim the White House an...
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Scott Brown no shoe-in for re-electionAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - When Scott Brown was elected U.S. senator from Massachusetts in a special election last year, Republicans rejoiced. They had wrested the Senate seat held by the late lib...
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Congo’s rule by the ruthlessAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Gen. Bosco Ntaganda is a familiar figure around town, dining at the Le Chalet restaurant, playing tennis on Sunday at the Hotel ...
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Stereotypes and the Strauss-Kahn caseAug 29, 2011 5:04 am - Ladieeees and gentlemen: As one of the year’s greatest media circuses on earth draws to a close, please direct your attention to the center ring to gape at one of th...