Articles filed under Commentary
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Staying bilingual key to Latino prosperityMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Not a day goes by that I don’t thank my lucky stars that I can think, read, write and converse in two different languages. It may not seem like much to some but it has o...
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In praise of leaders with backboneMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Who put the hot sauce in the Republican governors' oatmeal? And where do we get more of it? In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker is winning fans and making waves — as good le...
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The three other people boosting Mideast democracyMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — It is the conservative critique of the freedom agenda that democratic transformations are hopeless or dangerous in societies lacking democratic cultures...
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No matter who's to blame, it's the kids who will payMar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - The public school teachers in Wisconsin are not responsible for the credit collapse, the national unemployment rate, the fall of the industrial sector or the fiscal cris...
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The government’s price on our headsFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Back in the American Wild West, federal and state governments often put a price on the heads of infamous outlaws like Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Sam Bass, Belle Star an...
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A left wing in need of an updateFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Though I deem myself a sort-of liberal, I don’t closely read the left-wing magazine The Nation. Its views don’t budge for decades at a time, so one can get by just c...
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Rubicon: A river in WisconsinFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - The magnificent turmoil now gripping statehouses in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and soon others marks an epic political moment. The nation faces a fiscal crisis of historic...
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Deflating the anti-SemitesFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - During World War II, the leader of the Palestinians lived in a Berlin villa, a gift from a very grateful Adolf Hitler, who clearly got his money’s worth. Haj Amin al-Hus...
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Congress shouldn’t skip this class actFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - For Princetonians, the senior thesis is a high hurdle before graduation. For Wendy Kopp, class of 1989, it became a career devoted to transforming primary and second...
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The progression of fiscal painFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - In readjusting the size and role of government, there is a natural progression of pain. Cuts tend to begin with the poor and vulnerable, who have limited political clout...