Articles filed under Commentary
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One man for the peopleJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - Good news: Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords is preparing to start rehabilitation in a Houston center. It seems the country is feeling a lot better, too. But it's a strang...
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The reason for civilityJan 23, 2011 11:00 pm - “We are not enemies, but friends.” #8212; Abraham Lincoln With Americans shocked into reflection on the desperate, divisive tone of their politics, it is worth as...
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In law school to get rich? Think againJan 22, 2011 11:00 pm - One of the most widely circulated articles in The New York Times of late asks: “Is Law School a Losing Game?” For days, it was the most e-mailed story in the paper, and ...
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38 years and 50 million livesJan 22, 2011 10:00 pm - When the leadership of the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives decided as their first act to have members read the U.S. Constitution aloud, there wer...
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A repeal that’s now in failing healthJan 21, 2011 11:00 pm - By Eugene Robinson This whole health care thing isn’t quite working out the way Republicans planned. My guess is that they’ll soon try to change the subject — but I’m af...
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The blinders of hubris in governmentJan 21, 2011 12:00 am - It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, and in a recent speech that seemed like Larry Summers' swan song, the president's departed economic adviser warned that Am...
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Setting the stage for a Bears fan's ideal showdownJan 20, 2011 12:00 am - Think you've had all you can stand of Bears hype? Trust us. We'll make more. Maybe there are some folks out there who don't see any value in the growing clamor surroundi...
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No tears for Joe LiebermanJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - My eyes are dry as I ponder Joe Lieberman's decision to not seek re-election. Voices on the right regard Connecticut's independent senator as a victim of left-wing intol...
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A solution to pain sits locked in a roomJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - The editors of the British Medical Journal recently concluded that a 1998 study ringing alarm bells on a possible connection between vaccines and autism was actually an ...
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Contrasts in black and redJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The contrast between what Illinois Democrats did last week and what Republicans have done in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia and New Jersey could not be clearer. In I...