Articles filed under Commentary
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Judicial review and the health care lawDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - “The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the Constitution is written.” Marbury v. Madison (1...
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There's no joy in seeing a happy warrior fallDec 05, 2010 10:00 pm - This was a sad time for many of us watching Charlie Rangel receive the censure of his colleagues in the House of Representatives not because of our disagreement with th...
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How GOP could win over LatinosDec 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Republican elected officials could use coaching on how to talk about the immigration issue and, just as importantly, how not to talk about it. There's a huge need. Whe...
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Throw the WikiBook at themDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - It is understandable for the administration to underplay the significance of the WikiLeaks State Department cables. But while it is wise not to go into a public panic, i...
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Teenagers and the war on terrorDec 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Defenders of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, the teenager accused of plotting to bomb a tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., are already arguing to the press that he was set...
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America's reality show: gloom and doomDec 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Pending catastrophe is not an easy notion to entertain, much less sustain. Americans, moreover, have a low tolerance for doom and gloom. We are the nation of optimism, a...
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Why trouble ourselves with Russia now?Dec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - The Framers of the Constitution, a nuisance regretted by most modern presidents, gave the legislative branch -- another indignity inflicted on presidents, as they see it...
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American Dream is not all about moneyDec 01, 2010 10:00 pm - We always talk about the American Dream -- about living it, saving it, wondering what happened to it. Few bother to define it. The stereotype shows a single-family hous...
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A step toward solving the fiscal messNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - The two-day delay until Friday that Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson obtained before their debt-management commission decides on their tough-medicine recommendations may ...
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After WikiLeaks, Bush should rethink book tourNov 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Say what you want about WikiLeaks -- and I don't much like what it has done -- it nevertheless would be useful for its founder, Julian Assange, to follow George W. Bush ...