Articles filed under Commentary
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Needed: a part-time CongressNov 29, 2010 10:00 pm - “I wanted the music to play on forever. Have I stayed too long at the fair?#8221; Barbra Streisand lyric The finding by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee...
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As parties dig in, centrists just need a leaderNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black. Political outliers not quite Republican, not quite Democrat are for...
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Abolish the party committeesNov 28, 2010 10:00 pm - The immigration advocates are right: Some jobs are so dirty and demeaning that Americans just won't do them. Exhibit A: The chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Ca...
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The irrelevance of STARTNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — It's a lame-duck session. Time is running out. Unemployment is high, the economy is dangerously weak and, with five weeks to go, no one knows what tax they'...
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Invisible recovery still needs volunteersNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Remember that recession? It ended more than a year ago, the economists say. Surprised? Me, too. I think it's safe to say the news hasn't made it to most folks yet. Nor h...
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GOP has a potential new starNov 27, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN DIEGO — Poised to make history by becoming the first female governor of New Mexico and the first Latina to be a governor of any state, Susana Martinez will easily be...
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Keep it simple: Make levies, not war, on the richNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Most Americans dislike class-warfare talk aimed at rich people. It does not follow that they don't want the wealthiest among us to pay more taxes. Polls show they do. Th...
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Comics and progressives' cult of expertiseNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - An eminent Harvard law professor, James Thayer (1831-1902), argued that although the judicial function is “merely that of fixing the outside border of reasonable legisla...
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Lame-duck game of chickenNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Washington began last week to come to grips with the new order of things, a regime in which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds as much sway as t...
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A day to remember the whole story of life in the suburbsNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - “You know what the news is,” to recall the late great Paul Harvey. “Now, you'll hear (pause) the rest of the story.” Actually, these chapters from the story of the subur...