Articles filed under Commentary
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Fixing the primary electionSep 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Although a Niagara of vitriol is drenching politics, the two parties are acting sensibly and in tandem about something once considered a matter of constitutional signifi...
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Waking up to DREAM Act realitiesSep 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Why did Congress suddenly turn out the lights on the DREAM Act? A lot of Latinos would really like to know because they're trying to figure out who's to blame. The answ...
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Academic freedom: the Obama editionSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Raise your hand if you believe government has too little involvement in our lives. Put down your hands, members of the Obama administration. During a previous political ...
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Growing impatient for a real recoverySep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Good news. The folks in charge of such things announced that the recession is over. Actually, it's been over for some time. It officially ended in June 2009, according t...
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Bell fiasco shows what happens without watchdogSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - I am too far away from the Bell, Calif., pay scandal to offer detailed insights into how that public travesty occurred, but one important observation is clear. Bell has ...
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Sharia as the new Red Menace?Sep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Boy, one thing I really hate is when American judges try to impose harsh Islamic sharia law. You know, with all those grisly lashings, stonings and beheadings. What's th...
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O'Donnell 'spell' may explain a lot about GOP todaySep 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Christine O'Donnell, the tea party candidate from lil' ol' Delaware, confesses to have once "dabbled into witchcraft" - a fittingly ungrammatical revelation that not onl...
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Shouts and whispers: What voters hearSep 21, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Sometimes when everyone is shouting, only a whisper can be heard. This is the thinking behind a powerful new anti-Barack Obama ad that seeks to tap not the na...
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A complicated relationship with MexicoSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Facebook, the enormously popular social networking site, encourages users to display their relationship status. For those who don't quite feel comfortable with "single" ...
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Nominated doesn't mean electableSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Tuesday in Delaware was a bad day not only for Republicans but for conservatives. Tea partyer Christine O'Donnell scored a stunning victory over establishment Republican...