Articles filed under Commentary
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Unchained Dodd rides into finance reformJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - With polls showing that Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd would probably lose to most everyone running against him, the Democrat's decision not to seek re-election is a relief...
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The high price of bravadoJan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - As we have seen, bravado is not exclusive to any political party. Republicans and Democrats can both get carried away and say things they'll later have trouble backing u...
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The Gitmo obsessionJan 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Nigerian would-be bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was indicted by a Michigan grand jury for attempted murder and sundry other criminal charges. The day before, the Stat...
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Golden no longerJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) was a hero to the American left, partly because of his 1939 anti-war novel "Johnny Got His Gun." Trumbo's title modified the lyric "Johnny get ...
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Leader without a causeJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Last month, no American soldiers were killed in Iraq. Last month, the unemployment rate dipped a bit, the stock market ended the year up, the financial system did not cr...
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Something about that nameJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The secular left - and some self-described Christians - criticize Brit Hume, the Fox News commentator, for suggesting that the solution to Tiger Woods' problems is a rel...
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To Ellen with loveJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - I confess to feeling only slightly more rational than "Misery's" Kathy Bates. I want to strap Ellen Goodman into a chair and make her keep writing columns. Goodman, whos...
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Barack Obama's 9/11Jan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Was Christmas Day 2009 the same kind of wake-up call for Barack Obama that Sept. 11, 2001, had been for George W. Bush? The near-miss by a passenger flying into Detroit ...
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Some sad stories must constantly be repeatedJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - For more than two years early in the decade we've just completed, the Daily Herald conducted a strong, sustained crusade against drug use. Beginning with a package of st...
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Brat-pack parents strike backJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - After recently criticizing bratty students at the University of California for protesting a fee hike because they'd rather have taxpayers subsidize their educations, I s...