Articles filed under Commentary
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Both parties guilty of big spendingAug 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Remember when the deficit was so bad that Democrats said we (or more accurately the Republicans) were placing a terrible burden on our grandchildren? That was several tr...
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Obama's a teacher without a lesson planAug 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Let's go back to that "teachable moment." It was proclaimed by Barack Obama after he said that police in Cambridge, Mass., had acted "stupidly" in arresting Henry Louis ...
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Hitler sideshows are a cheap shot that only hurtsAug 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Midway through the month's town hall meetings on health care, it seems the shark has jumped the shark - and even Hitler must be sick of himself. The terrible tyrant can'...
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Let's be honest of death counselingAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Let's see if we can have a reasoned discussion about end-of-life counseling. We might start by asking Sarah Palin to leave the room. I've got nothing against her. She's ...
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Education Deja Vu -- How ironicAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Today's lesson is about irony. Example: When teachers unions and other defenders of the educational status quo -- who spent years blasting a Republican president for exp...
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A doctrine of no retreatAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - As memories of the Cold War fade, like photographs bleached by sunlight, few remember the Brezhnev Doctrine. It was enunciated by Leonid Brezhnev in Warsaw in 1968 as a ...
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Open a locker? We can help with that, tooAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Immerse yourself in the story; don't become the story. That's advice I heard a long time ago. Pretty good advice, too. I take it to mean: Research the issue well or spen...
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The Equal Rites Awards, 2009Aug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Every year at this time, we prepare to celebrate Aug. 26, the anniversary of women's suffrage, in our own quirky way. We cheerfully distribute the Equal Rites Awards to ...
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Too much faith in government burdens libertyAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Seven months after taking office amidst a religious-like faith that he was the one (or even The One) we had been waiting for, President Barack Obama is beginning to rese...
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An organic approach to health careAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Now is the time for all good capitalists to shop at Whole Foods. Not only will you get great produce, fresh meat, fish and healthy to-go meals, but you'll irritate thos...