Articles filed under Commentary
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On economic stimulus, some questions remainAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Before the opponents of health care reform turned congressional town meetings into shouting matches, they had picked another target. The naysayers announced to the world...
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A disturbing look at socialized medicineAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - PORTADOWN, NORTHERN IRELAND - For the past month I have watched British media report and comment on the American health care uproar. American cable networks are also ava...
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Taking the president on faithAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Oh, for those halcyon days when our biggest worry was whether the federal "faith-based" office might encourage a homeless person to find Jesus. Remember that? Hardly any...
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Palin's 'ism' factor: Following the footsteps of Joseph McCarthyAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Try this on for size: Palinism. What is it? It is an updated version of McCarthyism, which takes it name from the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin liar, demagogu...
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Our 'Gimme' societyAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Sometimes, I think America's national creed is: "gimme, gimme, gimme." As in: "Gimme a bailout." With banks, insurance firms and automobile manufacturers getting a helpi...
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Complexion of Europe changing over next two decadesAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - PORTSTEWART, NORTHERN IRELAND -- The Daily Telegraph's headline is meant to shock, or at least get the attention of Europeans apathetic about the threat they face: "A Fi...
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Sometimes slopes really are slipperyAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Sarah Palin was right, the second time. We do need to turn down the rhetorical heat lest we miss important issues in the proposed House health care bill. Unfortunately,...
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Life in a snapshotAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - CASCO BAY, Maine -- I am back at my post. Feet planted on the porch railing. Back braced against the familiar contours of the Adirondack chair. On the bird feeder before...
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Hard times nonetheless evoke volunteer spiritAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Hard to believe it was more than a year ago when we were deep in the throes of writing stories about how the lousy economy was causing this hardship and that woe. The sp...
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On Vick, excusing the inexcusableAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - With team after team turning him down, the question regarding Michael Vick, thrower of football and killer of dogs, is not whether he will return to the NFL or even whet...