Articles filed under Commentary
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Why government transparency mattersAug 22, 2014 5:01 am - One of the fundamental lessons of 9/11 was that our government carried a share of blame for the failure to stop the attacks. Not because it was asleep at the switch or i...
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Scandals hiding in plain sightAug 21, 2014 5:01 am - The laboratories of democracy are blowing up. A rash of relatively convoluted, thoroughly unsexy political scandals involving governors is moving through the country. So...
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The paradox of American diversityAug 20, 2014 5:01 am - While I was growing up in an overwhelmingly white, resolutely middle-class neighborhood west of St. Louis, the city of Ferguson - about 20 minutes north around I-270, pa...
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The unattainable standard that dogs IsraelAug 20, 2014 1:01 am - Back in 1980, an Israeli diplomat met with Ronald Reagan as he was running for president. Reagan was furious over the hostages being held in the American embassy in Iran...
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The more they learn about health care law, the less they likeAug 19, 2014 5:01 am - Democrats have long believed Obamacare would become more popular once it was fully in place and Americans got a chance to see it up close. So why is Obamacare less popul...
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High school drinking still strikes a chordAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - I'm not so old that I can't recall going to an unsupervised high school party or two at which drinking was going on. Let me rephrase that: I don't recall any unsupervise...
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A's for everyoneAug 17, 2014 5:01 am - Grade deflation is dead. Long live grade inflation! Starting around the mid-20th century, a pandemic of meaninglessly high grades swept the nation. Steadily, the Gentlem...
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A consensus on criminalsAug 15, 2014 5:01 am - Partisan antagonism rules the capital, drowning out most attempts at constructive compromise. But on at least one issue, reasonable lawmakers from both parties strongly ...
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The secret story we can't stop talking aboutAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - My original theme for this column was going to be "The story we won't tell about Robin Williams' death." But as I reflect, I realize the more accurate theme may be, "The...
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Smacked by reality in the Middle EastAug 13, 2014 5:01 am - So ends a foreign policy experiment that began with two choices in 2011. In that hinge year, President Obama decided to stay out of the Syrian conflict and to passively ...