Articles filed under Commentary
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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 ...
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The left's own slippery slopeAug 13, 2014 5:01 am - Two "leading national security organizations" - that's their own designation, in case you're wondering - have condemned President Obama's "return to the battlefield in I...
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Myths abound about the social safety netAug 12, 2014 1:01 am - "Some of my friends are destitute. Some of them are beggars / But, for me, there's a subsidy if I spend my whole life preggers." That was one of the more memorable rhyme...
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GOP creating its own nightmare over 'dreamers'Aug 10, 2014 1:01 am - I once used the term "spoiled brats" to describe "dreamers," those young undocumented immigrants brought here by their parents who demand special accommodations such as ...
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In health crisis, erosions of trust in science are dangerousAug 10, 2014 1:01 am - A prominent AIDS researcher recently recalled for me the panic at the start of the pandemic in the 1980s. Her superiors asked her not to publicize her work because they ...
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Town shuts down; school boss quits; horse racing banAug 10, 2014 1:00 am - Some opinions require lots of words and elaboration. This is Sunday Soapbox, not-so-briefly-stated commentary from one Daily Herald editor, shamelessly stolen from the S...
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Why government fails, and what we should doAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - As election season approaches, I've been pondering a crucial issue about the role of government in our society. It's that our government often fails - and that we need t...
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Nixon's lasting damageAug 07, 2014 5:01 am - Richard Nixon is not having an easy time of late. The Washington Post alone has run at least three opinion pieces reminding us all that Nixon was a skunk who 40 years ag...
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Stop the campus rape numbers gameAug 07, 2014 5:01 am - One in five? Yeah, right. Sounds way too high. That's a common reaction to the oft-cited statistic about the share of women who experience an attempted or completed sexu...
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Bet on Africa risingAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - As more than 40 African leaders gather in Washington for an unprecedented summit, Africa's brand problem in America has grown significantly worse. Two events - the kidna...