Articles filed under Commentary
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So much about our rights can change in just a weekJul 07, 2013 5:00 am - Every once in a while, the United States Supreme Court decides a landmark case that changes the course of American history. For the nine justices, “every once in a while...
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The sudden sainthood of Wendy DavisJul 07, 2013 5:00 am - I like Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis. I admire her intelligence, chutzpah, tenacity and, to be perfectly honest, her enviable continence. But her elevation to national he...
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Misguided parents should just say ‘no’Jul 05, 2013 5:00 pm - Summer means lots of things — baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and, unfortunately, underage drinking. With graduation parties, backyard barbecues and three months of homewo...
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Misguided parents should just say ‘no’Jul 05, 2013 10:21 am - Summer means lots of things — baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and, unfortunately, underage drinking. With graduation parties, backyard barbecues and three months of homewo...
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Daily journalism with a shelf life of a lifetimeJul 04, 2013 5:00 am - The shelf life of a daily newspaper has always been, well, pretty much by definition, just one day. But we aren’t always limited to journalism that’s so short-lived. Cas...
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A poor choice for FBI directorJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - It was probably the most famous hospital visit since Bob Woodward snuck into the room of dying CIA Director William J. Casey in 1987. This time it was James Comey, a dep...
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The tragic success of mass incarcerationJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - At a time of earnest debate on the size and role of government, relatively little attention has been paid to the Hoover Dam of American social engineering: mass incarcer...
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The N-word vs. crackerJul 02, 2013 5:00 am - The trial of George Zimmerman, accused of fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, inevitably and quickly devolved into a contest of who is more racist — the victim or the accus...
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Congress needs to remember how to make policyJul 02, 2013 5:00 am - I’ve noticed a recurring question as I talk to people about Congress. What can be done, they wonder, to get Congress back on track? Is our national legislature capable o...
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Why give voice to unconventional views?Jun 30, 2013 5:00 am - The topic hasn’t come up lately, but I’m presuming we would not profile someone trying to sell far and wide the theory that the Holocaust did not exist. There are those ...