Articles filed under Commentary
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Congress falls short on national securityMar 24, 2013 5:00 am - Wherever you stood on Sen. Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster to delay John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA director, or on the Senate’s confirmation hearings for Brennan and ...
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Keep our water supply fresh, plentifulMar 22, 2013 5:00 am - The United States is one of the world’s biggest users of water — many Americans use as much water as approximately 900 Kenyans. As a result, water resources in the U.S. ...
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Silent on rape no moreMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - Mariska Hargitay, better known as “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” Detective Olivia Benson, is the human intersection of life and art. Precisely, the line between the...
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Comforting words for young workersMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - Many speak of Gen X and Gen Y as “lost generations” destined to “not live as well” as their parents. A new Urban Institute study finds that young people up to the age of...
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The seeds of inspiration are all sizesMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of...
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Needed: A U.S. policy on SyriaMar 19, 2013 4:56 pm - The Obama administration’s fear of blowback in Syria — weapons falling into the hands of jihadists and other bad guys — can be avoided in only one sure way: Throw Americ...
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The risks of retreatMar 19, 2013 5:00 am - Declining national influence is a choice, and America seems to be making it. What foreign policy practitioners politely call the “churn” of events is beginning to look m...
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Health care market needs oversightMar 19, 2013 5:00 am - Sometimes the best journalism explains what’s right under our noses. In Steven Brill’s exhaustive Time magazine cover article, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killin...
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Red-light camera near mall is a scamMar 18, 2013 5:00 am - A recent trip to Deer Park mall got me a $100 ticket for a red light violation (not stopping completely). I feel this is a scam set up and enforced to gain revenue and h...
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Bypassing the simple fixes in budgetMar 18, 2013 5:00 am - The little secret of sequestration is that the Obama administration could fix much of the problem pretty quickly. But it doesn’t want to. Congress tells executive branch...