Articles filed under Commentary
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President's eloquent moment too short-livedJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - This is a tale of two speeches. The first was the glorious oration Barack Obama delivered a week ago at a memorial service for the victims of the Tucson shootings. Obama...
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A rush to judgment — againJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Not long after the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — a tragedy that resulted in the killing of six people and the wounding of 14, including Giffords —...
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A restorative CongressJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Unlike most of the 111 that preceded it, the 112th Congress must begin the process of restoring the national regime and civic culture the Founders bequeathed. This will ...
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Palin hits the jackpot once againJan 16, 2011 12:00 am - By Susan Estrich Alan Dershowitz isn’t offended. He says it’s OK for Sarah Palin to invoke one of the most anti-Semitic images of our time in attacking those who have be...
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Envy hides in boldness of RussianJan 16, 2011 12:00 am - It is bracing, not to mention annoying, laughable and obnoxious, to hear a White House press secretary lectured by a Russian journalist about the parameters of free expr...
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Public is quite capable of finding truth, thank youJan 15, 2011 12:00 am - The left apparently has taken to heart the admonition of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to “never let a serious crisis go to waste.” In the aftermath of ...
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Keep it civil, yes, but don't keep silentJan 15, 2011 12:00 am - The powerful elegy that President Obama delivered in Tucson was a big step toward his long-held goal of transforming the nation's choleric and dysfunctional political cu...
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A second look at ObamaJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Members of the White House staff are extensions of a president's will, and also shape that will over time. They can either amplify or repress his enthusiasms; feed his b...
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Oh, for the rare story with a happy endingJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Oftentimes, the news we come across is not so good. Sometimes, though, it's good. And, every once in a blue moon, the news starts out bad and ends up good. An example of...
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The charlatans' response to murdersJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - It would be merciful if, when tragedies such as Tucson's occur, there were a moratorium on sociology. But respites from half-baked explanations, often serving political ...