Articles filed under Commentary
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Home for the holidays? Try a little kindnessNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - And so another class of high school graduates left home this fall, or said goodbye to their friends who left. Thanksgiving is the first time everyone sees each other aft...
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The hard work of a downtown ChristmasNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Friday night in the big city, I'm bopping along Fifth Avenue with my brother, and the place is one huge construction site. But this evening's industriousness differs fro...
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A scan too farNov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - In the accelerating debate about airport pat-downs that feel like a clumsy third date and body scans that border on peeping Tom shows, it's hard to find a sane place to ...
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A new decider's chance to step upNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - We don't define periods in American history by who held the majority in Congress. It was the Reagan Era, not the Tip O'Neill Era just as we're now living in the Obama E...
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U.S. fooling itself in latest effort for Mideast peaceNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - If the definition of insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over again, then U.S. policymakers over several administrations should be institutionalized and rele...
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Travel etiquetteNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - The first time I ever got on an airplane -- to fly from Boston to New York, around 1970 -- I got all dressed up. Flying was a big deal. The airport was, I thought, one o...
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Seeking a place to call home in politicsNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Many Latinos have become disgruntled with both political parties, and I can easily see why. One ignores us while the other seems intent on driving us away. The last stra...
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'Don't touch my junk'Nov 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Ah, the airport, where modern folk heroes are made. The airport, where that inspired flight attendant did what everyone who's ever been in the spam-in-a-can crush of a f...
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Wrong signal from DemocratsNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - When the rules of the House of Representatives forced the Democrats to confront a painful choice among their leaders, they did what Democrats are often inclined to do. T...
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Deficit plan offers liberals much to likeNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Many liberals went bananas over the new plan to reduce deficits. The ideas put forth by the chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission ignore their prio...