Articles filed under Commentary
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Both parties lack voices of expertise on the economyOct 27, 2010 11:00 pm - I have this strange feeling that we are about to be badly misled about the political climate in this country. We are going to look at the returns on the biggest Republic...
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Anger hanging in the vaporsOct 26, 2010 11:00 pm - The tea party has no leader. It has no address, no phone and no Washington headquarters. It is everywhere and nowhere. For Barack Obama, the tea party is the quintessent...
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U.S., Britain need willpower for spending dietOct 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Thirty-six years ago when he first ran for Congress, Texas obstetrician Ron Paul rented billboards depicting a seriously obese Uncle Sam with the caption: “Put Big Gover...
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Britain's austerity modelOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - The most important political news last week came from across the Atlantic, where the coalition government of British Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an austerity bu...
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Politically correct radioOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery then look around and ...
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The bad guys behind stalled foreclosuresOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Don't blame the lawyers. The crisis over faulty or fraudulent paperwork in mortgage foreclosures which is either a big deal or a humongous deal, depending on which expe...
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Nothing wrong with the auto bailoutOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Among the mysteries of public opinion, this one most strains the brain: Why do so many Americans think the government rescue of Detroit automakers was a bad nay, an evi...
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Wisdom from a bygone eraOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — Itinerant politicians and journalists have learned they can expect a warm welcome and a stimulating evening when they visit the hilltop home of the Robe...
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The male vote in CaliforniaOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - California has never had a woman governor. Two women senators, yes, but never a governor, never a lieutenant governor, never even an attorney general. When it comes to e...
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Punish crime, not thoughtOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Last April, Christine Quinn, speaker of New York's City Council, honored members of the police department's Hate Crimes Task Force and jokingly said she looke...