Articles filed under Commentary
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Ungovernable? It's not the people's faultFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In the latter days of the Carter presidency, it became fashionable to say that the office had become unmanageable and was simply too big for one man. Some suggested a si...
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Who is Rashad Hussain?Feb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama's appointment of Rashad Hussain, his deputy associate counsel, as special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the second largest i...
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Poll results: warnings aheadFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - There are warning signs to both parties in the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, and this should be a help as President Obama tries to spur a rebirth of bipartisansh...
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Cheney's dose of realityFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Do you believe in miracles? I do, and here's the proof: Dick Cheney said something reasonable. I heard it with my own ears. In the latest of his regular Sunday morning f...
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Plagiarizing warFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Plagiarism, as defined by dictionary.com, is "the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as on...
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Latest poll makes one thing clear: Voters are angryFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama's political stock is plunging. But not everyone is ready to accept it. A recent story about the findings of a new Washington Post-ABC News poll boasted ...
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2010 would be the year to dieFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - If you are an owner of a small to medium-sized business or a family farm, expect to pass away in the next few years and hope to leave something to your children, 2010 is...
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Closing the new frontierFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - "We have an agreement until 2012 that Russia will be responsible for this," says Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian space agency, about ferrying astronauts from other...
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Slobs and American civilizationFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Had George Washington joined me outside a Chili's at Chicago's O'Hare Airport recently, he would have shuddered at the sight. There, a nation of slobs paraded through th...
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All is not well with either party in IllinoisFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Question: Why is Illinois politics like Yellowstone's "Old Faithful"? Answer: Because the hot air just keeps on gushing. Example 1, the Democrats. Most of the century's ...