Articles filed under Commentary
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A 'reform' on speech wisely struck downJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Last week's Supreme Court decision that substantially deregulates political speech has provoked an edifying torrent of hyperbole. Critics' dismay reveals their convictio...
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Criticism of 'Avatar' more interesting than filmJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Somewhere between "Avatar's" first billion-dollar gross and its subsequent $841 million take lie my 10 bucks. "Avatar" is about blue-skinned beings who confront Earthlin...
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John Edwards: The flash candidateJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Some years ago, I was having lunch with John McCain in the Senate dining room when a new senator stopped by to say hello. He was John Edwards. His smile was capacious. H...
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What constitutes 'personhood'?Jan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Among the interesting arguments in last week's 5-4 Supreme Court decision granting corporations First Amendment protections when making campaign contributions was the ma...
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Red-meat RepublicansJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Sure, he's got the jutting jaw and centerfold looks. He's got the truck. But does Scott Brown kill his own meat? Of late, it seems, Republicans are determined to demonst...
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The meaning of BrownJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - On Jan. 14, five days before the Massachusetts special election, President Obama was in full bring-it-on mode as he rallied House Democrats behind his health care reform...
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Will Obama fight for health care reform?Jan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - If President Obama has decided to give up on health care reform, he should just come out and say so. Then we could all get on with our lives - those of us with health in...
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Mandate to moderateJan 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Churchill's wife said that his being turned out of office by British voters in July 1945 - the war in the Pacific still raged, and he had just returned from the Potsdam ...
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'We the people' still appliesJan 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In his first comment following Scott Brown's stunning victory in the Massachusetts special election to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, President Obama tol...
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Can GOP bend Steele into shape?Jan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Michael S. Steele, the embattled and flamboyant Republican National Committee chairman, is about to face the music. And though he composed the tune, he's apparently lost...