Articles filed under Commentary
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Mature women want their stories on screenJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Back when the boomers were babes, the girls would strut and preen around a stylish health food restaurant in Manhattan. No one took much note of a 70ish woman in comfy s...
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The mystery of Sonia SotomayorJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Doubtless thousands of other women's ears perked up when Sen. Charles Schumer, introducing Sonia Sotomayor at Monday's confirmation hearing, mentioned the Latina jurist'...
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Obama's plumage, but at a priceJul 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The signing ceremony in Moscow was a grand affair. For Barack Obama, foreign policy neophyte and "reset" man, the arms reduction agreement had a Kissingerian air. A fine...
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Higher taxes for Stimulus III plan, anyone?Jul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Economic policy, which became startling when Washington began buying automobile companies, has become surreal now that disappointment with the results of th...
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McNamara's assuredness continuesJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and certain Ame...
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What if Palin had risen to power?Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - In his novel "The Plot Against America," Philip Roth imagined that Charles Lindbergh, an isolationist and an anti-Semite (but a heck of a flier), ran for president in 19...
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U.S. must flex muscle against world's thugsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Help me out here. President Obama immediately "meddles" in the affairs of Honduras, denouncing a military coup, the intent of which is to preserve the country's constitu...
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Destiny is rightly in Iraq's handsJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - This time of year we celebrate what we all share in common as U.S. citizens: freedom. We are fortunate to live in a country with bountiful resources and an enduring spir...
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Democrats still need the aid of GOP in SenateJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has ended the long count on the 2008 Senate race by awarding the seat to Al Franken, Democrats - at least on paper - have the power ...
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After ruling, race issue remains murkyJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Although New Haven's firefighters deservedly won in the Supreme Court, it is deeply depressing that they won narrowly - 5-4. The egregious behavior by that city's govern...