Articles filed under Opinion
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Isolationism’s high priceFeb 05, 2014 4:00 am - This being the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, I have plunged into several books on the subject, most of them relating to what started it, and I have c...
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A mood swing on immigrationFeb 05, 2014 4:00 am - The Republican Party faces an existential question: Can it make the transition to a more welcoming position on immigration without tearing itself apart or further aliena...
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Why educate international students and have them leave?Feb 04, 2014 4:00 am - Rick Snyder knows how the economy works. He was a top executive for the computer maker Gateway before heading a venture capital firm that invested in startup companies. ...
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Hard knocks of pro footballFeb 04, 2014 4:00 am - President Obama’s imaginary son is back in town and this time he can’t play football. Dad says so. And Mom probably would, too. On this point, we three could smoke a p...
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Now online: Bare knuckles political brawl!Feb 02, 2014 4:00 am - Keith Matune came out swinging. “How many times do you need to vote with Mike Madigan to be a Chicago Democrat?” he said, ticking off several alleged instances: the pens...
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Obama’s thin agendaFeb 02, 2014 4:00 am - Crafting a State of the Union address often raises an internal debate at the White House: When should a president dispute a negative judgment by the public and when shou...
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A different kind of carbon taxJan 31, 2014 4:00 am - It will take some convincing, but what if the environmental left could be persuaded to go along with an income tax-cutting, EPA-shrinking, China-in carbon tax? If persua...
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College’s diminishing returnsJan 30, 2014 4:00 am - President Obama is correct in wanting to make higher education more affordable and accessible, but Americans would also be correct in wondering just what they’re paying ...
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Our quagmire in AfghanistanJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - While watching the utterly gripping movie “Lone Survivor” recently, I comforted myself by noting that the four Navy SEALs engaged in a desperate firefight with the Afgha...
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Uncle Sugar goes to townJan 28, 2014 4:00 am - We know what Mike Huckabee meant. Sort of. Kind of. But, really? Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate, talk-show host and erstwhi...