Articles filed under Opinion
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What art says about the pastNov 05, 2013 7:45 am - I sometimes think I have spent years unlearning what I learned earlier in my life. For instance, it was not George A. Custer who was attacked at the Little Bighorn. It w...
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A know-it-all’s advice to GOP on HillaryNov 05, 2013 4:00 am - Ms. Know-It-All, the anonymous political advice columnist whose identity remains a popular Georgetown cocktail party guessing game, is also known to live up to her title...
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IRS tax-credit scandal a bad omen for health care lawNov 05, 2013 4:00 am - Under Obamacare, the Internal Revenue Service will determine who is eligible for health insurance subsidies, and it will deliver those subsidies, in the form of tax cred...
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GOP: Stop being so negativeNov 03, 2013 5:00 am - The American political class is facing a perfect storm of public contempt. Congressional Republicans have proved themselves divided and incapable of adopting a coherent...
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A question of competenceOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - Where is Casey Stengel when we need him? In 1962 as the manager of the brand new and determinedly hapless New York Mets — 40 wins, 120 losses — he looked up and down his...
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School Checker expands your power on schoolsOct 31, 2013 5:00 am - Information, it is said, is power, and in that vein, today we're giving you a profound boost toward control of your local schools. The annual School Report Card, as our...
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The White House Comedy ClubOct 30, 2013 5:00 am - While the nation’s attention has been riveted on the Keystone Congress, the executive branch was busy developing its own comedy routine. Picture the cast (you know the c...
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Putting aside race to focus on characterOct 30, 2013 5:00 am - Months after the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman controversy has faded from the front pages and the TV cameras have moved on to other spectacles, I remain concerned that...
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How to improve the road aheadOct 29, 2013 5:00 am - One of the more amazing spectacles in the days after the government shutdown ended was the obsession in Washington with who won and who lost in the showdown. Yes, the ca...
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Syria’s brutality continues at willOct 29, 2013 5:00 am - While chemical weapons disarmament proceeds in Syria, so do mass attacks on civilians. In the eastern suburbs of Damascus, where the regime used sarin, it now conducts a...