Articles filed under Opinion
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Letters a window on ideas that move communitySep 19, 2013 5:00 am - A colleague once quipped that while we often refer to the newspaper as a window to the community it serves, the real window is the letters to the editor column. And he h...
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Immigration reform stuck in neutralSep 19, 2013 5:00 am - Remember the Gang of Seven? It’s the House bipartisan immigration reform working group — used to be the Gang of Eight before Republican Rep. Raul Labrador quit in frustr...
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Shocker: KGB colonel outmaneuvers community organizerSep 18, 2013 5:00 am - As I read Vlad’s op-ed in The New York Times, a Judy Collins tune kept replaying in my head: “Isn’t it rich? Isn’t it queer?” The song, actually written by Stephen Sondh...
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Bush in the mirrorSep 18, 2013 5:00 am - If life were a movie, Barack Obama would look into the mirror and see George W. Bush. He would rub the mirror and Bush would still be there, giving him that galling smir...
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The politics of paralysisSep 17, 2013 5:00 am - Recently overheard from a senior House Republican, commenting on prospects for a budget agreement: “At this point we’re hoping Vladimir Putin comes up with a plan.” It ...
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Naperville case raises question: How far to go to protect your child?Sep 15, 2013 5:00 am - Ask any parent: Would you do anything for your child? Of course, just about any parent would say. How about if your child, age 24, came home drunk, a cop on his tail who...
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Shocker: KGB colonel outmaneuvers community organizerSep 15, 2013 5:00 am - As I read Vlad’s op-ed in The New York Times, a Judy Collins tune kept replaying in my head: “Isn’t it rich? Isn’t it queer?” The song, actually written by Stephen Sondh...
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Talking ourselves out of warSep 13, 2013 1:00 pm - Rarely, if ever, has so much talk preceded a proposed military strike. Most administrations contemplating military action worry about an exit strategy. The Obama admini...
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A proposal to take the chaos out of war talkSep 12, 2013 5:00 am - As Washington swirls with proposals, counterproposals and political brinkmanship in response to diplomatic efforts on Syria, the situation has a lot of people scratching...
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Syria, sports and a haunting case of life imitating artSep 12, 2013 5:00 am - This week’s front pages put me hauntingly in mind of a play that opened in Washington, D.C., this spring and is running in New York this month. “Mr. Burns, a Post-Electr...