Articles filed under Opinion
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Beauty and the beastApr 16, 2013 12:55 pm - The recent kerfuffle over a secret recording of Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell’s campaign strategy meeting, which focused on opposition research about a likely opponent, ...
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Congress’ gun solutions are missing the pointApr 16, 2013 8:36 am - Washington is one big magic show. In black tie and tails, the Senate points to the bereaved parents of Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were shot to deat...
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Compromise for the common goodApr 15, 2013 5:00 am - Spring brings a change in the weather, and the first hopeful signs of new life. In Washington, D.C., the atmosphere warmed slightly and we saw the first sprouts of bipar...
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Will immigration reform kill Rubio’s chances?Apr 15, 2013 5:00 am - Passing major legislation is not a path to the presidency. So why is Sen. Marco Rubio, who is almost surely running for the 2016 Republican nomination, working so hard o...
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Pass gun laws, but will they really help?Apr 14, 2013 12:14 pm - The biggest obstacle to the Obama administration’s push for tighter gun control may be its own best argument: Newtown. This is because nothing proposed in the gun contro...
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Margaret Thatcher: moralistApr 12, 2013 5:00 am - Post-World War II Great Britain was the full, fearless application of modern liberalism — what Margaret Thatcher called “those banal and bureaucratic instruments of coer...
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Pension reform and the constitutionApr 12, 2013 5:00 am - We can expect to see an intense focus on two major but divergent paths on pension reform at the state Capitol the next few weeks. Both would institute cuts that violate ...
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A small step to uphold our contract of trustApr 11, 2013 10:44 am - In journalism lore, names like Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass and Janet Cooke carry their own special chill. All three are writers who reached the pinnacles of success i...
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Rethinking the death penalty in AmericaApr 10, 2013 5:00 am - When it comes to the death penalty, the only thing the United States can do is plead the insanity defense. The rest of the advanced world has moved on, but America resol...
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The vigorous virtues of Margaret ThatcherApr 10, 2013 5:00 am - She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margare...