Articles filed under Opinion
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A case for a balanced budget amendmentFeb 08, 2013 4:00 am - The arguments against a constitutional amendment to require balanced budgets are various and, cumulatively, almost conclusive. Almost. The main arguments are: The Const...
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‘Baby bust’ baloneyFeb 07, 2013 4:00 am - America’s alleged “baby bust” is pushing the country over “a demographic cliff.” So argues Jonathan V. Last in The Wall Street Journal. Stacking one highly debatable cla...
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The shell game of contraceptive fundingFeb 06, 2013 8:04 am - The Obama administration’s latest revision of its contraceptive policy was welcomed by some religious people as a breakthrough, even a “miracle.” Upon reflection, it see...
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Combat women and Congress’ wimpsFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - Polling that shows Americans favor women in combat by 2-to-1 is evidence only of the power of misinformation. And, yes, indoctrination. Arguments favoring women in dir...
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Courage of their convictionsFeb 06, 2013 4:00 am - Imagine six former directors of the CIA talking with a distinguished filmmaker and confessing to the murder of two terrorism suspects, ordering the assassination of othe...
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Immigration: Getting it rightFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - Immigration reform is coming. Let’s get it right. What counts as getting it wrong? The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Act, signed by President Reagan. It granted amnesty to the th...
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A solvable problemFeb 05, 2013 4:00 am - It was always clear that the 11 million people in this country without papers were not going to be rounded up and deported. The question was when our leaders would offic...
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Vacuums of sovereigntyFeb 04, 2013 4:00 am - Break out your pith helmet, wax your mustache and raise a toast at the club: The French have liberated Tombouctou. It seems like the headline from the age of imperialis...
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From I don’t to I doFeb 04, 2013 4:00 am - More than perhaps anyone else in America, David Blankenhorn personifies the struggle so many have experienced over same-sex marriage. First he was agnostic, then he was ...
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The price of moral grandstandingFeb 03, 2013 4:00 am - Politics becomes amusing when liberalism becomes theatrical with high-minded gestures. Chicago’s government, which is not normally known for elevated thinking, is feelin...