Articles filed under Opinion
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A legacy we dare not leaveDec 03, 2012 2:42 pm - You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we’re barreling toward a...
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Elder lobby should back off on MedicareDec 03, 2012 4:00 am - AARP’s shot over the bow on the fiscal cliff talks is most unpleasant. Perhaps you’ve seen the ad on TV. As seniors go about their day, a stern female voice says of Medi...
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In Oval Office, the fly hears allDec 03, 2012 4:00 am - Much speculation has followed the private luncheon between President Obama and Mitt Romney, about which little is known. Photographers captured grainy images of Romney ...
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Austerity and moralityDec 02, 2012 4:00 am - America is entering a period of prolonged austerity. The entitlement commitments made in a past generation have been rendered untenable by demographics and health cost i...
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A cliff of their own choosingNov 30, 2012 4:00 am - With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the mistake of his first. Then his overreaching...
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Who’s depressed now?Nov 30, 2012 4:00 am - It seems hard to believe that the election was only three short weeks ago, and that even as the results were coming in proving Nate Silver (the much maligned New York Ti...
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How to kill Social Security, with a smileNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - Conservatives never much liked Social Security. It’s a wildly popular government program that’s totally solvent until 2033. It will be easily fixable and by then may not...
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‘Petraeus Affair’ highlights unfairness to womenNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - As events have unfolded in what shall ever be known as “The Petraeus Affair,” one cannot escape noticing that the women in this sordid saga have been handed the short en...
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Politics with a purposeNov 28, 2012 4:00 am - It is Steven Spielberg’s singular achievement to have made a heroic movie about compromise and petty corruption. In “Lincoln,” he pans away from a field of corpses 130 m...
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No bonding with this 007Nov 28, 2012 4:00 am - In the new James Bond movie, “Skyfall,” Daniel Craig takes off his shirt and examines his wounds. There appear to be two of them — small holes on his skin from bullets f...