Articles filed under Opinion
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Fast and Furious — the witch huntJun 25, 2012 5:00 am - In 2006, when George W. Bush was president, federal law enforcement officials came up with a spectacularly dumb idea: Allow powerful firearms purchased in the United Sta...
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The immigration bombshell: Naked lawlessnessJun 24, 2012 5:00 am - “With respect to the notion that I can just suspend deportations (of immigrants brought here illegally as children) through executive order, that’s just not the case, be...
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Choosing life in LiberiaJun 23, 2012 4:42 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia — A young woman named Princess, already a refugee from civil war, was diagnosed with HIV in 2008. She began treatment but stopped taking her medicine. ...
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Beach Boys: They get aroundJun 22, 2012 5:00 am - COLUMBIA, Md. -- Three hours before showtime, Brian Wilson says: “There is no Rhonda.” Sitting backstage, gathering strength for the evening’s 48-song, 150-minute concer...
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The other war on womenJun 22, 2012 5:00 am - By now most sentient Americans have heard about the war on women. That is, the so-called Republican war on women, which has been framed as a battle waged by stodgy old w...
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The president America never hadJun 21, 2012 5:00 am - My mother could have been president of the United States. She could have been chairman of General Motors, CEO of Apple in the morning and Google in the afternoon — and h...
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The GOP’s loosening grip on suburbiaJun 21, 2012 5:00 am - Decades ago when I was in graduate school, the famous University of Chicago professor Richard Wade uttered one of the most important truths about our political system: “...
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Where’s your deficit plan, Mr. President?Jun 20, 2012 5:00 am - I had high hopes for President Obama’s speech on the economy. But instead of going to Ohio last week with a compelling plan for the future, the president gave Americans ...
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The endless culture warJun 20, 2012 5:00 am - President Obama’s decision to lead with social issues in his re-election campaign — immigration, gay marriage and contraception — makes some political sense. His ideolog...
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Short-term memoryJun 19, 2012 5:00 am - In football, a team with the lead late in the game tends to go conservative, using the “prevent defense.” But as any fan knows, the only thing it prevents is victory. Pr...