Articles filed under Opinion
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Modifying the tax oathJun 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The outcome of the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD hung on the matter of a diphthong. The orthodox camp defended the doctrine of homoousios; Arians preferred homoiousios. Se...
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Travel through life; don’t run from itJun 09, 2011 6:00 pm - As a special-education student prone to severe emotional outbursts, Shelby Williams seemed an unlikely candidate to ever graduate from high school. Today, not only has t...
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Mr. Weiner, put up that wall!Jun 09, 2011 1:00 am - A New York Democrat has joined what had been a largely Republican caucus of congressmen committing sexually inappropriate online behavior. A picture of Rep. Anthony Wein...
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Modifying the tax oathJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - The outcome of the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD hung on the matter of a diphthong. The orthodox camp defended the doctrine of homoousios; Arians preferred homoiousios. Se...
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Confused on immigrationJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Last month, President Obama went to El Paso, Texas, to address the issue of immigration reform and reminded his audience that moving the debate forward “ultimately has t...
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For-profit ‘charter’ schoolsJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - Former tennis star Andre Agassi deserves enormous credit for recognizing that nothing is more important than ensuring every child gets the kind of quality education that...
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We can’t afford any leaders like BlagoJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - The second Blagojevich trial is thankfully less complicated than the first, and better understood. Rod Blagojevich knows that he is in serious trouble and his antics and...
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The oxymoronic presidentJun 08, 2011 4:00 am - I once worked for an editor who banned the word “oxymoron.” I don’t know why. It’s a good word, meaning a contradiction in terms. The dictionary offers some examples: “w...
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‘News’ that frees up timeJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - Keeping up with the always-spinning news cycle can eat into a media hound’s free time. Thus, I’m grateful when cable television plugs its news holes with stories of no c...
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The NFL's labor painsJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - Although his Park Avenue office in New York is as quiet as an empty stadium, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sits atop a seething volcano of fans who will erupt if traini...