Articles filed under Opinion
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U.S. losing power to impose its solutions on Middle EastJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - What happens when a superpower becomes preoccupied by a costly war and loses some of its ability to coerce friends and enemies toward the outcomes it favors? We're seein...
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More than al-Qaida to worry about in the fight against terrorismMay 26, 2008 11:00 pm - At the headquarters of the National Counterterrorism Center, located in a bland office park in Northern Virginia, there's a unit called the "strategic analytical group" ...
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The last of the doughboys from World War IMay 25, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Numbers come precisely from the agile mind and nimble tongue of Frank Buckles, who seems bemused to say that 4,734,991 Americans served in the mil...
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Treasured friendship with Kennedy never strained by ideologyMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - These days, people on "one side" of the political spectrum are not supposed to cooperate, much less have a personal relationship with anyone on the "other side." While i...
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Ted Kennedy is one-of-a-kind as an influential leaderMay 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Not since the day almost 45 years ago, when word reached Washington that his brother John had been cut down in Dallas, has there been news about an individual that struc...
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Failure to strengthen voices of moderation in Middle EastMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Watching the news from Lebanon, it's poignant to read the title of a new memoir by Jordan's former foreign minister, Marwan Muasher -- "The Arab Center: The Promise of M...
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To win, GOP must get back to doing things rightMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - "Get back, get back. Get back to where you once belonged." -- The Beatles The Republican Party is in distress. Doomsayers are everywhere. Republican National Committee ...
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Obama should be bold in choice of running mateMay 18, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the most appealing but untested promises of Barack Obama's presidential campaign is that he would break down the partisan divisions in America and govern across p...
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Wary of government entering into the housing crisis businessMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Lewis Carroll, call your office. Or, better still, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" should call Washington, where the government's determination to solve...
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Obama could have emulated Kennedy in West VirginiaMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama really didn't need a victory in West Virginia. He was already well on his way to wrapping up the Democratic nomination, and the 28 delegates at stake were n...