Articles filed under Opinion
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The year I became a ‘minority’Mar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Is the sky falling for minority students because the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case seeking an end to using race as a preferential college admissions factor? N...
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Reading between the lines of an NTSB death reportMar 01, 2012 11:00 am - On Valentine’s Day, the National Transportation Safety Board held a public hearing on what caused the 2009 derailment that killed one and injured nine when a Canadian Na...
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The God gap is growing widerMar 01, 2012 11:00 am - There have been many “gaps” in modern politics. There is the gender gap, the generation gap and now the God gap, which is the gulf between people who take God’s instruct...
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If the Iron Lady watched the GOP debatesFeb 29, 2012 5:00 am - It’s a good thing that the Margaret Thatcher we remember isn’t running for president as a Republican. A conservative icon, she would nonetheless be tarred today as a “b...
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GOP losing appeal to voters it needsFeb 29, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Let me be blunt: If Republicans nominate Rick Santorum, they will lose. The prospect of four more years of Barack Obama holds some appeal for many American...
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Who's in charge of GOP nominee?Feb 28, 2012 5:00 am - The fight between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum doesn't just raise questions about each man's strengths and weaknesses. It also raises, as fundamentally as any battle in...
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Assessing Obama’s options with IranFeb 28, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — Anyone who has worked at the White House is keenly aware of two gaps. The first is the gap between the obsessions of the media and the challenges of the co...
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A false story about LatinosFeb 27, 2012 4:00 am - Let’s get something straight: Latinos are not anti-Israel, despite what you may have heard on the Internet or in emailed newsletters. The ugly accusation that Latinos ar...
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Is censorship the new pluralism?Feb 27, 2012 4:00 am - Pat Buchanan might have seen the end of the line coming at MSNBC when last month network president Phil Griffin commented on his latest book, “Suicide of a Superpower,” ...
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Gulf War III isn’t an optionFeb 25, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — We’ve heard this quickening drumbeat before. Last time, it led to the tragic invasion and occupation of Iraq. This time, if we let the drummers provoke us i...