Articles filed under Opinion
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The ghosts of Watergate returnFeb 25, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — In 1960, when Thomas Mallon was in the fourth grade, he wore his Nixon-Lodge button to school and warned classmates that John Kennedy was too inexperienced ...
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Liberal elite to blame for working-class woes?Feb 24, 2012 4:00 am - The white working class is in big trouble, and the liberal elite is largely to blame. So says Charles Murray in his latest book, “Coming Apart: The State of White Americ...
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The trials of Saint SantorumFeb 24, 2012 4:00 am - You’ve likely heard by now that the presidential election may pivot on the unlikely “controversy” of birth control. This is the latest trope to evolve from a campaign t...
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When I chose lifeFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Here I am less than a week from my annual memorial to the daughter I lost at birth and I can't help but defend Rick Santorum's recent statements about prenatal testing b...
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We can help add to the merriment of Oscar NightFeb 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Is it not enough that we can go to a movie on a Friday or Saturday night, throw back a couple sawbucks’ worth of popcorn and soda, have a few laughs or a good cry and go...
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Obama’s bailoutFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - An extended, contentious nomination contest paradoxically hones and improves a presidential candidate — except when it non-paradoxically does not. It is increasingly di...
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The plight of Hamza KashgariFeb 22, 2012 5:00 am - Keep your eye on Hamza Kashgari. He’s the 23-year-old former columnist for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Bilad newspaper who had the extremely bad judgment to tweet an imaginary con...
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Reasons to like (and honor) IkeFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Two coming developments, one dismal and one excellent, pertain to America’s memory of a great man. One of several oversight panels soon will consider a proposed memorial...
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Pay close attention to ChinaFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - China, for better or worse, is a serious country. The United States had better start acting like one. I got a glimpse of the future last week in the vast ballroom of a ...
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Rachel Maddow and my lesson in civilityFeb 20, 2012 4:00 am - When one writes about moral convictions, it’s probably a good idea to consistently live up to them. That way people can still disagree with your convictions, but they ha...