Articles filed under Opinion
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Osama gone, but not terrorismMay 02, 2011 12:00 am - Of course, we're celebrating. And of course, they're threatening retaliation. Osama bin Laden is dead, and with him died as much twisted malice as can be found in a man ...
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Go-it-alone ObamaMay 02, 2011 12:00 am - With any luck, more than Osama bin Laden has been killed. So, too, has the doctrine that America has to work with allies or with other countries, especially in the Islam...
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In search of 'neuter' judgesMay 02, 2011 12:00 am - Many years ago, the late and great U.S. District Court Judge Constance Baker Motley of the Southern District of New York was assigned to hear a case alleging sex discrim...
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Justice has been doneMay 02, 2011 12:00 am - “Ding dong the witch is dead!” As crowds gathered outside the White House, at the site of ground zero, and in other public places to cheer news of the death of Osama bin...
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A foreign policy of leading from behindMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president's actions in Libya as “leading from behind.” #8212; Ryan...
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In defense of the mom-and-pop storeMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - I found this quote, buried in a news story about rising prices in China: “I hear that many Chinese exporters are rejecting orders from Walmart and other Western retaile...
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What the people are saying counts mostApr 28, 2011 12:00 am - What is it about the word “jobs” that our nation’s leaders fail to understand? How has the most painful economic crisis in decades somehow escaped their notice? Why do t...
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Who's passing, who's failing the deficit testApr 28, 2011 12:00 am - The deficit debate, now fully engaged, is also an evaluation of political seriousness. House Republican leaders have passed the test, supporting a politically risky bud...
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One news source still respects rational thoughtApr 27, 2011 12:00 am - What is it about human nature that so makes us want to accept conspiracy theories about obvious falsehoods? Paul McCartney is dead ... Tupac Shakur is alive ... Fluo...
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A general deserving of no honorsApr 26, 2011 12:00 am - It has taken a while, but it’s about time Robert E. Lee lost the Civil War. The South of course was defeated on the battlefield in 1865, yet the Lee legend — swaddled in...