Articles filed under Opinion
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When courts defer to governmentApr 03, 2011 2:00 am - A dialectic of judicial deference and political arrogance is on display in St. Louis. When excessively deferential courts permit governmental arrogance, additional arrog...
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A Latino middle-class challengeApr 03, 2011 2:00 am - When the U.S. Census Bureau released its population estimates from the nation’s 2010 head count, Hispanics across the country rejoiced in the power of their numbers. Th...
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Dismantle outdated townshipsApr 03, 2011 12:00 am - During the 1800s, a still rural state of Illinois let counties establish townships that were designed for residents to administer government services on a localized scal...
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A 'reformer' leading Syria? Not a chanceApr 01, 2011 12:00 am - Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer. — Hillary Clinton on Bashar al-Assad, Mar...
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Foggy thinking in the Sunshine StateMar 30, 2011 11:00 pm - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — You'd think that a state knocked cold by the real-estate meltdown would invest in a future not based on housing bubbles. And that if the feds dan...
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Step up to the plate: A quizMar 30, 2011 12:00 am - A wit once said, “Finish last in your league and they call you Idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you Doctor.” Pass this baseball quiz and they will call...
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Different ways of remembering that politics is localMar 30, 2011 12:00 am - Some cleanup issues on the elections: We completed our schedule of endorsements a week and a half ago, considerably earlier than previous elections. We wanted to time ou...
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The human cost of apathyMar 29, 2011 12:00 am - In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed an international conference at Evian-les-Bains, France, to deal with the urgent problem of Jewish refugees from Nazi Ge...
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Aim geostrategic shift in our favorMar 29, 2011 12:00 am - If there were an award for stating the obvious when it comes to the Middle East it would go to The New York Times. On its front page last Friday, the newspaper ran a sto...
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Praise for (some) tea partyersMar 29, 2011 12:00 am - When it comes to my sanity, the tea party often taketh away. I go nuts when they throw out huge sums to cut from budgets without getting into details. Ditto when they ba...