Articles filed under Opinion
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The madness of slamming midnight basketballMar 23, 2011 12:00 am - Eighteen years ago, “midnight basketball” was the big har-har-har on the conservative talk circuit. It was a federal program that sought to coax young men off the late-n...
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A food fight over English-onlyMar 23, 2011 12:00 am - Today’s quintessential American melting-pot story comes to you courtesy of Greg Simons, the proprietor of the Reedy Creek Family Diner in Lexington, N.C., who put a sign...
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Scrubbing the world’s blemishesMar 22, 2011 12:00 am - The missile strikes that inaugurated America’s latest attempt at regime change were launched 29 days before the 50th anniversary of another such — the Bay of Pigs of Apr...
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The Berle Doctrine of mixed signalsMar 22, 2011 12:00 am - In the Oval Office, President Obama keeps busts of his heroes — Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. He should add one of Milton Berle, the so-called Mr. Televisio...
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Heroes in the waiting roomMar 21, 2011 2:00 am - For two days, I have been sitting with men and women in skimpy gowns — and even skimpy shorts — many of them literally afraid for their lives. There we were, our breasts...
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The multilateral trade-offMar 21, 2011 2:00 am - President Obama’s decision to participate in the air campaign against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime is a vast improvement over previous policy, a victory for human rights ide...
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In teaching, why not the best?Mar 20, 2011 6:00 pm - Let's imagine this country really believed that to thrive in the 21st century, we have to be able to compete in a global economy. And to do so, we need creative, well-ed...
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Making a difference, one child at a timeMar 20, 2011 6:00 am - SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Everybody wants to save the children. But few people, however well-intentioned, actually bestir themselves from the sofa to aid those in distress. Mos...
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Trust fund is still an empty lockboxMar 19, 2011 6:00 pm - President Obama’s budget chief, Jack Lew, recently took to his White House blog to repeat his claim that the Social Security Trust Fund is solvent through 2037. And to c...
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Nuclear waste’s toxic legacyMar 19, 2011 6:00 pm - The most urgent focus of Japan’s worsening nuclear crisis is the threat from radioactive fuel that has already been used in the Fukushima Daiichi reactors and awaits dis...