Articles filed under Opinion
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The Justice Department’s identity problemJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - Is there, or should there ever be, a point when a state is no longer penalized for its discriminatory past? Not according to the Department of Justice, which has rejecte...
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‘Nuts’ to IranJan 04, 2012 4:00 am - When the Germans told Gen. Anthony McAuliffe to surrender his forces in Belgium during World War II, the commander of the 101st Airborne Division famously replied, “Nuts...
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Ringing in a conservative yearJan 03, 2012 4:00 am - Although they have become prone to apocalyptic forebodings about the fragility of the nation’s institutions and traditions under the current president, conservatives sho...
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Isolationism, reduxJan 03, 2012 4:00 am - The blogger Andrew Sullivan, typing faster than he could think, endorsed Ron Paul for the Republican presidential nomination. (He took it back, but we’ll get to that lat...
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Get my phone, the end is nearJan 02, 2012 4:00 am - Well, we’ve finally passed a worrisome milestone on the road to the end of the world. Not the Mayan calendar’s prophecy about life-as-we-know-it ceasing to exist on Dec...
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The little state that could?Jan 01, 2012 4:00 am - Rhode Island shouldn’t even be a state. It’s basically a city, Providence, with some suburbs, factory towns, a little countryside and Newport. The smallest state in area...
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Why look back? Here’s what’s comingDec 31, 2011 11:00 pm - The glut of retrospectives this time of year is unnecessary. With so many info sources these days, it is impossible to avoid knowing what has happened. Recounting the pa...
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Are we alone in the universe?Dec 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Huge excitement. Two Earth-size planets found orbiting a sun-like star less than a thousand light-years away. This comes two weeks after the stunning announcement of ano...
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The new Chelsea ClintonDec 30, 2011 4:00 am - Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s debut on NBC’s “Nightly News” drew plenty of attention, as well it should have. Since her father’s election nearly 20 years ago, ...
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The GOP’s Iowa chaosDec 30, 2011 4:00 am - OTTUMWA, Iowa — Is Rick Santorum the next non-Romney to emerge from the pack? Could he conceivably win Iowa? That these are plausible questions tells you all you need to...