Articles filed under Opinion
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Time to rethink Arab arms salesMar 11, 2011 11:00 pm - For many years American policy has been to sell modern weaponry to Arab states. The reasons given are to maintain the “balance of power” in the region, but the unstated ...
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The wrong approach against extremismMar 11, 2011 11:00 pm - “There is nothing radical or un-American in holding these hearings,” Republican Rep. Peter King of New York claimed Thursday, as he launched his McCarthyite probe of Ame...
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Let me call him sweetheartMar 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Eulogies for David Broder are still tumbling from the fingertips of friends and fans. He was the dean of political journalists, a man both generous and gracious, a repor...
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Hunting for terrorists, not witchesMar 10, 2011 5:08 am - In Times Square last Sunday, an estimated 1,000 people gathered to protest the March 10 hearings before Rep. Peter King’s Committee on Homeland Security entitled “The Ex...
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Facing new U.S. demographics — togetherMar 10, 2011 1:00 am - “Are whites racially oppressed?” This was the eye-catching headline atop an article CNN.com posted last week about rising anxieties among Caucasians as they approach bec...
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Spending's not better the second time aroundMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Before we take an ax to the federal budget, let's try a scalpel. Many things done in one federal department or agency are also done in others, according to a new Governm...
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The case against intervention in LibyaMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - In September 1941, Japan’s leaders had a question for Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto: Could he cripple the U.S. fleet in Hawaii? Yes, he said. Then he had a question for the lead...
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Unique value of distance in endorsementsMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - What makes an effective governing board for a town or school district? Is it a collection of like-minded individuals, all sharing the same goals and similar ideas about ...
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Fuel for the bigotsMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Unlike Moses Herzog, the eponymous character of Saul Bellow’s novel “Herzog,” I do not feverishly compose mad letters to public figures and sinister government agencies ...
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Hollywood's Latino snubMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - We already knew that Johnny Depp is one of the most gifted actors of his generation and capable of delivering memorable performances. Now we also know he is a man of ch...