Articles filed under Opinion
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Birthing pains of democracy in the Middle EastFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Every once in a while, I resurrect my Oveta Culp Hobby Award. Hobby was the Texas newspaper publisher who became Dwight D. Eisenhower's secretary of health, education an...
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Chicken Little and the U.S. debt ceilingFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke seemed to be channeling Chicken Little when he warned congressional Republicans that any delay in raising the debt ceiling beyond t...
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Holding ax, spoiling for a fight in OhioFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio — In 1997, when Republicans controlled the U.S. House of Representatives and John Kasich chaired the Budget Committee, he set his sights on the GOP's 2000...
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Watching Egypt through a lens darklyFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The turmoil in Egypt has been a lesson in the fragility of a right we so often take for granted: to speak. It also has been a reminder to those who deride the “lamestre...
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2012 may see 'favorite son' strategy returnFeb 06, 2011 10:00 pm - When the National Governors Association holds its winter meeting here starting on Feb. 26, I expect to see some initial steps in the 2012 presidential campaign. That thr...
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Praying to fill the gapsFeb 05, 2011 11:00 pm - I was talking to a friend who was recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma — a young guy (by my lights), in his early 40s, if that; a jock, former varsity athlete,...
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Toward a soft landing in EgyptFeb 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Who doesn't love a democratic revolution? Who is not moved by the renunciation of fear and the reclamation of dignity in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria? The worldw...
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Come out of hiding, moderate RepublicansFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - One of the more disagreeable traits of many tea party “spokespeople,” aside from their loose connection with facts, is their zest for threatening Republicans who don't l...
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In praise of our 40th president at 100Feb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - On the centenary of Ronald Reagan's birth, I pause for another historic event: agreement with President Obama, who says of his predecessor in USA Today, “Ronald Wilson R...
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Nuance changes but not key theme of storm coverageFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - These are the times for stories we'll always remember. They are the “where were you when” stories that we tell our children and grandchildren 20 or 30 years from now whe...