Articles filed under Opinion
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Keep it simple: Make levies, not war, on the richNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Most Americans dislike class-warfare talk aimed at rich people. It does not follow that they don't want the wealthiest among us to pay more taxes. Polls show they do. Th...
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Comics and progressives' cult of expertiseNov 26, 2010 10:00 pm - An eminent Harvard law professor, James Thayer (1831-1902), argued that although the judicial function is “merely that of fixing the outside border of reasonable legisla...
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Lame-duck game of chickenNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Washington began last week to come to grips with the new order of things, a regime in which Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds as much sway as t...
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A day to remember the whole story of life in the suburbsNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - “You know what the news is,” to recall the late great Paul Harvey. “Now, you'll hear (pause) the rest of the story.” Actually, these chapters from the story of the subur...
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Home for the holidays? Try a little kindnessNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - And so another class of high school graduates left home this fall, or said goodbye to their friends who left. Thanksgiving is the first time everyone sees each other aft...
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The hard work of a downtown ChristmasNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - Friday night in the big city, I'm bopping along Fifth Avenue with my brother, and the place is one huge construction site. But this evening's industriousness differs fro...
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A scan too farNov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - In the accelerating debate about airport pat-downs that feel like a clumsy third date and body scans that border on peeping Tom shows, it's hard to find a sane place to ...
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A new decider's chance to step upNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - We don't define periods in American history by who held the majority in Congress. It was the Reagan Era, not the Tip O'Neill Era just as we're now living in the Obama E...
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U.S. fooling itself in latest effort for Mideast peaceNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - If the definition of insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over again, then U.S. policymakers over several administrations should be institutionalized and rele...
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Travel etiquetteNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - The first time I ever got on an airplane -- to fly from Boston to New York, around 1970 -- I got all dressed up. Flying was a big deal. The airport was, I thought, one o...