Articles filed under Opinion
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Rick Perry should stop and thinkAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Whatever global warming might or might not have done to polar bears, it has put Rick Perry’s presidential candidacy at risk. The Texas governor clings to an ice floe of ...
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Tea party holy warAug 24, 2011 5:00 am - Evangelicals, warned liberal theologian Albert Outler, “want a society ruled by those who know what the word of God is. The technical name for that is ‘theocracy,’ and t...
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Back luck? Bad faith?Aug 22, 2011 5:00 am - “We had reversed the recession, avoided a depression, got the economy moving again. ... But over the last six months, we’ve had a run of bad luck.” — President Obama, De...
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Taking treason seriouslyAug 22, 2011 5:00 am - If Rick Perry wants to be president of the United States, he should start acting more like a president and less like a second-string radio talk-show host. Ron Paul, who ...
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A first step on life’s journeyAug 22, 2011 4:00 am - I recently explored the distressing trend of higher education devolving into an ultraexpensive job-training program rather than giving students the opportunity to discov...
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What’s wrong with these bleeping people?Aug 22, 2011 4:00 am - Scene: An elevator in New York Presbyterian Hospital where several others and I were temporary hostages of a filthy-mouthed woman who was profanely berating her male com...
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Where’s the Syria plan?Aug 21, 2011 5:00 am - It’s hard to argue with President Obama’s call for Bashar al-Assad, the bloodthirsty Syrian dictator, to step down. But it’s also hard to discern any logic or consistenc...
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America’s CaesarAug 21, 2011 5:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Near the statehouse office of New Jersey’s 55th governor sits a sort of shrine to the 34th. Fortunately, Chris Christie is unlike Woodrow Wilson. Christ...
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Amid murder, mayhem, still room for good newsAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - The phone message was one I’ve heard before, just new circumstances: Why can’t you have some more positive news on the front page; three days about that kid who tried to...
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One cause that’s a real lemonAug 18, 2011 5:00 am - Just in case you’re not thoroughly fed up with partisan politics invading every single crevice of our lives, here comes Lemonade Freedom Day. On Aug. 20, lovers of free...