Articles filed under Opinion
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The bad guys behind stalled foreclosuresOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Don't blame the lawyers. The crisis over faulty or fraudulent paperwork in mortgage foreclosures which is either a big deal or a humongous deal, depending on which expe...
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Nothing wrong with the auto bailoutOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Among the mysteries of public opinion, this one most strains the brain: Why do so many Americans think the government rescue of Detroit automakers was a bad nay, an evi...
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Wisdom from a bygone eraOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — Itinerant politicians and journalists have learned they can expect a warm welcome and a stimulating evening when they visit the hilltop home of the Robe...
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The male vote in CaliforniaOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - California has never had a woman governor. Two women senators, yes, but never a governor, never a lieutenant governor, never even an attorney general. When it comes to e...
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Punish crime, not thoughtOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Last April, Christine Quinn, speaker of New York's City Council, honored members of the police department's Hate Crimes Task Force and jokingly said she looke...
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Real patriots demand clean energyOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Those orange fireballs you see in the news are NATO oil tankers exploding along the Khyber Pass. Afghani insurgents regard convoys bringing fuel to American fighters as ...
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Requiem for a school reformerOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - It is instructive and infuriating that one of the country's top education reformers is out of a job. America's public schools have room for teachers who don't believe ...
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Your pre-election postmortemOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - When the election is over, prizes and trophies and hosannas will be issued left and right. But why wait? As a public service, I present an infallibly prescient score car...
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Health care debate overrun with hypocrisyOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - When government tells restaurant owners that they can't let customers smoke on their premises, that's the nanny state. When it fines motorcyclists for not wearing helmet...
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'Inside Job' should lead to a perp walkOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- If you haven't been humming tunes from “Les Miserables, you haven't seen “Inside Job, the new documentary about how our economic crisis evolved. The most fo...