Articles filed under Opinion
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Wisconsin’s message to big laborAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - Everyone is busy making inferences about Wisconsin’s recall vote and what it might mean for the 2012 presidential election. But more interesting is what the results say ...
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The mark of a tired nationAug 14, 2011 4:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. — It is strange to contemplate the end of the world from The Happiest Place on Earth. Wall Street may be littered with broken dreams, the streets of London...
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I’m worried for our countryAug 13, 2011 12:00 am - The store window said 70 percent off. My son was getting a haircut across the street. I always enjoy chatting with the young woman from Boston who works there. Why not? ...
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Putting the power with the statesAug 12, 2011 4:00 am - Majorities in liberal states often back policies that most folks in conservative states abhor — and vice versa. The difficulty of reaching accord among warring but heart...
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The death of a principled moderateAug 12, 2011 4:00 am - Mark Hatfield, 89, who died last weekend in his native Oregon, was the first Christian politician I recall meeting in Washington, which is to say he did more than keep a...
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Economic stress across the pondAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — The chancellor of the exchequer has a dry, sly sense of humor. George Osborne, 40, says Britain escaped the sort of housing bubble and crash that staggered Amer...
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Finding a way to energize your insect war storiesAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I want to talk about mosquitoes. I could talk about financial reporting, but you’re depressed enough. So, I’m back to mosquitoes. But I just don’t know what to sa...
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Mr. Cool turns coldAug 10, 2011 3:00 am - In her autobiography, Helen Gahagan Douglas recalled telling President Franklin D. Roosevelt about her visits to the camps of migrant workers. She was especially poignan...
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When cuts make the vulnerable even more soAug 10, 2011 3:00 am - With varied motivations, human beings tend to invoke the name of God in foxholes, in the throes of passion and in budget debates. During the recent debt-limit showdown,...
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Principled foolishness in CongressAug 09, 2011 4:00 am - Actually, no, Mr. Vice President, the tea party gang wasn’t “acting like terrorists.” They were acting like kidnappers. Let’s get our insults correct. They weren’t infl...