Articles filed under Opinion
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The cultic tendencies of the GOPJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Someone ought to study the Republican Party. I am not referring to yet another political scientist but to a mental health professional, preferably a specialist in the po...
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The dream of home ownership gone awryJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” — Emerson The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they made. And the m...
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No more ‘Right Stuff’?Jul 06, 2011 1:00 am - When Atlantis lifts off on its final mission scheduled for Friday, it will bring to an end an era of space exploration that began for the U.S. with the Soviet launch of ...
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Our robotic assassinsJul 06, 2011 1:00 am - The skies over at least six countries are patrolled by robotic aircraft, operated by the U.S. military or the CIA, that fire missiles to carry out targeted assassination...
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Big steps and baby stepsJul 05, 2011 9:00 pm - Just days after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation legalizing same-sex marriage, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and the coalition supporting simila...
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Paul vs. PasteurJul 05, 2011 9:00 pm - Speaking recently to the Republican Leadership Conference, Rep. Ron Paul raised an overlooked issue in American politics. The federal government, he warned, is imposing ...
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Sex, drugs and minefields of conjectureJul 05, 2011 3:00 am - Sometimes fiction can’t improve on life. Case in point: The unfolding saga of the immigrant hotel housekeeper allegedly raped by the wealthy French international banker ...
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Obama’s ‘mission accomplished’Jul 05, 2011 3:00 am - By DANA MILBANK There was no banner, no naval cheering section, no aircraft-carrier landing and — thank heavens — no flight suit. But make no mistake: President Obama ga...
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Self-promotion disguised as sacrificeJul 04, 2011 3:00 am - In retelling last week's revelation that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas is an illegal immigrant, civil rights metaphors have been trotted out to d...
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Yes, let government control medical costsJul 04, 2011 3:00 am - “Centralizers,” a conservative wrote disapprovingly in Reason magazine, “say that the responsibility for making tough decisions about how to keep health care costs under...