Articles filed under Opinion
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True reform means ending 'too big to fail'May 06, 2010 11:00 pm - True financial reform must accomplish two things in my view: preserve the integrity of our nation's financial system and protect taxpayers from future bailouts. The fina...
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Regulation, transparency key to reformsMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - If you find the ongoing debate over financial reform legislation confusing, you're not alone. The financial industry that made a fortune by recklessly and unethically ga...
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End bailouts: past, present and futureMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - It's agreed. Taxpayers hate the bailouts. So do I, and so do most of my colleagues. In fact, many of the big Wall Street firms that received funds under the original bai...
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False-memory syndromeMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - If you haven't heard the name Sue Lowden, brace yourself. She is a Republican who might well become a U.S. senator from Nevada, and judging by her idea for containing he...
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A lesson for GOP from across the pondMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat candidate for prime minister and the Susan Boyle of British politics, said something during the first debate on April 15 that resonated with...
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Abortion's route to rareMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - When Bill Clinton said in 1992 that he wanted to make abortion safe, legal and rare, many Americans applauded. Even if one dismisses this as rhetoric, it is a sentiment ...
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Searching for a deficit trade-offMay 02, 2010 11:00 pm - It was the starchiest of all pep rallies, a gathering of bipartisan worthies in the Ronald Reagan office building near the White House. They assembled to cheer on Presid...
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Open the remap process to ensure fair boundariesMay 01, 2010 11:00 pm - In recent days the Illinois House of Representatives, despite near unanimous support by the chamber's Democrats, defeated a proposed constitutional amendment on redistri...
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Punting on immigration - againApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Americans expect some degree of manipulation by Congress. Even so, the politicking over immigration reform has set a new standard in this election year. With lawmakers r...
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GOP playing with fireApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican senators are playing with fire. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is perfectly content to pile on the logs. It's hard to see how you argue against stricte...