Articles filed under Opinion
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GOP establishment the odd man outFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - I'm told sociologists discovered that when three people are together that two of the three will bond — leaving the third person as the “odd man out.” When three people g...
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The drama, danger of revolutionsFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - In the first days of the demonstrations in Egypt, almost everyone I know was glued to their television. Many of them were caught up in what they saw as the romanticism o...
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Tanks vs. TwitterFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It is hard to think largely about the sweep of events when one is reacting instantaneously to breaking . . . tweets. Now there's a sentence one couldn't have imagined wr...
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The long, bumpy road ahead for EgyptFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - For the jubilant revolutionaries of Egypt, now comes the hard part: dismantling the system of coercion, cronyism and corruption that sustained President Hosni Mubarak's ...
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The GOP's defense dilemmaFeb 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Tall, affable Buck McKeon sits, gavel in hand, at the turbulent intersection of two conflicting Republican tendencies. The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee...
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Egypt and American declineFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - For those who are prone to be prone to such things, recent events in Egypt were further evidence of declining American global influence. The protesters, one article comp...
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The blubber hits the road projectsFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The blubbering has hit the road projects, as the congressional ban on earmarks becomes reality. Tea partyers and other foes of “Big Government” demanded the end to earma...
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Gear up for key decisions about your town, schoolsFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - In a very real sense, democracy is a 24/7/365 enterprise. We may vote only once or twice a year, but knowing how to vote — that is, whom we want to vote for — requires s...
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A liberating scene?Feb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - I had never seen anything like it. I sat in the movie theater holding my breath as Marlon Brando wielded the stick of butter. For the sake of families who might be readi...
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Education reform being left behindFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Arne Duncan needs a recess. Once a bright star in the Cabinet, the secretary of education has lost his message and his mojo. Now he could lose his reputation as an educa...