Articles filed under Opinion
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The news doesn't take a holiday, so we don't eitherDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Are we distracted at this time of year — or just finally putting a priority on what's really important in life? Perhaps a little of both. Perhaps a lot of both. If your ...
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Can we finally break the China habit?Dec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - It's been tough watching fellow shoppers fill their carts with Chinese imports as the People's Republic stomps on American interests and values. At Walmart, Bed Bath & B...
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Mega deal only brings more spendingDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - The Republican congressional leadership congratulated itself for leading nine “moderate” GOP senators away from a cliff and back to solid footing by persuading them not ...
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A commandant out of stepDec 20, 2010 10:00 pm - I am a fan of the old World War II movies, the ones where the platoon was composed of typical Americans, Hollywood-style. There was a guy named Farmer and one called Pre...
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The fantasyland of no labelsDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - As the new political group No Labels convened in Manhattan, a judge was issuing a decision that illustrated why the group's premise is preposterous and its pretense is c...
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Obama's Jekyll and Hyde routineDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama can't seem to make up his mind whether he wants to work with Republicans or fight with them. One minute, he wants compromise. The next, he forces confron...
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The desires of the heart of a grown-upDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - By the time you read this, it won't be my birthday anymore. Thankfully. But it is right now, and birthdays don't get easier as you get older. I'm not talking about morta...
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Rhetoric, honesty and rich folksDec 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Words matter. Just ask Google, which now has arranged for anyone to search millions of books online and track how many times a particular word has been used through the...
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The Democrats' new comeback kidDec 17, 2010 10:00 pm - If Barack Obama wins re-election in 2012, as is now more likely than not, historians will mark his comeback as beginning on Dec. 6, the day of the Great Tax Cut Deal of ...
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Legal attack on health care makes no senseDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - So you thought health care was fixed. Well, maybe not “fixed,” but you assumed that the new law had put us on the path to solving one of America's most pressing problems...