Articles filed under Opinion
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U.S. fooling itself in latest effort for Mideast peaceNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - If the definition of insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over again, then U.S. policymakers over several administrations should be institutionalized and rele...
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Travel etiquetteNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - The first time I ever got on an airplane -- to fly from Boston to New York, around 1970 -- I got all dressed up. Flying was a big deal. The airport was, I thought, one o...
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Seeking a place to call home in politicsNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Many Latinos have become disgruntled with both political parties, and I can easily see why. One ignores us while the other seems intent on driving us away. The last stra...
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'Don't touch my junk'Nov 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Ah, the airport, where modern folk heroes are made. The airport, where that inspired flight attendant did what everyone who's ever been in the spam-in-a-can crush of a f...
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Wrong signal from DemocratsNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - When the rules of the House of Representatives forced the Democrats to confront a painful choice among their leaders, they did what Democrats are often inclined to do. T...
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Deficit plan offers liberals much to likeNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Many liberals went bananas over the new plan to reduce deficits. The ideas put forth by the chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission ignore their prio...
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Defense trims: Why not?Nov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - I come not to bury the manifesto issued last week by President Obama's debt-reduction commission, but to praise the most welcome of its ideas: Slash defense spending alo...
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GOP would be wise to listen to PalinNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - I promised myself that I'd stop defending Sarah Palin. But it's a hard habit to break. While I found the former Alaska governor refreshing during the 2008 presidential ...
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Faces for a deadly productNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - With apologies to Jonathan Swift, I have a modest proposal of my own. Instead of the government requiring cigarette packs and cartons to feature large warning labels des...
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Ignoring the joy of individual libertyNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - “Everybody in Vanity Fair must have remarked how well those live who are comfortably and thoroughly in debt; how they deny themselves nothing; how jolly and easy the...