Articles filed under Opinion
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Politically correct radioOct 25, 2010 1:00 am - “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery then look around and ...
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The bad guys behind stalled foreclosuresOct 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Don't blame the lawyers. The crisis over faulty or fraudulent paperwork in mortgage foreclosures which is either a big deal or a humongous deal, depending on which expe...
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Nothing wrong with the auto bailoutOct 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Among the mysteries of public opinion, this one most strains the brain: Why do so many Americans think the government rescue of Detroit automakers was a bad nay, an evi...
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Wisdom from a bygone eraOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - LAWRENCE, Kan. — Itinerant politicians and journalists have learned they can expect a warm welcome and a stimulating evening when they visit the hilltop home of the Robe...
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The male vote in CaliforniaOct 19, 2010 11:00 pm - California has never had a woman governor. Two women senators, yes, but never a governor, never a lieutenant governor, never even an attorney general. When it comes to e...
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Punish crime, not thoughtOct 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Last April, Christine Quinn, speaker of New York's City Council, honored members of the police department's Hate Crimes Task Force and jokingly said she looke...
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Real patriots demand clean energyOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Those orange fireballs you see in the news are NATO oil tankers exploding along the Khyber Pass. Afghani insurgents regard convoys bringing fuel to American fighters as ...
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Requiem for a school reformerOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - It is instructive and infuriating that one of the country's top education reformers is out of a job. America's public schools have room for teachers who don't believe ...
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Your pre-election postmortemOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - When the election is over, prizes and trophies and hosannas will be issued left and right. But why wait? As a public service, I present an infallibly prescient score car...
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Health care debate overrun with hypocrisyOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - When government tells restaurant owners that they can't let customers smoke on their premises, that's the nanny state. When it fines motorcyclists for not wearing helmet...