Articles filed under Opinion
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McNamara's assuredness continuesJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and certain Ame...
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What if Palin had risen to power?Jul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - In his novel "The Plot Against America," Philip Roth imagined that Charles Lindbergh, an isolationist and an anti-Semite (but a heck of a flier), ran for president in 19...
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U.S. must flex muscle against world's thugsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Help me out here. President Obama immediately "meddles" in the affairs of Honduras, denouncing a military coup, the intent of which is to preserve the country's constitu...
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Destiny is rightly in Iraq's handsJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - This time of year we celebrate what we all share in common as U.S. citizens: freedom. We are fortunate to live in a country with bountiful resources and an enduring spir...
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Democrats still need the aid of GOP in SenateJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Now that the Minnesota Supreme Court has ended the long count on the 2008 Senate race by awarding the seat to Al Franken, Democrats - at least on paper - have the power ...
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After ruling, race issue remains murkyJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Although New Haven's firefighters deservedly won in the Supreme Court, it is deeply depressing that they won narrowly - 5-4. The egregious behavior by that city's govern...
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Years of empty threats hurt IraniansJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "First, do no harm." Contrary to popular belief, the phrase doesn't actually appear in the Hippocratic oath taken by physicians. At times like the present, however, it's...
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Tracking spotlight sometimes fun but always fleetingJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - It started with an apparent slip of the tongue. My 19-year-old son and I were talking about the rule of threes in prominent deaths. "There's Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawc...
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Give the honor to those who make real contributionsJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - "How fevered is the man who cannot look Upon his mortal days with temperate blood, Who vexes all the leaves of his life's book, And robs his fair name of its maidenhood ...
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New rules could save borrowers from themselvesJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - An 11th commandment could read: Thou shalt not cheat the meek. Morality is reason alone for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to shield the little guys from the len...