Articles filed under Opinion
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Obama should make more history with nominationMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - As someone who knows what it's like to make history, President Obama should understand that - with the retirement of Justice David Souter - it's time to whip up another ...
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The conservative 'happy warrior'May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - On the very day last week that Jack Kemp, the former quarterback, congressman and 1996 vice presidential candidate, succumbed to cancer, other Republicans were honoring ...
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Is all the rush really worth it?May 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Tuesday was a bear of a day. I'd been knee-deep in meetings and e-mails at work, feeling like I'd spun my wheels and accomplished little. A project was frustrating me, a...
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One time when ignorance just might be blissMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - IN THE MIAMI AIRPORT - Against the advice our vice president, I have braved the germ-infested world, forced into transit by prior commitments and surrounded by strangers...
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This litmus test is one that would countMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - As the time approaches for President Obama to choose a successor to Justice David Souter, the term "litmus test" will be heard throughout the land. The White House will ...
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Can the Big 3 still survive after ignoring signs?May 04, 2009 11:00 pm - When I was in high school, my parents gave me 15 shares of General Motors stock, worth maybe $600, and a lecture on investing in America. This is a great company, they ...
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Self-interest a factor in Specter's moveMay 04, 2009 11:00 pm - In a Q&A last year with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, former Pennsylvania Rep. Pat Toomey was asked what book he wanted Barack Obama to read. The Republican quickly rec...
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Life does the makeover for Susan BoyleApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - I am not the sort of person who fills the e-mail inboxes of my friends with jokes. Nor do I harass my family with hyperlinks to the latest YouTube video of lobsters with...
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Coverage of sports, courts and people who feel out of sortsApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Odds and ends: Again, we find ourselves looking for that perfect space between Chicken Little and Pollyanna, between outright panic and unbridled optimism. No, I'm not t...
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Obama should bow out from 'our lady'Apr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Here on planet "What About Me," principled people are so rare as to be oddities. Thus, it was a head-swiveling moment Monday when former Vatican Ambassador Mary Ann Glen...