Articles filed under Opinion
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Minutemen's comic act on presidential campaign stageJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Tired of playing cop, some in the Minuteman movement are trying to influence the 2008 presidential election by playing powerbroker. And like just about everything this b...
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Bhutto provided the kind of leadership that the world needsJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - The assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto might have been prevented had she and her husband heeded advice from friends. Former U.S. Ambassador C...
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Next president must be a strong leader in a dangerous worldDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Once again, the cold, cruel outside world intruded on the quiet of a holiday season. The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto two days after C...
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Bit of a Nixon revival seen in the Clinton, Huckabee campaignsDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - In a political season that has become a '70s Show, a Richard Nixon revival infects both parties' primaries. Even Spiro Agnew -- Nixon's Nixon -- is being reprised. Hill...
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Compromise in Iraq could work to defuse sectarian violenceDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - With its volatile mix of Kurds, Turkmens and Arabs, this city is often described as a sectarian time bomb. But for now, the bomb is ticking a little more slowly thanks t...
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No should be shocked over what's happened in baseballDec 18, 2007 10:00 pm - Why should Major League Baseball (MLB) be immune to the cultural depravity that has touched every area of public life -- from politics to religion, from corporate life t...
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Iowa debates offer voters vivid contrasts in candidate viewsDec 17, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES -- In the space of 24 hours, the nine lecterns occupied by Republican presidential candidates in the auditorium of the Iowa Public Television studios were rep...
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Congress failing to provide oversight of intelligence agenciesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever else one might say about America's accident-prone intelligence agencies, it seems clear that the system of congressional oversight that was established in the m...
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Winfrey's endorsement bound to give Obama a boost in Iowa caucusesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- On Sunday, Mitch Stewart was a happy man. In a back room of the Barack Obama for President headquarters here, he was pawing through a mountain of car...
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Armed citizen used right to bear arms to save many livesDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - I have been waiting for this to happen. For years we have witnessed the carnage when innocents were mowed down at schools, colleges, shopping malls and post offices. The...