Articles filed under Opinion
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Points that should have been raised with Mexico's presidentOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - It was excruciating to watch Vicente Fox tangle with Bill O'Reilly as part of the media tour for the former Mexican president's engaging memoir, "Revolution of Hope." Th...
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Giuliani's position on Iran shows he hasn't learned from IraqOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - I have a weakness for wars with colorful names. My favorite is the War of Jenkins' Ear, which occupied Britain and Spain from 1739-41 and ended in a stalemate. This brin...
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Warning of a terrorist nuclear attack that must be taken seriouslyOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Rolf Mowatt-Larssen is paid to think about the unthinkable. As the Energy Department's director of intelligence, he's responsible for gathering information about the thr...
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Bad news for Democrats counting on U.S. defeat in IraqOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Last week, ABC's Charles Gibson introduced a segment about Iraq on "World News Tonight" with this curious remark: "The news is (pause for effect) that there is no news. ...
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Proposed cuts in energy help could have chilling effectOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - President Bush's veto of that SCHIP children's health insurance bill has critics complaining that poor kids are going to be left in the cold. That charge takes on a lite...
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Pelosi could not be less serious about foreign policyOct 21, 2007 11:00 pm - There are three relevant questions concerning the Armenian genocide. (a) Did it happen? (b) Should the U.S. House of Representatives be expressing itself on this now? (c...
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Alarming rise of protectionism in GOP White House raceOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - There is a lot of debate on the right side of the aisle over which GOP presidential candidates are real Republicans and which ones are pretending. Much of it is about go...
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A second act, for Gore and his entire generationOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Until now, I believed that the smallest unit of time was between the moment the traffic light turned green and the car behind you honked. I was wrong. The shortest unit ...
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U.S. must recognize the role dignity plays in all foreign affairsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - "We talk about democracy and human rights. Iraqis talk about justice and honor." That comment from Lt. Col. David Kilcullen, made at a seminar last month on counterinsur...
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On a cross-country ride of hope with a courageous little girlOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - It's far too early to tell whether the Radtke family of Johnsburg got their miracle. But without question, they got something special. Just a week ago, Laurie Radtke fou...