Articles filed under Opinion
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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...
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Barrier to needed charter schools is a product of bigotryDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - HARLEM (or maybe not) -- Asked whether his brownstone residence is in Harlem, the Rev. Michel Faulkner says, well, that depends. "When something bad happens, the neighbo...
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Giuliani presents his case as a domestic, foreign policy leaderDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was in Washington on Tuesday to raise money … and to see me. In a nondescript office building two blocks from the White H...
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Scientists -- not Bush -- deserve credit for stem cell breakthroughDec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - I have a friend who dedicated her first book to her husband "without whom this would never have been possible." Years later, when the husband was gone, she used to fanta...