Opinion
EDITORIAL Madoff is just tip of the iceberg
July 2, 2009Finance capital went to confession, told the judge its sins, and he administered the penance — 150 years in the clinker for 79-year-old Bernard Madoff. The stain of sin on the decent soul of Wall Street’s...
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EDITORIAL Big step backward
July 2, 2009The city of New Haven threw out a fire department promotions exam because it yielded results that did not promote equality. The city’s decision was in keeping with the need to guarantee the civil rights of...
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Apologizing for the rich aint what it used to be!
July 1, 2009In the good old days one of the most enviable of jobs was that of a commentator or writer whose responsibility it was to explain to us in the mass audience why rich people are so...
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Opinion: The morally bankrupt family values Republican leadership
June 27, 2009This week, second term Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina disappeared for six days, leaving the state without a chief executive who could make decisions in an emergency. His Republican lieutenant governor didn’t know where he...
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The Obama administration and the struggle for gay rights
June 26, 2009CHICAGO -- On the heels of extensive protests by gay activists and many progressive groups and individuals the Obama administration has, in the recent period, taken some major steps that move in the direction of solving...
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