Analysis
Editorial: Time to give peace a chance
January 24, 2009As President Obama opens a new chapter in our history, the world looks to him with hope that now, finally, we can give peace a chance. Television and computer screens across America and the globe were...
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LETTERS January 31, 2009
January 24, 2009Quotes of the week Hallelujah! In his inaugural speech (albeit without attribution) President Obama quoted from Thomas Paine’s American Crisis No. 1. “Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of...
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OPINION: Obama can end the Israel/Palestinian conflict
January 19, 2009(Reposted from talkingpointsmemo.com) If I could say two things to President-elect Barack Obama today, I would first express my gratitude for making me proud to be an American again. His campaign and election did that. And,...
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End corruption take corporate money out of politics
January 17, 2009The brazen corruption of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is deplorable. But some would ask: what’s the big deal? Corruption is rampant in U.S. politics and is “as American as apple pie.” The larger issue, then, is...
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Believing in government again
January 17, 2009All through congressional hearings around the auto loan last month, not one public official or news reporter ever asked General Motors and Ford CEOs the most important question of all: “So how come you guys are...
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