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Published February 5th, 2012 - 12:05AM
This was for us.
Published February 4th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Oh, great. I just finished reading a book by John Steinbeck and now I owe him another apology.
Published February 3rd, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – Imperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow. It prefigured the collapse of the Soviet Union itself just two years later.
Published February 3rd, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – The granting of Secret Service protection following Mitt Romney’s decisive Florida victory did not prevent him from immediately shooting himself in the foot. “I’m not concerned about the very poor,” he explained. “My campaign is focused on middle-income Americans.”
Published February 2nd, 2012 - 12:05AM
Memo to: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev
Published February 1st, 2012 - 12:05AM
A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, we have only about 550 with which to appraise a picture that has raised eyebrows across the country: In it, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seen wagging her finger in President Barack Obama’s face during his visit to her state last week.
Published February 1st, 2012 - 12:05AM
It shouldn’t be surprising that Mitt Romney pays only 15 percent of his income in federal incomes taxes. After all, he benefits from the fact that his income comes mostly in the form of capital gains – income from selling assets that have increased in value.
Published February 1st, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – When a friend was writing a novel, he was concerned that his protagonist was too perfect.
Published January 31st, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – Whatever else they are, the super-rich have now become political props. We can thank President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney for this. Obama thinks he can ride resentment against the rich into the White House for a second term; and Republican Romney’s fortune, estimated at $190 million or more, qualifies him as super-rich.
Published January 31st, 2012 - 12:05AM
MIAMI – When the empire strikes back, it hits hard. The Republican establishment is deploying every weapon and every soldier – even Bob Dole – in an increasingly desperate attempt to pulverize the Newt Gingrich rebellion. Eventually, the shock-and-awe campaign may work.
Published January 31st, 2012 - 12:05AM
WASHINGTON – In politics, the timing is often the message. On Jan. 20 – three days before the annual March for Life – the Obama administration announced its final decision that Catholic universities, hospitals and charities will be compelled to pay for health insurance that covers sterilization, contraceptives and abortifacients.
Published January 30th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Have you ever noticed how weather can bring people together? It seems to be the common denominator we all have despite our differences. It is the one subject you can discuss with anyone without fear of stepping on toes.
Published January 29th, 2012 - 12:05AM
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Published January 29th, 2012 - 12:05AM
In a democracy, nothing is supposed to matter more than the will of the people.
Published January 28th, 2012 - 12:05AM
You might think I’m kidding when I tell you I have experienced a new malady called phantom vibrator.

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