Opinion Columns

Where to start with Douglas MacArthur? To say that he was general of the Army? To note that he was superintendent of West Point? To recall his famous exit from the Philippines and his even more famous return? To cite his role in the occupation of Japan? To refer to his time commanding U.N....
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Having grown up Baptist in Alabama, I’ve always been cynical about conservative Christians’ fervent opposition to Roe v. Wade. I don’t doubt that religious devotion can lead to skepticism — even fierce criticism — of abortion rights. But those same religious principles should lead to efforts to boost the prospects for children, especially poor...
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Well, whaddya know? Did the rise of the 1 percent (or, better yet, the 0.01 percent) cause the Lesser Depression we’re now living through? It probably contributed. But the more important point is that inequality is a major reason the economy is still so depressed and unemployment so high. For we have responded to...
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Obama Snubs Hard-Working College Students Shortly after becoming president, Barack Obama said that he strongly supports continuing education. “If we want to come out of this recession stronger than before, we need to make sure that our workforce is better prepared than ever before,” he said in 2009. “Right now, someone who doesn’t have...
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A few years ago, beauty queen Carrie Prejean innocently answered a question about gay marriage with a polite “no.” She was viciously personally attacked by Miss USA pageant judge Perez Hilton, who posted a video of himself cursing at her. Prejean was eventually stripped of her crown, and as for Perez Hilton? “I’d love...
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On no issue is the elite/American divide so great as on immigration. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted to decrease immigration. Not just illegal immigration — all immigration. Nearly three times as many Americans support reducing immigration as want it to stay the same, according to Gallup polls. A grand total of...
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And so it came to pass that in 2012 — a year after the Arab awakening erupted — the United States made two financial commitments to the Arab world that each began with the numbers 1 and 3.  It gave Egypt’s military $1.3 billion worth of tanks and fighter jets, and it gave Lebanese...
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