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Anti-Obama spirit is afoot

Opinion: Anti-Obama spirit is afoot EDITOR: We are now in the month of December. Our 44th president has


Russia’s soft spot for Joe

Russia’s soft spot for Joe Los Angeles Times: To many of those who remember Ronald Reagan’s


Low-income parents also need schooling

Opinion: For a succinct vision of the role parents can play in their children’s education, a useful starting


Post missed the real story

Opinion: Post missed the real story EDITOR: The Washington Post front page article “Beyond Repair”


Arm-twisting in the Senate is not a big deal

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Cash for Cloture! Cornhusker Kickback! Louisiana Purchase! We are, or so we are told


Health-care critics on both sides off base

Opinion: When legislation is as long and complex as the health-care reform bill finally nearing Senate


Blazing a trail isn’t an easy endeavor

Opinion: The recent deaths of two revolutionaries, one in Iran and one in Russia, are reminders of the impact


Flight 253’s close call raises ominous questions

Editorial: Flight 253’s close call raises ominous questions It was nonsense for Homeland Security Secretary


There’s hope in Mideast

Opinion: BETHLEHEM, West Bank — When the Roman Catholic patriarch of the Holy Land, Fouad Tual, celebrated


Don’t weep for the airlines

San Jose Mercury News: Pay no heed to the crocodile tears shed by the airline industry. The Obama


AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA The Australian, Dec. 19: The climate change conference conformed to the two universal


Democrats must personalize health-care reform measure

Editorial: Republicans have made much of the fact that the Senate bill to reform America’s health-care system,


It’s time for real immigration reform

Opinion: Congress should move quickly from health care to immigration reform. But to succeed, it will have to


Time traveler coming to end of journey

Opinion: BOSTON — It is one of those moments when I feel like a time traveler. I look out the airplane window


Bringing Taliban into fold is a challenge

Opinion: One of the critical components of President Obama’s new Afghan strategy is an effort to persuade