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Obama can appease critics of his anti-Gadhafi stance

Editorial: There are people in this coun- try, especially Republicans in Congress and conservative


Answers to George Will quiz

Opinion: Answers to George Will quiz (1) Brooks Robinson (Orioles) and Carl Yastrzemski (Red Sox). (2)


Become a Doctor of Baseball

Opinion: WASHINGTON A wit once said, “Finish last in your league and they call you Idiot. Finish last in


Teaspoon of force

Opinion: You don’t just walk up to the local bully and slap him across the face. If you are determined to


Keep unscrupulous contractors out

Opinion: By Neil Gordon Other Words The Pentagon reported in January that it had awarded more than $270


Pumping up graduation rates

Opinion: Pumping up graduation rates San Jose Mercury News: U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has been


A lesson in wealth creation

Opinion: A lesson in wealth creation It is a well documented and settled fact that the property values of


Bonuses are easier to give when someone else is paying

Editorial: When Democrats were swept out of Congress in November, a lot of their staffers were left scrambling


Detroit represents unprecedented collapse of a US city

Opinion: By Scott Martelle Los Angeles Times Imagine for a moment that every single person living in the


US student being held in Syria

Opinion: When “Tik” Root’s parents saw him off for junior year abroad in Damascus, they never imagined he’d


Blacks stand to lose the most

Opinion: By Brian Gilmore McClatchy-Tribune The attack on public-sector workers in New Jersey, Ohio,


Muslim Brotherhood rising

Opinion: If there were an award for stating the obvious when it comes to the Middle East it would go to The


Fighting the wrong battles

Opinion: Fighting the wrong battles The battle of wills between public unions and the mostly Republican


Oceans turning acid

Opinion: The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette: While the world is riveted on Japan’s tragedy, other global menaces


A GOP hypocrite

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords Even hypocrites can sometimes have a point. Take Jim DeMint, for