Editorials
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Editorial: At last, a smart move from House RepublicansJan 23, 2013 10:00 pm - On Wednesday the GOP-led House voted 285-144, with all but 33 Republicans on board, to extend the debt ceiling another three months without spending concessions, postpon...
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Editorial: No more Mr. Nice Guy?Jan 23, 2013 10:00 pm - "Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune ... But we have always understoo...
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Editorial: Another poke in the eye from a ‘too big to fail'Jan 13, 2013 10:00 pm - Ultimately, insurance giant AIG decided not to join a lawsuit against the federal government brought by shareholders alleging that big, bad Uncle Sam went too hard on th...
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Editorial: Can we rise to the challenge, America?Dec 17, 2012 10:00 pm - From an Interfaith Memorial Service in Newtown, Conn., on Sunday night, President Barack Obama made a powerful appeal to the nation to address the root causes of an unth...
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Editorial: Monsters and the Middle EastDec 10, 2012 10:00 pm - It's an old story, but all hell is breaking loose in the Middle East. Nowhere is that more so than in Syria, where U.S. intelligence suggests that an increasingly desper...
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Editorial: The budget and the boomersDec 10, 2012 10:00 pm - With all the talk about the "fiscal cliff," this ought to be an opportunity for Americans to get a lesson in government finances. Instead, the campaign, and the weeks o...
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Editorial: Compromise or quit, politiciansDec 05, 2012 10:00 pm - Just split the difference already. Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill are playing this game of semantics over what constitutes a real "revenue increase," with Pre...
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Editorial: The fiscal cliff was entirely avoidableDec 03, 2012 10:00 pm - Here's to hoping the nation's elected leaders in Washington not only avert the so-called fiscal cliff that looms in a month but also make some headway in getting the nat...
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Editorial: A better way to describe tax ratesDec 02, 2012 10:00 pm - Can we clear something up? The debate in Washington has been focused for months on income tax rates. But the way politicians and media frame the issue of the Bush tax ra...
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Editorial: Mideast meltdownNov 14, 2012 10:00 pm - While everyone on this side of the ocean seems obsessed with the soap opera that is the Petraeus scandal, things are heating up in the Middle East, with Syria specifical...