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A Trashing as Old as Suffrage
Jul 7, 2009 None of Sarah Palin's numerous shortcomings excuse the sexist cant that she, like Hillary Clinton before her, has been subjected to since she burst onto the national scene.Political Foolishness and Teen Pregnancy
Jul 2, 2009 The decline in contraceptive use may cheer those who have promoted faith-inspired school curricula, but now we have sad and clear evidence that political foolishness among adults is leading to foolish and harmful behavior among kids.Iraq Has Another One of Its Famous Turning Points
Jun 30, 2009 As the media trumpets sound for the pullback of American troops from urban areas in Iraq, the essential lesson of our involvement must be recalled: Nothing about our entanglement in Iraq has ever been as it seemed.Poster Addict for Tobacco Law
Jun 25, 2009 It's all right to be just a bit defensive when you're the addict in chief, but President Obama happens to be, hands down, the best possible spokesman for the new FDA regulation. He should embrace the role.America’s History, Now on YouTube
Jun 23, 2009 Amid the Web site's trashy home videos and other uneven chronicles of pop culture is a memorable new look at America's past that whets the appetite for more free fun. The National Archives, in celebration of its 75th anniversary, has posted 17 videos to YouTube.Why Patch-and-Fill Won’t Do
Jun 18, 2009 At the moment, Republicans are gleeful and Democrats glum because of a Congressional Budget Office analysis -- based on an incomplete and early draft of what is likely to be the most liberal-leaning health care proposal to emerge from the Senate -- that shows the measure just won't get the job done.Guns and the Link We Won’t Admit
Jun 16, 2009 There are without a doubt links among the extremists who have opened fire in this spring of slaughter, but we tend to ignore the most obvious point: We have decided to let just about anyone have a gun.The Justice Business
Jun 11, 2009 The appearance of extreme political impropriety is sometimes just too extreme, according to the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in a case that shines a brutal light on the spiral of campaign contributions that threaten to compromise too many state courts.