Opinion

Measuring Congress by the numbers

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Never have so few done so little for so many. But at last, they’re gone — Congress has adjourned for the year...

The selling of the Obama inauguration

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He did it. Unfortunately. Sadly. Disappointingly...

Imagine him being president

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Ted’s recent announcement of his presidential candidacy was a real Cruz-a-palooza! It was part Ronald Reagan, part Elmer Gantry, part John Lennon and part Jerry Falwell — yet it was totally Ted Cruz — full of blather, bloat and BS...

Why do universities need a C.M.O.?

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A new fad is sweeping across America’s university campuses — and it’s seriously goofy...

Real tax reform means everyone pays something

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Chances are the tax increases, cuts and fiddles President Obama proposed during the State of the Union speech Tuesday night are DOA in the Republican-controlled Congress. And chances are the tax cuts, increases and fiddles the Republicans will propose shortly are ...

Last message from Myachka

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I’m writing this week’s rant on Sunday evening, April 28, which this year was the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah in Hebrew...

Saving our ravaged planet — and ourselves

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Earth Day cometh — the 43rd year of this national focus on our globe. Should we weep? Or cheer? Both. The first step toward any recovery is admitting that we have a problem. In fact, beaucoup of them. For example, despite the squawking of profiteering polluters and...

A new face of political goofiness

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At last, our embarrassment is over! We Texans have long endured the shame of having our goober of a governor, Rick Perry, declaimed as the goofiest public official in the land. But now, we can point to another state’s embarrassment, for a newly elected senator has ...

Lawmakers dance with the devil

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If you choose to dance with the devil, never flatter yourself that you're in the lead...

LETTERS

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Failed humor...

‘Black Friday’ is spoiling Thanksgiving

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Here comes Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas! It’s a month-long season of friends and family, spiritual reflection and time to decompress from our usual helter-skelter lives, right...

Paying for Perry-the- Pretender’s presidential run

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My state’s gallivanting goober of a governor, Rick Perry, is back in the news, with yet another “oops” moment...