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Susan Rice's troubled steps toward secretary of State
Four thoughts about Susan Rice’s decision to withdraw as a possible nominee for secretary of State: 1) Rice should not have been disqualified because of her now-notorious talk-show comments about the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four...
Tags: Benghazi, Elections, Justice and Rights, Anne Hathaway, Politics
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Jon Stewart picks apart conservative case against gay marriage
“The Daily Show” broadcast its last new episode of 2012 on Thursday night, and Jon Stewart closed the year by looking forward – specifically, to the two historic gay marriage cases going before the Supreme Court in 2013. Stewart...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, John McCain, Princeton University, Piers Morgan, Jim DeMint
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Letters: Don't tweak Prop. 13
Re "It's time to adjust Prop. 13," Column, Dec. 13 The proposal in Sacramento to tweak Proposition 13 by taxing commercial property at market value while keeping residential taxes largely frozen could adversely impact small businesses and their owners....Tags: Business
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Legal larceny by lawyers
What's the difference between a mosquito and a lawyer? One is a blood-sucking parasite. The other is an insect. I'm a lawyer, but I live out of state and haven't practiced law in recent years, so I am at this point an "inactive" member of the...
Tags: Immigration, Politics, DREAM Act, Justice System, U.S. Congress
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Disdain all around
WASHINGTON — While accusing the Supreme Court’s conservative justices of "disdain for democracy," Pamela S. Karlan proves herself talented at dispensing disdain. The Stanford law professor is, however, less talented at her chosen task of...Tags: Washington, DC, Elections, Planned Parenthood, Voting, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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The Times' 2012 list of the naughty and the nice
Santa's not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times' reflections on who's been naughty and who's been nice....Tags: David Petraeus, Elections, Immigration, Mark Zuckerberg, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Letters: Atheists and Christmas
Re "Threatened by faith," Opinion, Dec. 11 It was a good angle to have a rabbi argue in favor of a Christian display, but the problem is that he, like many believers, greatly distorts the atheist point of view. We're no angrier than the Rev. Martin...Tags: Religion and Belief, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Letters: Inside the mind of Justice Scalia
Re "The 'animus' of Justice Scalia," Editorial, Dec. 13 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's argument is, as you say, "abstract and not terribly helpful," but it is anything but logical. Scalia commits the fallacy of false analogy. In the case of...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Criminal Laws, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Gays and Lesbians
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Letters: Interest rates down, savers lose
Re "Fed to tie interest rate to job gains," Dec. 13 It's disappointing that no mention is made of the effect of the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates at rock bottom on those who have set aside a good portion of their incomes as savings...Tags: Federal Reserve, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance
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For Scalia, no gay people, just gay sex?
Is there anything more to be said about Justice Antonin Scalia’s sulphurous comments about homosexuality, which prompted a gutsy student at Princeton University to confront the voluble jurist this week about his rhetoric? One thing at least: Scalia&...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Same-Sex Marriage, Planned Parenthood, Anthony Kennedy
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Gun rights, even in Illinois
There are certain constants to life in Illinois. Abraham Lincoln has always been revered. The Cubs always find a way to lose. Lake Michigan never goes dry. Letting citizens carrying concealed firearms is out of the question. But one of those is no...
Tags: Interior Policy, Firearms, Politics, Edward J. Acevedo, Personal Weapon Control
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Letters: Times change, Justice Scalia
Re "Scalia defends his writings on anti-gay laws," Dec. 12 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's use of "reduction to the absurd" in his comparison of homosexuality to murder is an absurd torturing of logic. Homosexuality has long been condoned by...
Tags: Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Criminal Laws, Laws
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