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All aren't able
BY PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
As George W. Bush famously asked, ``Is our children learning?''
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THANKSGIVING
Julia will have a place at our holiday table
BY JO ANNE BANDER
While my excitement bubbles as I plan our family Thanksgiving, which will reunite many who were together in Brockton, Mass. in 1969 a month before I married, I am still trying to digest the fact that Julia Child has been reincarnated with Meryl Streep's face while the November 2009 Gourmet is the last that will grace my prep table.
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CUBA
Freedom has no double standard
BY JOE CARDONA
Among the few things that Cubans can count on after 50 years under the rule of the Castro brothers is the subhuman, Draconian methods with which the regime lashes out against those who dare disagree.
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AFGHANISTAN
Obama right to take his time
BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY
President Obama has made no decision yet on where we are going and what we are doing in Afghanistan. But if the flood of leaks this week is any indicator he has, at least, decided what he is not going to do.
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OBAMA
Give us a decision
BY TRUDY RUBIN
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The residents of the Afghan capital are waiting for President Obama -- to make up his mind.
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CUBA
Stand firm, America
BY BERTA ANTUNEZ PERNET
Afew weeks ago, Cuban State Security agents beat up on the streets of Havana the internationally known Cuban writer and blogger Yoani Sánchez. The international community condemned the attack.
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SARAH PALIN
Let GOP duke it out
BY DAVID S. BRODER
For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.
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BREAST CANCER
Common- sense care
Calm. That's not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a ne...
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SARAH PALIN
Sigh . . . here to stay
No force on earth can stop Sarah Palin from becoming our very own ``lite'' version of Eva Peron -- a glamor...
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MIAMI COMMISSIONERS
Sent packing
`IIt's a sad day in Miami,'' Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said with studied solemni...
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OBAMA
High-level musings from China
Dear Michelle: Sure wish you were here -- China is really cool. Hey, remember how Nixon kept repeating,...
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FOREIGN POLICY
Lift the ban -- let Americans visit Cuba
U.S. law lets American citizens travel to any country on earth, friend or foe -- with one exception: Cuba. ...
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CHINA
Forced abortions abusive, deadly
One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion.
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ROBERT CAPA
True or fake, photo's taker was authentic
The 20th century was 100 years of amplitude. It overflowed with barbarous fighting faiths, wars enveloping ...
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VACLAV KLAUS
Czech president prizes freedom above all
Czech President Vaclav Klaus is an economist with an open but well-disciplined mind. Schooled in communism,...
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JOURNALISM
Ethics still matter in the news profession
3 Are journalistic standards holding up under the stresses the profession is facing? Two recent ev...
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ISLAMIC JIHAD
Don't tiptoe around the words `Muslim' and `terrorism'
On the evening after Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shot 43 people at the Fort Hood military base, CNN's Larry King...
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