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  • Secrecy offers the ‘gift’ of accusations

    Feb 03, 2012 12:00 am
    Maine State Treasurer Bruce Poliquin is having a Mitt Romney moment. Under fire for placing 10 acres of his 12.3-acre Georgetown property in so-called tree growth, Mr. Poliquin has been reluctant to answer the accusation that — perhaps — he doesn’t qualify for the propert...
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Columns & Analysis

  • Austin Bay: China a major player in Sudan conflict

    Feb 03, 2012 12:00 am
    Sudan and South Sudan's slow yet deadly war of blood for oil reserves has ensnared Africa's slyest empire builder: Communist China. The two Sudans' complex background helps illustrate China's emerging diplomatic quandaries in resource-rich but politically fractured sub-Saharan Africa. In J...
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  • Leonard Pitts: Reagan’s legacy of hope has since eroded

    Feb 02, 2012 12:00 am
    A picture, the saying goes, is worth a thousand words. Unfortunately, we have only about 550 with which to appraise a picture that has raised eyebrows across the country: In it, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seen wagging her finger in President Obama’s face during his visit to her state last w...
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  • Political rallies send shivers

    Feb 01, 2012 12:00 am
    At moments, I was genuinely afraid. Not of the thing in my closet this time but of a group of ordinary people like myself. Ordinary people of a singular mind crammed into one tiny room like ammunition in a magazine. Explosive. Big dogs on leashes that have frayed down to nothing. Po...
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  • Cal Thomas: Future unknowns require top-level defenses

    Feb 01, 2012 12:00 am
    One of the memorable slogans from the Reagan administration was "peace through strength." Reagan believed a strong defense was a safeguard against enemy attacks and the best hope of victory should America go to war. President Obama is taking the opposite approach. Defense Secretary Leon Pa...
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  • David Sirota: Action needed to counter the 'normalcy bias'

    Jan 31, 2012 12:00 am
    In 1977, two Boeing 747s collided on an airstrip in the Canary Islands. According to accident investigators, those who survived the initial blast in one plane had time to escape before a fire consumed the wreckage. But eyewitnesses reported that many remained in their seat looking perfectly conte...
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