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• Wall Street drops amid global stock rout after US downgrade

  Sun Aug 7, 2011
  •  Standard and Poor's track record is a joke, but its mistakes can do a lot of damage.

• Walter Reed closing after more than 100 years of treating wounded troops

  Wed Jul 27, 2011
  • Walter Reed has been one of the finest medical facilities in this country for a very long time.  It still is.  You should save your criticism for something other than what you "read about".  I've been there many times, and it and the people who labor in love there are the best. 

• Is America safer after the death of Osama bin Laden?

  Mon May 2, 2011
  • Are the world and America safer with al Q's leader gone? Of course, and thanks to Bush and Obama for keeping the pressure on.

• Judge temporarily blocks Wisconsin anti-union law

  Fri Mar 18, 2011
  • poor Tim.

• Do you think Wisconsin Republicans will pay a political price for the way they’ve handled collective bargaining rights for state workers?

  Wed Mar 9, 2011
  • Busting unions will be far less popular than Republicans think. They will pay.

• NBC/WSJ poll: 62% against stripping public employees' bargaining rights

  Wed Mar 2, 2011
  • Go Spanky. Who else could argue both sides of the case in one posting? Marvelous. You should be on the WSJ's list of preferred people to poll. You could misunderstand the question, and then argue both sides of what you thought it meant.

• Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll

  Sat Feb 12, 2011
  • John B from Des Moines has got it exactly right. If you missed his early comment, and want to have a good chuckle, find it and read it.

• How do you feel about the events unfolding in Egypt?

  Thu Feb 3, 2011
  • Think about turning around a nation and its people, many with entrenched interest in the status quo. Like a large ship, it turns slowly.

• Should the House repeal the health care overhaul?

  Fri Jan 7, 2011
  • The constitution says folks should be able to pursue happiness. Hard to do that if you are always sick. Keep health-care reform.

• Daley brings business, political acumen to job

  Thu Jan 6, 2011
  • I agree. Daley will be a good chief of staff for a president who has proved better than I had hoped.