Gene Lyon
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Cotton and the war caucus count on constituents' ignoranceMar 25, 2015 1:00 am - When a Man's fancy gets astride on his Reason; When Imagination is at Cuffs with the Senses; and common Understanding, as well as common Sense, is Kickt out of Doors; th...
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ISIS poses no realistic threat to U.S.Mar 04, 2015 12:00 am - It's the Ebola panic all over again. Except they're calling it ISIS this time. OMG! OMG! We're all going to die! Cable TV news networks won't be happy until they've got ...
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Warm thoughts in an Arkansas icestormFeb 20, 2015 12:00 am - Housebound in an ice storm, the columnist finds himself distracted by online trivia and tempted to yell at the TV: • Washington Post headline: "Williams undone by his gi...
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Do liberals really have a free-speech problem?Feb 05, 2015 12:00 am - This just in: "Study Finds Fruitcake Right, Anti-gravity Left Share Similar Traits, Tactics." OK, so I made that up, although I'm confident that there's no end of psycho...
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Citizens United resonates in midtermsNov 12, 2014 4:05 am - Look at it this way: At least the 2014 midterm elections are over. Maybe the most clueless pronouncement ever made by a U.S. Supreme Court justice was Anthony Kennedy's ...
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Fear of ebola takes political turnOct 13, 2014 1:05 am - One afternoon two weeks ago, I did my best to calm a friend who'd become fearful that her son would contract Ebola in Syria. The young man had enlisted in the National G...
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Theater of war unavoidable for commander-in-chiefSep 22, 2014 1:05 am - Maybe next time, they'll award the Nobel Peace Prize at the end of a politician's tenure rather than the beginning. There was always something mildly farcical about the ...
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No peace in Gaza if Netanyahu can prevent itAug 05, 2014 5:05 am - If Secretary of State John Kerry has failed to bring about a cease fire to end the bloodbath in Gaza, then so has everybody else. So at the expense of impertinence or wo...
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Into the morassJul 01, 2014 5:05 am - Remember the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush? It happened on Dec. 14, 2008, near the end of the president's second term. Bush had travel...
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7 million reasons not to repeal the ACAApr 06, 2014 5:05 am - So it turns out that millions of people dealt with the Affordable Care Act enrollment cutoff pretty much the way they habitually deal with the April 15 income tax filing...