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Cap Times columnists

Dave Zweifel
Plain Talk: War, not debt, pulling Obama down
The national punditry was obsessing last week over the Gallup Poll’s daily survey that showed Barack Obama’s approval rating had fallen to 47 percent, the lowest for a president so early in his four-year term.
Dec 16, 2009 | 5:00 am
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John Nichols
Neumann can’t win but could do damage
Mark Neumann, the hyper-ambitious political careerist who ran eight primary and general election campaigns in five years during the 1990s, is back mounting another race.
Dec 16, 2009 | 4:45 am
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Cap Times Columnists

Barbara Quirk
Gift certificates are good for meals and more
How personal can a gift certificate be? My family and friends knew that my answer to what I wanted for Christmas was always “a clean house and well-behaved children.” Several years ago as the holidays were approaching I developed an awful upper respiratory infection and my back went “…
Dec 15, 2009 | 4:45 am
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Ed Garvey
17 million hungry kids call for Obama's attention
Since his inauguration, Obama has seldom broached the subject of childhood hunger. So far there are no new approaches from the administration to move toward the hunger-free goal. Given his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, he probably cannot live up to his stated goal.
Dec 14, 2009 | 2:30 am
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Commentary

David McGrath: Palin’s a ‘double agent’ feminist

Who is Sarah Palin? Her vice presidential nomination acceptance speech in 2008 was written by Republican Party speechwriter Matthew Scully.

Dec 16, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…

Sen. John Kerry: Paying the price of bin Laden’s freedom

Eight years ago this month, Osama bin Laden walked out of the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan and disappeared into Pakistan.

Dec 16, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…

Riane Eisler: Climate change and the risk to women

The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference makes evident potential catastrophic effects of climate change, including its enormous economic and human tolls.

Dec 16, 2009 | 4:15 am | Loading…

E.J. Dionne: Obama’s squaring idealism and realism

Europeans are coming to terms with the fact that President Obama is not a miracle worker, and with the reality that everything he does is not magic. Oh yes, most Europeans are still happy Obama is president. They remain fascinated by him and grateful for the direction of his policies.

Dec 15, 2009 | 4:30 am | Loading…

George McGovern: A sharp turn toward another Vietnam

As a U.S. senator during the 1960s, I agonized over the badly mistaken war in Vietnam. After doing all I could to save our troops and the Vietnamese people from a senseless conflict, I finally took my case to the public in my presidential campaign in 1972.

Dec 15, 2009 | 3:30 am | Loading…

Eric Hansen: Copenhagen, climate change and common sense conservation

Wisconsin has already shown how to do it.

Dec 14, 2009 | 4:55 am | Loading…

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