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Matter of Opinion archive for March 18, 2010

THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010

Thursday's loose thread 

There's a nice conversation under way under yesterday's post (originally headlined "Show of hands, please") about the 2010 census. So I've renamed it "2010 census" and I'll keep it running near the top of the blog as long as the topic continues to sustain interest…

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Judging judges

I may have raised this issue here before, but I'm always interested in hearing thoughts about it. It came up yesterday when I had a chance to chat informally with a man who is running for a judicial office. Candidates for the bench generally refrain…

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