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• Oregon rises to wine lovers’ evolving tastes

  February 23, 2011 in Food on Page C3 The success story in Oregon has been, and continues to be, the exceptional pinot noirs. Pinot noir wines from almost anywhere have shown impressive – some might say relentless – …

• ‘Forgetful’ diners get the run-down from angry waitress

  January 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 There are a million crime stories in the big, or actually midsize, city. Here are two minor but entertaining ones. First, the Dine-n-Dash Sprint.

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Good riddance to the falling-apart decade

  December 7, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 A few days from now and not a moment too soon, we say farewell to the Ohs. Once upon a time, it was common to debate names for this first …

• Deadline eviscerated speech

  December 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page B6 We shall fight in the air, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, we shall fight in the hills – for 18 months. Then … 2

• Press Karzai from below

  December 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page B7 One of the main critiques of President Barack Obama’s new plan for Afghanistan is that it depends on the whims of President Hamid Karzai and his cabal in Kabul. Why …

• No pardon for Huckabee’s errors

  December 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page B6 It’s over for Mike Huckabee. His presidential hopes will not survive revelations that as governor of Arkansas he had commuted the long prison term of the now-dead Maurice Clemmons, suspected … 1

• Amy Goodman: Canada becomes border bully

  December 4, 2009 in Opinion on Page A19 Going to Canada? You may be detained at the border and interrogated. I was, last week. I was heading from Seattle to give a talk at the Vancouver Public Library. … 2

• Kathleen Parker: Let Woods have some shade

  December 3, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 The feeding frenzy over Tiger Woods’ tiny run-in with a fire hydrant has taken voyeurism to new depths. Where was he going at 2:25 in the morning? Why wasn’t he …

• Cal Thomas: Health care ‘reform’ alarming

  December 1, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 Assuming a rock-solid 40 Republicans stand against the health care reform bill now being debated in the Senate, it will take just one Democrat or independent to derail this monstrosity, … 3

• Eric S. Belsky: Housing fix requires rethinking ownership

  November 23, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 Here’s a radical notion: Let’s rethink the cult of homeownership in America. Why, a sensible person might ask, do we need to do this when millions of homeowners faced foreclosure …

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: Inconsistencies in life and death

  November 16, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 I kept waiting to feel something when news came that John Allen Muhammad had been executed in Virginia. As a staunch opponent of capital punishment, I wanted some nugget of …

• Raeed N. Tayeh: Shooting puts Muslims under harsher scrutiny

  November 16, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 For American Muslims, the Fort Hood massacre is a crisis. There are open calls for a blanket investigation of Muslims in the military and even demands for a ban on … 1

• The mass murderer as victim

  November 14, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 What a surprise – that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist … 1

• Amy Goodman: ‘Oz’ lyricist’s message lives

  November 13, 2009 in Opinion on Page A19 Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears … 1

• Kathleen Parker: China puts women in peril

  November 12, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 One of the few incontrovertible assertions one can reasonably make is that no one supports forced abortion. Yet coerced abortions, as well as involuntary sterilizations, are commonplace in China, Beijing’s …

• Cal Thomas: U.S. is blinded by tolerance

  November 10, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 By now, the script should be disturbingly familiar. Whether in the Middle East, or increasingly in America, a fanatical Muslim blows up or goes on a shooting spree, killing many. … 1

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Honor killing’ an act of cowardice and fear

  November 9, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 We don’t know why Faleh Hassan Almaleki came to this country in the mid-’90s, and it’s unlikely he’ll be able to tell us anytime soon. He’s in jail in Maricopa …

• David S. Broder: As Honor Flights soar, new idea born

  November 8, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 A couple weeks before Veterans Day, I went down to the World War II Memorial on the Mall to join Bob and Elizabeth Dole and a group of elderly soldiers, …

• Republicans’ recipe for ruination

  November 7, 2009 in Opinion on Page B6 The Tea Party wing of the Republican Party had the perfect strategy for upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional District: 1. Support a candidate who doesn’t live in the district – …

• An extraordinary injustice

  November 6, 2009 in Opinion on Page A17 “Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a …

• David S. Broder: Nervous voters turn to GOP

  November 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page A15 A year after Barack Obama’s election stirred broad hopes for change among American voters, persistent high unemployment and the spectacle of continued gridlock in Washington threaten Democratic dominance of the … 1

• Consult the Constitution

  November 3, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal … 3

• Leonard Pitts Jr.: ‘Good hair’ is not the source of beauty

  November 2, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 An open letter to African-American women: It’s about the need to be beautiful, I know. 1

• A bellwether for Obama’s influence

  November 1, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 The first key votes of the Obama era take place this week, not on the floor of the House or Senate, where health care legislation still languishes, but in Virginia, …

• Obama out of Bush excuses

  October 31, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 WASHINGTON – Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. 3

• Expect to bail out the FHA next

  October 31, 2009 in Opinion on Page B4 Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, that’s who. Without a … 1

• Amy Goodman: To stem suicides, end wars

  October 30, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself. He was just one …

• Kathleen Parker: Give Obama some guy time

  October 29, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 As if President Barack Obama didn’t have enough on his plate with health care and Afghanistan, he’s now faced with the problem that can’t be solved: women. Sorry, Mr. President, …

• Cal Thomas: Reclaim education first

  October 27, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got 4

• Incivility? No, that’s democracy in action

  October 26, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 There is much gnashing of teeth and rending of cloth these days about the death of civility. Apparently, like Cupid with his arrow or a pixie with fairy dust, some … 1

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