Latest Opinion Headlines
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November 28, 2011 | 1:11 AM PST
What awaits Hillary Clinton in Myanmar
The Sec. of State is about to land in a nation riven by graft, ethnic conflicts
Opinion
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November 27, 2011 | 9:18 AM PST
Ben Stein on the congressional undead
Says the zombie craze originates with a Congress that exists in another realm, neither dead nor alive
Sunday Morning
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November 27, 2011 | 8:13 AM PST
Schieffer on celebrating the post-holiday
Says the best part of celebrating Thanksgiving is the Sunday after
Face The Nation
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November 25, 2011 | 9:59 AM PST
Time is running out for a new climate future
The Durban conference could help change directions only the U.S. decides to take a leadership role
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November 23, 2011 | 3:27 PM PST
Yemen after the political earthquake
Yemenis will need to have patience and manage expectations, but people need to see progress
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November 22, 2011 | 6:19 AM PST
The roots of American disorder
How the failures of the global economy and the power of postmodern technology are fueling the protests
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November 22, 2011 | 6:07 AM PST
Civil society at Ground Zero
From 9/11 to OWS, the best about America shines through, raising a signpost pointing toward a better road ahead
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November 22, 2011 | 5:41 AM PST
Super committee's failure = super chance in 2012
President Obama has an opportunity to take the lead and make lemonade out of lemons - if he has the will
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November 21, 2011 | 2:50 PM PST
Debt gridlock: Get ready for more of the same
The "super committee" predictably played it safe, reflecting the nation's hardening dividing lines
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November 21, 2011 | 7:11 AM PST
Why our small (foreign) friends matter
The United States should not think solely in terms of national advantage
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November 21, 2011 | 6:54 AM PST
A populist uprising may shape 2012
Why a fight for worker rights in Ohio turned into the year's hottest election - and its political potential
Opinion
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November 20, 2011 | 10:10 AM PST
Congress' approval rating: How low can it go?
Bob Schieffer points out that our elected representatives weren't always so disliked
Face The Nation
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November 19, 2011 | 12:21 AM PST
US overtures may lure Myanmar from China
Sending Hillary Rodham Clinton to meet the regime is part of a two-year effort to open lines of communication
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November 18, 2011 | 12:51 PM PST
What "high-tech lynching?"
Herman Cain's use - and misuse - of an old narrative fails the test of history
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November 18, 2011 | 9:52 AM PST
The biggest what-if about Obama's presidency
Supporters may long ask themselves what might have been had Obama followed his gut instinct
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November 16, 2011 | 8:46 AM PST
Kurds to determine success of Syria's revolution
The uprising technically began as a Kurdish one - but will it finish that way?
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November 16, 2011 | 8:05 AM PST
How the GOP could blow it in 2012
Conservatives need to unite to stop a Mitt Romney nomination or face a 2012 Obama win
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November 16, 2011 | 7:51 AM PST
Why I'll take Bill Gates over Steve Jobs every time
Comparing the societal roles played by these two tech titans, the tally is beyond disputation
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November 15, 2011 | 6:39 AM PST
Iran plays its nuclear hand for all it's worth
To say that the Iranian governing elite are mendacious just doesn't capture the distance between words and deeds
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November 15, 2011 | 6:21 AM PST
Will global warming be a 2012 election issue?
The number of Americans who understand that Earth is indeed warming and that we're to blame is rising again
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November 15, 2011 | 6:00 AM PST
Newt can sure talk a lot but is he smart?
Newt Gingrich often deploys artfully constructed rhetoric to cloak ideas that are simply wrong
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November 14, 2011 | 6:33 AM PST
Beware the boom in American "declinism"
This isn't the first time we've been subjected to an incessant barrage of a post-American world
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November 14, 2011 | 6:17 AM PST
Under extraordinary pressure, can the center hold?
Severe questions for a political system based on expectations of ever-increasing material abundance
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November 13, 2011 | 8:16 AM PST
Bob Schieffer on the fall of icons
Says when our heroes let us down, it forces us to question our own judgment for elevating them in the first place
Face The Nation
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November 12, 2011 | 2:01 AM PST
Surprise: The European Union has fangs
Faced with an unprecedented crisis, Brussels intervenes with a heavy hand in the euro crisis
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