Jeff Jacoby
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The brilliance of the Electoral College
OVER THE LAST two centuries, constitutional amendments to abolish or alter the Electoral College have been proposed in Congress more than 700 times . None has ever come close to being adopted - an indication, perhaps, of the existing system's enduring value. The most recent such proposal , introduced by US Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, would eliminate the Electoral ... (Boston Globe, 7/16/08)
Democrats, the military, and McCain
FOUR YEARS ago, Democrats couldn't laud military service - especially that of their presidential standard-bearer - highly enough. (Boston Globe, 7/13/08)
Dancing on the grave of Jesse Helms
LIBERALS DIDN'T think much of Jesse Helms when he was alive, and their feelings didn't soften with his death. (Boston Globe, 7/9/08)
Israel still paying for its defeat
IT WAS two years ago this month that Israel and Hezbollah went to war. On July 12, 2006, Hezbollah, an Iranian-sponsored and Syrian-backed political and terrorist organization, staged an unprovoked raid across the Lebanon-Israel border, killing three Israelis and kidnapping two others, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser. The war that ensued - a war for which Hezbollah had openly prepared ... (Boston Globe, 7/2/08)
A silver bullet for Obama?
WHEN IT comes to gun control, the Democratic Party is a house divided against itself. That helps explain Barack Obama's dizzyingly inconsistent positions on District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark Second Amendment case decided by the Supreme Court last week. (Boston Globe, 6/29/08)
Answering Alex's mom
"Hi, John McCain. This is Alex. And he's my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, ... (Boston Globe, 6/25/08)
A world without children
Second of two columns IN 1965, the population of Italy was 52 million, of which 4.6 million, or just under 9 percent, were children younger than 5. A decade later, that age group had shrunk to 4.3 million - about 7.8 percent of Italians. By 1985, it was down to 3 million and 5.3 percent. Today, the figures are 2.5 ... (Boston Globe, 6/22/08)
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