Opinion Columns
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Editorial voice and the question of judgmentsAug 01, 2013 5:00 am - A common refrain from people who disagree with a Daily Herald editorial factors down to something like, “Who died and made the Daily Herald the judge?” There is a simple...
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Weiner’s SchnitzelAug 01, 2013 5:00 am - Would that Anthony Weiner were old news. But no. He won’t quit. Only a man who distributed online photos of His Own Self could imagine denial as virtue. Weiner’s stubbo...
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Why governing has become so difficultJul 31, 2013 5:00 am - If you want to know why passing congressional legislation has gotten so difficult, here are two numbers to remember: 5 and 532. They illustrate a great deal about Congre...
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Boehner set right tone on immigrationJul 31, 2013 5:00 am - The tone of the immigration debate has recently taken a sharp downward turn, which may not be a bad thing for immigration reform’s legislative prospects. Rep. Steve Kin...
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Obamacare battle takes bizarre turnJul 29, 2013 12:38 pm - The Affordable Care Act originally passed the House in 2009 with 220 votes, all but one of them Democrats. Recently 251 members of the House, including 22 Democrats, vot...
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When sex mattersJul 28, 2013 5:00 am - While political sex scandals can be disturbing, outrage at sex scandals can also be irritating. When news of the Profumo affair broke in 1963, Lord Hailsham vented that...
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Rep. Steve King’s rotten tomatoesJul 28, 2013 5:00 am - Now the immigration debate is really getting juicy. Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican, has always been a bit of a melon head, but he outdid himself in an interview tha...
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Political sex scandals and the public’s judgmentJul 28, 2013 5:00 am - While political sex scandals can be disturbing, outrage at sex scandals can also be irritating. When news of the Profumo affair broke in 1963, Lord Hailsham vented that ...
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Facts, interpretations and matters of entitlementJul 25, 2013 5:00 am - A common expression asserts that we are all entitled to our own opinions but we are not entitled to our own facts. How about our interpretations regarding a fact? Or our...
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Doubling down on double standardsJul 24, 2013 5:00 am - Redemption is in the air, we keep hearing. Americans don’t care about a person’s sex life because, well, they have one, too, and, hey, we all have weeds in our garden. I...