Opinion Columns
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The initiation of Susan RiceDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - A variety of insults have been deployed in opposition to Susan Rice’s likely nomination for secretary of state: She is not qualified; she’s too aggressive; she “misled” ...
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Meet the undressed: Newswomen on TVDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - On a recent “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory presided in a tailored jacket and tie. Panelists Al Sharpton, David Brooks and Ken Burns appeared similarly professional...
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Keeping excellence in the equation of school coverageDec 06, 2012 7:45 am - Celebrating excellence is a fundamental function of the Daily Herald. In the context of our motto expressed at the top of the Opinion page, I rank it under the heading o...
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President Obama’s dangerous overreachDec 05, 2012 3:41 pm - The endorsement of a continental nation being a powerful stimulant, all victorious presidents face the temptation of overreach. Following his re-election in 2004, Presid...
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Campus correctness and the closing of the American mindDec 05, 2012 4:00 am - In 2007, Keith John Sampson, a middle-aged student working his way through Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis as a janitor, was declared guilty of racial ...
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Rice just a surrogate for attacks on ObamaDec 05, 2012 4:00 am - In 1953, an Army officer by the name of Irving Peress was promoted from captain to major. Peress was a leftist, possibly a communist, and word of his advancement in rank...
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Cliff jumping with ObamaDec 03, 2012 2:42 pm - Why are Republicans playing the Democrats’ game that the “fiscal cliff” is all about taxation? House Speaker John Boehner already made the pre-emptive concession of agre...
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A legacy we dare not leaveDec 03, 2012 2:42 pm - You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we’re barreling toward a...
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Elder lobby should back off on MedicareDec 03, 2012 4:00 am - AARP’s shot over the bow on the fiscal cliff talks is most unpleasant. Perhaps you’ve seen the ad on TV. As seniors go about their day, a stern female voice says of Medi...
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In Oval Office, the fly hears allDec 03, 2012 4:00 am - Much speculation has followed the private luncheon between President Obama and Mitt Romney, about which little is known. Photographers captured grainy images of Romney ...