Opinion Columns
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A tale of two conventionsSep 10, 2012 5:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Judging by the party conventions, you’d wonder why this election is even close. In Tampa, despite some unexpectedly amateurish stagecraft, Republicans...
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Obama fails, revealinglySep 09, 2012 5:00 am - In his 2008 convention speech, Barack Obama’s main challenge was rhetorical — to frame and summarize a historical moment in which the choosing of a president could at le...
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Farewell to the man who gave great adviceSep 09, 2012 5:00 am - There’s a thing called the “tomorrow” file. It’s where reporters are supposed to let us editor types know what they’ll be working on the next day. Everyone gets busy, an...
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Forward? Not this raceSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - In backgrounding reporters in advance of the Democratic convention, organizers reportedly stressed that the tone in Charlotte would be much more optimistic than that in ...
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Ambivalent in CharlotteSep 07, 2012 5:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Back in 2008 on Super Tuesday, Barack Obama boasted to a crowd of supporters: “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Four years later, thousands of...
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Citizen reporting, instant news and the role of editorsSep 06, 2012 9:06 am - We have a saying around here that everyone needs an editor. I can tell you that when you edit the editor’s copy, you are much more discreet about the changes you make or...
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Michelle’s valentine to menSep 06, 2012 5:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There’s no point trying to find something wrong with Michelle Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention. It was perfection. From her stage...
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Joe Lieberman: Party of oneSep 05, 2012 5:00 am - Sen. Joe Lieberman — just 12 years after taking the stage in Los Angeles as the Democratic vice presidential nominee — was not invited to this year’s Democratic conventi...
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Profitability and insuring the elderlySep 05, 2012 5:00 am - Those who liken the health plan for government employees to the Republican plan for moving Medicare to private insurers miss a significant difference: the patients. The...
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Your turn, Mr. PresidentSep 04, 2012 5:00 am - We have reached a phase of the presidential campaign that could be called the Season of Empty Metaphors. At their convention in Tampa, Fla., Mitt Romney and the Republi...