Opinion Columns
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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...
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Bad immigration ideas from all directionsSep 03, 2012 5:00 am - No balanced talk of immigration reform is expected before the November election. But that need not stop the airing of proposals, some of them semi-formed, some half-bake...
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The ‘deterrence works’ fantasySep 03, 2012 5:00 am - There are few foreign-policy positions more silly than the assertion without context that “deterrence works.” It is like saying air power works. Well, it worked for Koso...
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Court cameras: Crucial but underwhelming?Sep 02, 2012 5:00 am - One big, fat journalism trap local newspapers can fall into is the “no effect seen here” story. It stems from the well-intentioned effort to “localize” a big story. Repo...
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The elephant in the roomSep 02, 2012 5:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. -- Gazing out on the pale continent of the Republican National Convention, it was interesting to ponder: What if Barack Obama had been a Republican? Most li...
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Paul Ryan’s speech bubbleAug 31, 2012 10:51 am - The commentators may be raving, but if you ask me, they’re living in a bubble — along with the candidate. President Obama: Bad. Republicans: Good. My mother: My hero. Sm...
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Voters, are you bluffing?Aug 30, 2012 10:08 am - Now begins the final phase of this cognitive dissonance campaign. America’s 57th presidential election is the first devoted to calling the nation’s bluff. When Mitt Romn...
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Getting local to lure attention of the Cynical 75Aug 30, 2012 5:00 am - In a recent Reader Poll at our website, www.dailyherald.com, we asked readers to identify their favorite thing about political conventions. Nearly three-fourths of those...
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Bobby Jindal’s momentAug 29, 2012 10:25 am - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is either the luckiest or unluckiest man in America. Every year about this time, he gets slammed with a potentially catastrophic natural disa...
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Bush not in Tampa, but his ideas areAug 29, 2012 5:00 am - The name of George W. Bush graces no chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. The 43rd president left behind monumental deficits and an economy in tatt...