Opinion Columns
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The 2011 elections: split decisionNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - The 2011 off-year elections are a warning to Republicans. The 2010 party is over. 2012 will be a struggle. To be sure, Tuesday was not exactly the Democrats’ night. They...
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The high cost of an open mind in a free societyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - When it comes to following proceedings against people accused of crimes or even misbehavior, democracy and the American justice system require a lot of you. They require...
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Herman Cain’s woman problemNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - If you were Herman Cain, what would you do? Undoubtedly countless men have pondered this question the past several days. The query got trickier when feminist attorney Gl...
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For once, debate the big issuesNov 09, 2011 4:00 am - The Republican presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread tonight’s version of what are inexplicably called debates. ...
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The culture that defines usNov 09, 2011 4:00 am - Last month, the Financial Times announced on Page 1 that Volkswagen “will become the world’s biggest carmaker this year ... (and) replace Toyota in the industry’s top sp...
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Less equality, more mobilityNov 08, 2011 4:00 am - It is the primary liberal argument that America’s primary economic problem is growing income inequality. For three decades, in this view, the rich have grown richer whi...
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Our reading-instruction hodgepodgeNov 08, 2011 4:00 am - When the Nation’s Report Card for grade school math and reading was released, the adjectives describing the overall lack of upward momentum in reading scores were: lackl...
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The Mitt might not fitNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The Republican Party’s inevitable decision to nominate Mitt Romney for president is starting to look evitable after all. That’s certainly not a consensus view among the...
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The futility of class warfareNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Republicans aren’t mistaken when they say President Obama is declaring class warfare. He’s been working that turf with a pretty big shovel. How many times have we heard ...
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Stop the presses! It’s Tea Party, not tea partyNov 06, 2011 7:00 am - Let me announce that from this day forward, it is the Tea Party. Not the tea party. At least in the Daily Herald, where we made the decision to depart from The Associate...