Articles filed under Commentary
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The lure of OhioNov 01, 2012 12:06 pm - Don’t get me wrong. Like most Americans, politics was the last thing on my mind as I waited to hear from my daughter, who lost power and cell service Monday night, along...
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The reluctant presidentNov 01, 2012 10:52 am - One of the more melancholy moments of the presidential campaign occurred for me in a screening room. The film was Rory Kennedy’s documentary about her mother, Ethel — th...
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Sorry, dealer’s all out of race cardsOct 31, 2012 5:00 am - Predictable as rain, the race card has surfaced just in time to stir up electoral passions, justify outcomes and explain away inconvenient truths. Just days from Electi...
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What America will we pick?Oct 30, 2012 5:00 am - This election is only tangentially a fight over policy. It is also a fight about meaning and identity — and that’s one reason why voters are so polarized. It’s about who...
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Guest columnist: Needs of returning troops often forgottenOct 30, 2012 5:00 am - This election season, we’ve heard our national and local politicians talk about the economy and our fiscal crisis. What’s missing from the discussion is our soldiers and...
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An appeal to America’s heartOct 29, 2012 5:00 am - The last days of the 2012 presidential election are a study in contrasts. Barack Obama has chosen to end his final campaign with an appeal both sour and small — Big Bird...
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‘Access’ to birth control doesn’t countOct 29, 2012 5:00 am - Mitt Romney is running ads explaining that he does not object to birth control. But no one questions his stance that women should have, as the ads say, “access” to contr...
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Obama stoops, doesn’t conquerOct 28, 2012 5:00 am - “L’etat, c’est moi.” — Louis XIV “This nation. Me.” — Barack Obama, third presidential debate OK, OK. I’ll give you the context. Obama was talking about “when Tunisian...
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America, finally home?Oct 25, 2012 5:00 am - The death of George McGovern on the eve of the presidential candidates’ foreign policy debate underscored a momentous political reversal spanning four decades. McGovern’...
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Give peace a chanceOct 25, 2012 5:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. -- Forget “horses and bayonets.” The most important word uttered during the third presidential debate was “peace.” Mitt Romney, the un-bellicose, used it ...