Articles filed under Commentary
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Collapse of the Cairo DoctrineSep 25, 2012 5:00 am - In the week following Sept. 11 this year, something big happened: the collapse of the Cairo Doctrine, the centerpiece of President Obama’s foreign policy. It was to rese...
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When blue-collar whites turned RepublicanSep 25, 2012 5:00 am - Liberals strain to understand why so many blue-collar whites have made their home in the Republican Party. Yes, the GOP better connects with this group on social and lif...
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Refusing to undo the damageSep 24, 2012 5:00 am - I used to joke that there was no hat that Michael Dukakis could have put on in a school or hospital that would have doomed his campaign the way that helmet did (with the...
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From Utah, with LoveSep 23, 2012 5:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY — A specter is haunting the Congressional Black Caucus, the specter of integration. It is discomforting enough that the now 43-member CBC has included a R...
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Romney’s class warfareSep 23, 2012 5:00 am - Now, at least, there can be no doubt about who is waging class warfare in this presidential campaign. Mitt Romney would pit the winners against the “victims,” the smug-a...
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Preaching to the choirSep 21, 2012 5:32 pm - Some people see a problem, and look for a solution. Others look at a problem, and see an opportunity. If you’ve ever wondered why some issues never get resolved, one re...
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Buckle up for the robot revolutionSep 21, 2012 5:00 am - Robots don’t take bathroom breaks, and that’s one reason why, all else being equal, they may make better factory workers than the human version. But all else is getting ...
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The broad view on young people’s disdain for newsSep 20, 2012 5:00 am - To us in print journalism, it’s hard enough to hear that young people don’t think newspapers are important. But there’s something more ominous on the horizon that extend...
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Cyborg MittSep 20, 2012 5:00 am - What’s a day without a leaked video, a scandal, an unintended sliver of truth? OMG: Mitt Romney doesn’t care about the votes of the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pa...
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The price of leading from behindSep 19, 2012 5:00 am - What lessons can be learned from events in Libya? That nothing good will come out of the Arab Spring? That Arabs are volatile, easily excitable and prone to acting out? ...