Articles filed under Opinion
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A new America speaksNov 11, 2012 4:00 am - So much for voter suppression. So much for the enthusiasm gap. So much for the idea that smug, self-appointed arbiters of what is genuinely “American” were going to “tak...
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Status quo preservedNov 09, 2012 4:00 am - America’s 57th presidential election revealed that a second important national institution is on an unsustainable trajectory. The first, the entitlement state, is endang...
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Random thoughts as long campaign finally endsNov 08, 2012 11:11 am - Ÿ An election question, or perhaps more accurately line of questions, I cannot reconcile: If everyone is so bitterly outraged by the sleazy innuendo and purposeful disto...
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Republicans need to take their party backNov 08, 2012 11:10 am - Americans wanted to keep the country they know, and said so Tuesday. Now it’s time for responsible Republicans to take their party back from the fringe that loses them e...
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Our common enemy: stubborn parochialismNov 07, 2012 11:57 am - Four-year-old Abigael Evans spoke for millions when she sobbed, “I’m tired of Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney.” Her mother, who posted a video on YouTube of her crying daug...
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Civil discourse and the clash of ideasNov 06, 2012 4:00 am - The election of 2012 has called attention to how difficult it is for Americans to talk reasonably with one another about public policy challenges. Our civic dialogue — h...
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Was Sandy a wake-up call?Nov 05, 2012 12:45 pm - We’ve had two once-in-a-century storms within the span of a decade. Hurricane Sandy seems likely to be the second-costliest storm in U.S. history, behind Hurricane Katri...
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Lessons from a long campaignNov 05, 2012 12:37 pm - As (something) of a public service, I now offer my Children’s Guide to the 2012 Elections — or lessons young people can learn from American politics. I offer this in the...
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Poll dancingNov 05, 2012 10:40 am - This remains the un-callable election. Between daily tracking polls, punditry, Intrade gambles, Nate Silver predictions, RealClearPolitics averages — and hurricanes — he...
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A campaign scenario vindicatedNov 05, 2012 5:00 am - In November 2011, former Democratic pollsters — and current gadflies — Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell made a much-discussed argument in the pages of The Wall Street Journal...