Articles filed under Opinion
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Catholics, contraceptives and John LockeMar 18, 2012 5:00 am - It is extraordinary how far some will go to knit the random scraps and patches of events into the quilt of a narrative. So the Susan B. Komen controversy, resistance to ...
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After Snowe, is Brown next?Mar 16, 2012 1:00 am - To many New Englanders, Olympia Snowe had come to resemble Marilyn of “The Munsters” TV family. The senator from Maine seemed a normal Northeast Republican surrounded by...
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Those pesky things called lawsMar 16, 2012 1:00 am - Two policies of the Obama administration illustrate an axiom: As government expands, its lawfulness contracts. Consider the administration’s desire to continue funding ...
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Voting is 'Plan Only,' and we have duty to helpMar 15, 2012 5:00 am - In general, I don't reply or post comments to stories at dailyherald.com. I don't like to intrude on what is intended as an open forum for the broader community. But thi...
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Wrong focus pushing women away from GOPMar 15, 2012 1:00 am - Introducing her husband on Super Tuesday night, Ann Romney said women this election season are interested in jobs, the economy and the debt. Translation: So could we shu...
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Changing tactics, not their dreamsMar 14, 2012 12:15 pm - The weariness first started showing as provocative comments popped up here and there on social media sites and news story feedback sections: “Just as dehumanizing as usi...
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A referendum on war with Iran?Mar 14, 2012 1:00 am - Unless Ron Paul somehow wins the nomination, it looks as if a vote for the Republican presidential candidate this fall will be a vote for war with Iran. No other conclus...
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In memoriam for outspoken voices on all sidesMar 13, 2012 1:17 pm - In the wake of conservative activist, author and publisher Andrew Breitbart’s death, the news media reported on the sharp division of “opinion” reflected on Twitter and ...
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Letter to MittMar 13, 2012 4:00 am - Dear Mitt: Consider me a neighbor leaning over the picket fence. You have a picket fence, don’t you? An ivy-covered wall? Fine, I’ll get a ladder. This is what I want t...
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Change you shouldn’t believe inMar 12, 2012 12:22 pm - At some point while watching HBO’s absolutely smashing (and terrifying) movie “Game Change,” it occurred to me that Sarah Palin has ruined America. The movie has been sc...