Articles filed under Opinion
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Just show us respectMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - Time magazine’s March 5 edition is barrier-breaking, according to Richard Stengel, the managing editor. In his “Editor’s Desk” letter to readers he wrote, “For the first...
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Tax the rich ... firstMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - We who’ve been going on and on about the need to raise taxes on the rich need to catch our breath. There’s no need to reverse course, but also no obligation to totally l...
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Farewell, honored prophetMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - The most accomplished social scientist of the last half-century would occasionally visit his friend and Harvard colleague Pat Moynihan at the White House when Moynihan w...
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Romney’s luckMar 06, 2012 4:00 am - It’s been a wild ride, but the storyline of the Republican race remains remarkably simple and constant: It’s Mitt Romney and the perishable pretenders. Five have come a...
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Romney becomes poison pill for RepublicansMar 04, 2012 5:06 am - Who’da thunk it? Mitt Romney, who walked away with Michigan even as he was losing the nomination four years ago, barely surviving the Michigan primary this time? Much le...
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Winfield turmoil latest in a history of suburban feudsMar 04, 2012 5:00 am - I am sure the presence of a Daily Herald photographer and reporter had no bearing on how the members of the Winfield village board behaved Thursday night. Compared to so...
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Super PAC donors acting as kingmakersMar 04, 2012 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — When Communists and sympathizers made excuses for Stalin’s terror, they said, “You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs.” To which George Orwell respo...
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The danger of Mitt being MittMar 03, 2012 4:00 am - Political consultants tell candidates to be authentic — to “be yourself.” In Mitt Romney's case, that might not be such good advice. Once again, for what seems like the...
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The damage done by RushMar 03, 2012 4:00 am - Who'd have thought that Rush Limbaugh would become the great uniter in this divisive political season? Indeed, he has united decent people of all stripes and persuasion...
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Afghanistan burningMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - For me, the Quran-burning incident in Afghanistan brought back memories of the horrible morning at the White House when photos of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison surfaced...