Articles filed under Opinion
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Blunting the effects of video bombardmentSep 18, 2011 5:00 am - In the immortal words of nerve-wracked undersea driving instructor Mrs. Puff: “Oh SpongeBob!” Our favorite gaptoothed sea dweller is in trouble these days. Like high-ca...
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President Obama's follySep 16, 2011 12:00 am - “If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.” — Bill Clinton Nearly every time President Obama delivers a speec...
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Joe Walsh: 'My constituents are my bosses'Sep 16, 2011 12:00 am - Earlier this week, the Daily Herald Editorial Board ran an editorial attacking me for not attending the president's recent address to Congress and for not listening. I h...
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Disapproval, of course, is a relative thingSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt...
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Friendship takes step toward an awesome futureSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - In 1994, I attended a journalism workshop devoted to an exciting view of the future of newspapers. Then-Knight Ridder newspaper designer Roger Fidler and a small staff o...
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Waste that’s all in the (federal) familySep 15, 2011 5:00 am - In societies governed by persuasion, politics is mostly talk, so liberals’ impoverishment of their vocabulary matters. Having damaged liberalism’s reputation, they call ...
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A lot is slipping backward for IsraelSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - Back in 1953, an Egyptian army officer was asked by the magazine Al-Musawwar what he would write to Hitler if he were still alive. “My Dear Hitler,” he began gushingly, ...
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Too rich, too poor, too badSep 14, 2011 5:00 am - Joblessness, the general economic malaise and a never-ending stream of depressing statistics -- the number of people in poverty, the millions of dollars that corporate C...
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In praise of wider security perimeterSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - For me, 9/11 will always dawn bright, still and routine, and end in confusion, helplessness and strange anticipation. The ugly gash was also a dividing line. Those o...
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GOP puts election ahead of consensusSep 13, 2011 5:00 am - “Jobs Plan Tanks,” screamed the Drudge Report the morning after the president’s much anticipated jobs speech. The headline linked to reports of the drops on the various ...