Articles filed under Opinion
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Headaches are the least of GOP’s worriesJul 27, 2011 5:00 am - For a second, I could not believe my eyes. I saw a headline, or at least I thought I did, which went like this: “Pawlenty Questions Bachmann’s Fitness.” I rose out of my...
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The education of Herman CainJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - Politics Rule No. 1: Never say what you really think, especially before you think. GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain learned this lesson hard and fast when he assert...
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Get used to stalematesJul 26, 2011 5:00 am - Leading up to the 2012 election, both political parties have trouble with their bases. Republicans must contend with The Dissatisfied, and Democrats with The Disappointe...
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Confessions of a hoarder of light bulbsJul 24, 2011 3:00 pm - I have a horrible confession to make. I’m an environmentalist who’s been hoarding old incandescent light bulbs before they become illegal in January. But it was all unne...
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Too many women are sedentary and at real riskJul 24, 2011 5:00 am - Here are two realities completely at odds with each other: millions of Americans celebrated last week's Women's World Cup final during which some of our strongest, fitte...
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Note to tea party: Don’t help ObamaJul 22, 2011 2:00 am - The tea party, the most welcome political development since the Goldwater insurgency in 1964, lacks only the patience necessary when America lacks the consensus required...
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‘Hot off the presses’ takes on new meaningJul 21, 2011 4:00 am - Random thoughts: Ÿ Editors at the Daily Herald begin every day with a question from Executive Editor Madeleine Doubek: “What will people in the suburbs be talking about ...
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Harry Potter and the power of mythJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - LONDON — Arguably the most famous living Englishman is, technically, not alive. But Harry Potter now determines the American conception of Britishness as thoroughly as S...
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Fixing the present, ensuring the futureJul 19, 2011 3:00 am - PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Vt. — If your disgust over America’s crushing debt and the irresponsible leaders who refuse to reduce unnecessary spending has reached the fed-up point, ...
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Just deserts for ‘Citizen Murdoch’Jul 19, 2011 3:00 am - It’s a pity Orson Welles is no longer with us. He would be the perfect one to play Rupert Murdoch in the movie about the current newspaper scandal in Britain. Welles, of...