Articles filed under Opinion
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Everyone's a pundit in a Twitter eraJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - As a newspaperman in what some consider the twilight of the age of print, it feels as if I'm being "punked." In any case, I'm pretty sure that Ashton Kutcher is messing ...
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Myth: The Web and digital technologies are killing news organizationsJun 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Last in a series. As the old saying goes: "Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger." Most people believe that traditional news organizations - and newspapers -...
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The myth of Iran's 'isolation'Jun 13, 2010 11:00 pm - In announcing the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran, President Obama stressed not once but twice Iran's increasing "isolation" fro...
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Experience has key role in politicsJun 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Some years ago, the late New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Safire wrote a great column comparing politicians to plumbers. It was during one of ...
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The great race - stay tunedJun 12, 2010 11:00 pm - An impromptu transcontinental race has begun, with nothing less at stake than the future of the American political and governmental system. It began a few months ago whe...
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Voter unrest could also help DemocratsJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - It's hard to call the outcomes of recent primaries a "voter uprising." It looks more like democracy in action than a series of coup d'etats. Replacing party establishmen...
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The little engine that mightJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The Pentagon doesn't want it. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's unnecessary. Former President George W. Bush was against it, as is Barack Obama, who has threatene...
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The mortal politicianJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - There is a scene in the film "Superman II" in which the Man of Steel chooses to give up his powers and become mortal for Lois Lane, the woman he loves. A major part of P...
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Salvation through sportsJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A fascinating test of the curative power of sports has been unfolding this week on both sides of the Atlantic, as Washington and Johannesburg look to athletes to lift th...
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Nightmare of a jobs reportJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Concerning the job numbers from May, one can almost echo Henry James' exclamation after examining letters pertaining to Lord Byron's incest: "Nauseating, perhaps, but ho...