Brandywine to Broad

What should we think about Mitt Romney’s high school bullying?

May 14, 2012
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The media have given Mitt Romney a pass he does not deserve on his explanation for bullying gay classmates as an 18 year-old boarding school senior. Romney was fortunate that the bullying story broke in the wake of President Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage, which the media concluded was the bigger political story and more deserving of follow-up and commentary. The Washi... More »

In defense of Arizona's immigration law SB1070

April 30, 2012
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The Obama administration's challenge to the Arizona immigration statute SB1070 is not about its popularity, or whether the statute is wise or unwise policy. Legislatures are permitted to enact l... More »
The penny, a symbol of U.S. political gridlock

April 27, 2012
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The U.S. government spends 2.4 cents to produce and distribute each U.S. penny worth only 1 cent. Last year it produced 4.9 billion pennies at a cost of 118 million taxpayer dollars. But the penny i... More »
Here’s what Mitt Romney may be hiding by refusing to release his pre-2010 tax returns and (so far) his 2011 tax return.

April 16, 2012
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It's probably no coincidence that when releasing his 2011 tax return, President Obama also re-released his tax returns from the previous 11 years starting in 2000. Mitt Romney's father, Mic... More »
What Obama meant and should have said about the challenge to the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court

April 7, 2012
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President Obama has been pilloried by his critics for saying that a Supreme Court decision to find the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional would be an "unprecedented, extraordinary step of overt... More »
Should Dharun Ravi be deported to India?

March 25, 2012
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Dharun Ravi is the 20-year old former Rutgers student whose acts of spying on his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, and publicizing Mr. Clementi's intimate encounters with another man, drove Mr. Clem... More »
Is Mitt Romney a Conehead?

March 17, 2012
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The Coneheads were a comedy sketch on Saturday Night Live from 1977 to 1979 that featured Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Laraine Newman as space aliens stranded on earth and trying to pass as a normal... More »
Gun violence in the U.S. is simultaneously shocking and commonplace

March 10, 2012
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Here are two typical stories from the inside pages of today's paper, documenting the daily toll of gun violence. In Jacksonville, Florida, a Spanish teacher who had been fired that morning, retu... More »
Romney campaign claims his nomination now inevitable. Premature?

March 7, 2012
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In the wake of Mitt Romney's Super-Tuesday primary victories in six states, the Romney campaign is putting out the word, on background only, that it would take an act of God for anyone other than... More »
Was Obama wrong to apologize for the Koran burnings by U.S. troops?

February 28, 2012
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When I was growing up I learned early that apologies cost you nothing, and help to maintain relationships. When a classmate bumped into me on the playground, I'd automatically apologize, "S... More »

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