Op-Ed Archive
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Irony Constitution Day
Posted on September 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsLaugh if you’re a liberal or rant if you’re a conservative; all Americans should be concerned about a government so flawed that a 59 vote majority in the Senate isn’t enough to stave off obstructionism and gridlock. -
The Hottest Sports Reporter in Mexico
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsWe must not diminish the importance of these issues by canonizing Ines Sainz, her vanity, or the zealots who would use them both for their own benefit. -
An Easy Outrage
Posted on September 8, 2010 | 1 CommentWe need to gain perspective. Just because the 24-hour news engine needs fuel doesn’t mean we have to inhale the exhaust. -
Economics, A Rant in F Major
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsIsn’t money sitting around in giant piles indistinguishable from firewood? Money at rest is money wasted. If you aren’t growing, you’re failing, right? Isn’t that business? So now this guy is telling me that, in order to make rich people richer, I have to BRIBE them with tax cuts and deregulation first? Go fu... -
Fear and Loathing in Lower Manhattan
Posted on August 17, 2010 | 1 CommentThis is not a “teachable moment.” We learned this when we were children… and small children at that. -
Now at a Middle School Near You: Cash for Grades
Posted on November 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsFor twenty dollars, students can buy twenty test points, to be used ten points at a time, on any two tests. This scheme, suggested by the parent advisory council and endorsed by the principal, is intended to replace last year’s failed chocolate fund-raiser.