Archive | Politics
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Column: Fiscal Cliff hangs in country’s near future
Congratulations to those satisfied with Tuesday’s verdict, and my apologies to those upset. To preface this week’s column, some words of wisdom from John F. Kennedy: “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer.
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Editorial: Preparing to face the fiscal cliff
It’s all over – all (well, most) votes have been tallied, every state has chosen its favorite color from a host of options (well, two), and America has chosen the leader of the free world for the next four years. If it seems like a long time, it is – 1,460 days, to be exact.
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Editorial: The task at hand
When Barack Obama entered office in January of 2009, he inherited a country on the brink of economic collapse. There was little he or anyone else could do at that point to stop the U.S. economy from sliding into the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression.
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Column: Christie shows timely leadership
If there’s anything Gov. Chris Christie has made clear, it is that he does not care whether people like him. He’ll tell anyone off, do what he wants and generally be rude. You know what, the result has been that a lot of people don’t like him.
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Editorial: Four more years for Obama
With re-election comes more responsibility. President Barack Obama defeated former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and earned another term in the White House.
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Column: Obama’s victory guarantees change
Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney to retain the presidency of the United States. Of course, you know this. Everyone knows this. But I want to dwell on it, because although the election in 2008 was in many ways a more dramatic affair, the 2012 election might one day be considered more important.
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Column: The dawning of the cannabis age?
Public opinion no longer views marijuana as “the devil’s weed.” In addition to three states voting on the legalization of medical marijuana, Oregon, Colorado and Washington have voted on the legalization of pot for recreational use.
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Column: Iran not as big of an immediate threat to U.S. as Pakistan
If the foreign policy debate a few weeks ago proved anything, it is that Romney and Obama have fairly similar policies and both regard a nuclear Iran as the biggest threat to America and the rest of the world.
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Obama and Katy Perry rally in Milwaukee
A crowd of 20,000 people gathered for a rally at Milwaukee's Delta Center Saturday afternoon, where President Barack Obama spoke and pop icon Katy Perry performed in support of his campaign.