Archive | Columns
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Column: Obama’s executive order grants illegal immigrants work permits
President Barack Obama announced a new policy that grants certain illegal immigrants work permits. Some call it an election-year policy change and others claim it highlights the importance of the Latino vote to the president.
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Column: Imagine no electoral college — it’s easy if you try
Another year, another election, another campaign urging us to “rock the vote.” Sigh. Politics has always fascinated me, but it's hard to get interested in the presidential election. I know my vote doesn't matter.
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Column: Facebook forges ahead with ethical investor policy
Facebook’s recent IPO, with its shares initially priced at $38, put the company’s total valuation at about $100 billion, a value representing about one-fifth of that of the world’s most valuable company, Apple.
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Column: Apple, iHate
I hate Macs — overpriced hardware, self-righteous users, and a company that neglects its core users.With the conclusion of Computex last week and the conclusion of Apple’s equivalent computer expo, Worldwide Developers Conference, on Monday, competition in the laptop market is fiercer than ever.
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Column: Thirst for sensationalism led to ‘zombie apocalypse’
A zombie outbreak began in Miami last week, but it isn’t the kind you think. These zombies aren’t endlessly consuming human flesh. Rather, they gorge on sensationalist stories devoid of journalistic value.
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Column: Republicans becoming an endangered species
A few days ago I did the unthinkable: I watched Fox “News.” And as I listened to an old, white, Southern, anti-gay, anti-abortion conservative debate politics with another old, white, Southern, anti-gay, anti-abortion conservative, something struck me. These people are almost extinct.
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Column: Assange reveals new perspective
Wikileaks changed the world. Well, perhaps, that’s a smidge of hyperbole, but Wikileaks certainly changed the access to information. More importantly, Wikileaks has challenged people, especially Americans, to recognize perspective.
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Column: Our rogue ally
For a nation that receives $3.1 billion in U.S. military aid per annum, Israel seldom answers to our national interest.
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Column: Paycheck Fairness Act misguided effort
“It’s pretty evident that the GOP agenda is focused on rolling back the clock on women,” said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.