http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/comics comics news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-05-21T07:23:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052012_statedinner/state-dinner/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/052012_statedinner/state-dinner/ 00:04:00Z Roberto De Vido At Camp David, a summit runs on its stomach. 2012-05-21T00:04:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051712_facebookipo/the-facebook/ 01:38:00Z Roberto De Vido Anyway, Facebook shares will be priced at $38, valuing the company at $104 billion. 2012-05-18T01:38:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051412_time_magazine_greece/meanwhile-greece/ 17:21:00Z Roberto De Vido While Greece continues to circle the drain, Time magazine focuses elsewhere ... 2012-05-14T17:21:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_talk_about_greece/romney-talk-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/051012_talk_about_greece/romney-talk-greece/ 00:59:00Z Roberto De Vido Mitt Romney must be so frustrated ... an endorsement of gay marriage should be the electoral kiss of death, yet President Obama has pissed off only those who hated him already. 2012-05-11T00:59:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050912_obama_mans_up/obama-mans-up-gay-marriage/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050912_obama_mans_up/obama-mans-up-gay-marriage/ 15:16:00Z Roberto De Vido Half of Americans support gay marriage. And of course, half don’t. But that’s the same for every issue. So why not say what you think? Well done, Mr. President. 2012-05-10T15:16:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_eastofaden/war-terror-east-aden/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_eastofaden/war-terror-east-aden/ 04:38:00Z Roberto De Vido A would-be al-Qaeda suicide bomber was in fact a Saudi Arabian intelligence operative who turned over the bomb to his agency and the CIA. 2012-05-09T04:38:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_underwearbomb/1-800-happy-2cu/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050812_underwearbomb/1-800-happy-2cu/ 15:14:00Z Roberto De Vido In War on Terror news, another pair of exploding tighty whities have been captured, making the world a safer place. 2012-05-08T15:14:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_flex_patriotism/flexible-patriotism/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050712_flex_patriotism/flexible-patriotism/ 16:56:00Z Matt Davies Where do U.S. corporations put their allegiance? 2012-05-07T16:56:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_forward/forward/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_forward/forward/ 05:15:00Z Roberto De Vido “Forward.” Someone probably got paid (well) to think that one up. 2012-05-06T05:15:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_lookinforlove/lookin-love/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050512_lookinforlove/lookin-love/ 17:05:00Z Roberto De Vido Who is Chen Guangcheng? Just another blind Chinese dissident lawyer ... lookin’ for love. 2012-05-05T17:05:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_blind_justice/blind-justice-china/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050312_blind_justice/blind-justice-china/ 00:33:00Z Roberto De Vido Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing, but later, perhaps bowing to pressure from China, he left the embassy grounds. 2012-05-04T00:33:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_the_carterschool/the-carter-school/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/050112_the_carterschool/the-carter-school/ 15:56:00Z Roberto De Vido “Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order.” 2012-05-01T15:56:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_dishonored_vets/dishonored-veterans-band-plays-on/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/043012_dishonored_vets/dishonored-veterans-band-plays-on/ 18:32:00Z Matt Davies Homelessness, untreated PTSD, suicides: How we play “Taps” for our veterans. 2012-04-30T18:32:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042812_lapolitique/la-politique/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042812_lapolitique/la-politique/ 17:58:00Z Roberto De Vido French president Nicolas Sarkozy is staring down the barrel of the electoral gun, an underdog going into next month’s second-round presidential election vote. 2012-04-28T17:58:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042312_new_world_order/immigration-new-world-order/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/042312_new_world_order/immigration-new-world-order/ 05:14:00Z Roberto De Vido Was it something we said? For the first time since The Great Depression, more Mexicans are leaving the United States than entering. 2012-04-24T05:14:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041712_closeprotection/close-protection/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041712_closeprotection/close-protection/ 15:15:00Z Roberto De Vido What happens in Cartagena stays in Cartagena ... until you decide to stiff the hookers and they complain. Loudly. To (eventually) your boss. The President. Of the United States. 2012-04-17T15:15:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041412_pyongyangproblem/pyongyang-we-have-problem/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041412_pyongyangproblem/pyongyang-we-have-problem/ 22:27:00Z Roberto De Vido North Korea’s attempt to launch a satellite (and test its long-range missile delivery capability) failed miserably Thursday when the rocket exploded not long after launch. 2012-04-15T22:27:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041112_americasmostwanted/americas-most-wanted/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041112_americasmostwanted/americas-most-wanted/ 02:51:00Z Roberto De Vido The FBI has finally filled Osama bin Laden’s spot on its 10 Most Wanted list. The good news is, the new guy probably won’t cost you $1.3 trillion. 2012-04-12T02:51:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041012_santorumthefighter/the-fighter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/041012_santorumthefighter/the-fighter/ 03:23:00Z Roberto De Vido Rick Santorum has ended his presidential campaign, but has promised, “We are not done fighting.” 2012-04-11T03:23:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040512_antenoripitbull/the-pit-bull-and-chihuahua/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040512_antenoripitbull/the-pit-bull-and-chihuahua/ 07:19:00Z Roberto De Vido State Sen. Frank Antenori wants you to send him to Washington, to gnaw the arm off big government. 2012-04-05T07:19:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040312_gop_pattersonlove/majority-rules/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040312_gop_pattersonlove/majority-rules/ 00:53:00Z Roberto De Vido The GOP majority in the House of Representatives is showing Rep. Daniel Patterson some love, selflessly rejecting Democratic calls for his ouster from the legislative body. 2012-04-04T00:53:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040212_oblshousewives/osama-bin-ladens-housewives/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/040212_oblshousewives/osama-bin-ladens-housewives/ 20:23:00Z Roberto De Vido Once again, Gov. Jan Brewer is linked to Osama bin Laden. 2012-04-02T20:23:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032912_supremeleader/supreme-leader/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032912_supremeleader/supreme-leader/ 06:15:00Z Roberto De Vido North Korea fired two short-range missiles Thursday as part of what analysts believe is a test of upgraded weapons-delivery capabilities. 2012-03-30T06:15:46+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032812_cameron_comic/james-cameron-how-low-can-you-go/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032812_cameron_comic/james-cameron-how-low-can-you-go/ 16:21:00Z Matt Davies Editorial cartoonist Matt Davies speculates on what some of James Cameron’s unreleased video of the deep sea might reveal. 2012-03-28T16:21:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032112_ncaa_cartoon/the-real-ncaa-rankings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/032112_ncaa_cartoon/the-real-ncaa-rankings/ 16:14:00Z Matt Davies As people compare how well their picks are doing in the NCAA championship tournament, Matt Davies observes that those dominating college basketball may not be the teams you expect. 2012-03-21T16:14:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031612_goldmanmuppets/money-management-muppets/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031612_goldmanmuppets/money-management-muppets/ 03:22:00Z Roberto De Vido For Greg Smith. And Jim Henson. 2012-03-17T03:22:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031412_marchmadness/march-madness/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031412_marchmadness/march-madness/ 16:51:00Z Roberto De Vido It was a big day for Mormons Tuesday. 2012-03-14T16:51:36+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031112_behaviorchange/coming-home/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/031112_behaviorchange/coming-home/ 01:12:00Z Roberto De Vido It’s not what you know, it’s what you can convince other people you know. 2012-03-12T01:12:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030412_slutsandpoliticians/sluts-politicians/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/030412_slutsandpoliticians/sluts-politicians/ 15:40:00Z Roberto De Vido Carl von Clausewitz said, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” If he were alive today, he might note that very often, politics is the continuation of sluttiness by other means. 2012-03-05T15:40:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022812_daniel_and_hobbes/daniel-hobbes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022812_daniel_and_hobbes/daniel-hobbes/ 22:46:00Z Roberto De Vido Daniel Patterson has been betrayed by his lover (or he betrayed her ... we’ll likely never know) and by his Democratic Party colleagues. But a man’s bike would never betray him. Would it? 2012-02-28T22:46:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022812_enemyofthestate/daniel-patterson-enemy-state/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022812_enemyofthestate/daniel-patterson-enemy-state/ 07:36:00Z Roberto De Vido Rep. Daniel Patterson lived with Georgette Escobar for about a year, in extramarital bliss. But then things went very, very wrong. 2012-02-28T07:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022412_carsanddrivers/cars-and-drivers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022412_carsanddrivers/cars-and-drivers/ 20:08:00Z Roberto De Vido Want to bet Mitt Romney won’t succeed in portraying himself as a ‘regular guy’ before this election campaign is finished? Want to bet ... $10,000? 2012-02-25T20:08:38+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022412_mittthenatural/mitt-romney-natural/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022412_mittthenatural/mitt-romney-natural/ 14:47:00Z Roberto De Vido Mitt Romney desperately wants to be a regular guy, and he desperately wants to be liked and trusted, but he just can’t figure out how to get there. And probably never will. 2012-02-24T14:47:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022212_romneygod/oh-god-another-gop-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/022212_romneygod/oh-god-another-gop-debate/ 06:35:00Z Roberto De Vido Mitt Romney says President Obama is an historic figure. And not in a good way. 2012-02-23T06:35:44+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021912_santorum_vest/santorum-invest-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021912_santorum_vest/santorum-invest-america/ 23:26:00Z Roberto De Vido Can’t argue with what the man has done for the sweater vest. 2012-02-19T23:26:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021812_santorumiscoming/santorum-coming/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021812_santorumiscoming/santorum-coming/ 00:53:00Z Roberto De Vido Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is coming to Tucson next week to speak at a Tea Party event prior to a GOP debate in Mesa. 2012-02-19T00:53:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021212_austerity/austerity-greece/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/021212_austerity/austerity-greece/ 19:28:00Z Roberto De Vido Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets in sometimes violent protest against the passage of an austerity bill that will earn the country a bailout from the EU. 2012-02-13T19:28:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020412_retiredsergeantsclub/the-retired-sergeants-club/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020412_retiredsergeantsclub/the-retired-sergeants-club/ 17:19:00Z Roberto De Vido The race is on to fill former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ congressional seat. ... 2012-02-04T17:19:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_scorpionsinmymailbox/scorpions-my-mailbox/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_scorpionsinmymailbox/scorpions-my-mailbox/ 00:15:00Z Roberto De Vido Donate to Jan PAC! Get a “free” book! 2012-02-03T00:15:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020112_verypoor/romneys-poverty-plan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020112_verypoor/romneys-poverty-plan/ 04:36:00Z Roberto De Vido You don’t need a Ph.D. in boulangerie to know Mitt Romney has always been more brioche than Wonder Bread guy. 2012-02-02T04:36:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013112_thesuccessor/the-successor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013112_thesuccessor/the-successor/ 07:05:00Z Roberto De Vido The maneuvering has begun to decide who will serve out U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s Congressional term. 2012-02-01T07:05:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012912_liarliar/liar-liar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012912_liarliar/liar-liar/ 04:17:00Z Roberto De Vido Mitt Romney is a dishonest man, according to Newt Gingrich: “He would say thing after thing after thing that just plain wasn’t true.” 2012-01-30T04:17:51+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_themoonpranos/the-moonpranos/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_themoonpranos/the-moonpranos/ 05:41:00Z Roberto De Vido Seriously, Newt? A moon colony? That can apply for statehood? Seriously? That’s your idea for intelligently spending $1 trillion? (Yes, that’s what it would cost.) 2012-01-28T05:41:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_scorpions/scorpions-breakfast/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012712_scorpions/scorpions-breakfast/ 07:36:00Z Roberto De Vido Jan Brewer may think she knows scorpions, but who could know more about scorpions than a guy who grew up in Indonesia? 2012-01-27T07:36:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012212_romneytaxreturnshocker/news-flash-mitt-makes-millions/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012212_romneytaxreturnshocker/news-flash-mitt-makes-millions/ 04:35:00Z Roberto De Vido Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will release his tax records today. Yawn. 2012-01-24T04:35:20+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011812_newworldorder/new-world-order/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011812_newworldorder/new-world-order/ 07:04:00Z Roberto De Vido Following the death of North Korea strongman Kim Jong Il, all eyes are on his successor, son Kim Jong Un. What changes will he implement? 2012-01-19T07:04:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_romneytaxrate/the-american-way/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_romneytaxrate/the-american-way/ 02:11:00Z Roberto De Vido Surprise, surprise, Mitt Romney pays around 15 percent of his “income” in taxes. That’s because his income isn’t “income,” it’s capital gains — taxes on which we’d all like to have to pay. 2012-01-18T02:11:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011612_nine/nine/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011612_nine/nine/ 01:25:00Z Roberto De Vido Based on a true story. 2012-01-17T01:25:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011612_ryanhall/dear-god/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011612_ryanhall/dear-god/ 18:05:00Z Roberto De Vido U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials second-place finisher Ryan Hall is the United States’ fastest marathon runner, and a religious man. So religious that God is his coach. 2012-01-16T18:05:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011412_mormontithing/god-bless/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011412_mormontithing/god-bless/ 02:19:00Z Roberto De Vido It is that most fundamental of questions, more basic even than the question of whether or not there is a god. The question is: Net? Or gross? 2012-01-15T02:19:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010812_skinniestpirate/the-skinniest-pirate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010812_skinniestpirate/the-skinniest-pirate/ 00:37:00Z Roberto De Vido On Thursday afternoon, U.S. Navy personnel freed the crew of an Iranian fishing trawler, which had been held captive for six weeks by Somali pirates. 2012-01-09T00:37:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010612_tjrick/santorums-brassy-take-tijuana/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010612_tjrick/santorums-brassy-take-tijuana/ 12:09:00Z Roberto De Vido Fresh off an eight-vote (or was it nine?) loss to Mitt Romney in Iowa, Rick Santorum has taken his resurgent presidential campaign on the road, to free-wheelin’ New Hampshire. 2012-01-06T12:09:42+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010212_lovethebomb/love-bomb/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/010212_lovethebomb/love-bomb/ 16:30:00Z Roberto De Vido The new year’s news cycle starts with a bang, following Iran’s announcement that it has manufactured its own nuclear fuel rods. 2012-01-03T16:30:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123111_bestlaidschemes/best-laid-schemes/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/123111_bestlaidschemes/best-laid-schemes/ 08:56:00Z Roberto De Vido Dear Leader Kim Jong-il is dead. Or is he? 2011-12-31T08:56:00+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122911_warminguptosantorum/are-voters-warming-up-santorum/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122911_warminguptosantorum/are-voters-warming-up-santorum/ 00:22:00Z Roberto De Vido It appears to be Rick Santorum’s turn to challenge Mitt Romney as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. 2011-12-30T00:22:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122511_axisofevilupdate/year-end-axis-evil-update/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122511_axisofevilupdate/year-end-axis-evil-update/ 19:04:00Z Roberto De Vido Saddam’s gone. Kim Jong Il’s gone. It’s time for an Axis of Evil update. 2011-12-26T19:04:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122311_greatilluminator/the-great-illuminator/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/122311_greatilluminator/the-great-illuminator/ 00:25:00Z Roberto De Vido The death of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il and the accession to power of his son Kim Jong Un has the world wondering in what the future holds for “the hermit kingdom” ... and its neighbors. 2011-12-24T00:25:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121811_themanwhoendedthewar/the-man-who-ended-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121811_themanwhoendedthewar/the-man-who-ended-war/ 20:28:00Z Roberto De Vido A few minutes before 8 a.m., the last U.S. combat troops rolled out of Iraq and into Kuwait. Yes, there are thousands of Americans still in Iraq, but “the war” is over. We hope. 2011-12-18T20:28:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121311_elves/tis-season/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/121311_elves/tis-season/ 16:45:00Z Roberto De Vido ‘Tis the season to ... well, you know. 2011-12-13T16:45:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120811_thenthereweretwo/and-then-there-were-two/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120811_thenthereweretwo/and-then-there-were-two/ 17:05:00Z Roberto De Vido Some will say it’s not nice to pick on Rick Perry. They’re right. But it is fun. 2011-12-08T17:05:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120211_hermancainsfamilyaffair/its-family-affair/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/120211_hermancainsfamilyaffair/its-family-affair/ 19:29:00Z Roberto De Vido The latest gem from Herman Cain: “I’ve got to think about my family first. That is absolutely my No. 1 priority.” 2011-12-02T19:29:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112911_theonepercent/the-one-percent/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112911_theonepercent/the-one-percent/ 12:53:00Z Roberto De Vido Turn on the TV news and you’re likely to hear the slogan, “We are the 99 percent.” The story’s not about Occupy Wall Street, though; those are women who’ve had sex with Herman Cain. 2011-11-29T12:53:32+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112211_thesubtletybusiness/the-subtlety-business/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112211_thesubtletybusiness/the-subtlety-business/ 23:42:00Z Roberto De Vido They pull a knife, you pull a gun, They pull a gun, you mobilize ... an M1 Abrams tank battalion. 2011-11-22T23:42:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112111_ows-nyc-prc/master-class-crowd-control/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/112111_ows-nyc-prc/master-class-crowd-control/ 08:27:00Z Roberto De Vido Though Mayor Bloomberg didn’t call in the tanks, New York City police officers were filmed using pepper spray on ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters in a clearance of the city’s downtown Zuccotti Park. 2011-11-21T08:27:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111511_twostiffies/a-tale-two-stiffies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111511_twostiffies/a-tale-two-stiffies/ 16:12:00Z Roberto De Vido The publishing event of the year! 2011-11-16T16:12:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111011_romneyhuman/rick-perry-human-condition/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/111011_romneyhuman/rick-perry-human-condition/ 06:00:00Z Roberto De Vido Rick Perry is no superdebater, and he knows it. But that’s not a bug… it’s a feature. 2011-11-11T06:00:13+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110711_sausagepizza/how-big-your-large/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110711_sausagepizza/how-big-your-large/ 01:15:00Z Roberto De Vido Poor old Herman Cain ... learning the hard way that being a presidential campaign front-runner (black or white) means having your deepest, darkest crevices thoroughly illuminated. 2011-11-08T01:15:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110111_cainstain/cain-stain/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/110111_cainstain/cain-stain/ 00:06:00Z Roberto De Vido Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain responded, finally, to accusations that he sexually harassed several women while he headed the National Restaurant Association (the other NRA). 2011-11-02T00:06:58+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/103111_cyberinsecurity/cyber-insecurity/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/103111_cyberinsecurity/cyber-insecurity/#When: 16:01:00Z Roberto De Vido Updated: China, of course, denies that it conducts and sponsors cyber warfare and espionage, but there is plenty of evidence it is the world’s biggest practitioner of those electronic black arts. 2011-10-31T16:01:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_machiavelliredux/machiavelli-redux/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_machiavelliredux/machiavelli-redux/ 03:19:00Z Roberto De Vido Nearly 500 years ago, Italian diplomat and philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a treatise most notable for its candid assessment of the political behavior of princes and “great men.” 2011-10-23T03:19:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_victoryiniraq/declaring-victory-and/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/102211_victoryiniraq/declaring-victory-and/ 15:33:00Z Roberto De Vido President Obama has announced that U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year. 2011-10-22T15:33:14+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101611_occupytucsonfence/occupy-tucson/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101611_occupytucsonfence/occupy-tucson/ 21:48:00Z Roberto De Vido The turnout for the ‘Occupy Tucson’ event was probably smaller than organizers had hoped. With the right marketing, it could have been bigger. 2011-10-16T21:48:52+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101211_gooddemocrats/the-good-bad-and-ugly/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101211_gooddemocrats/the-good-bad-and-ugly/ 22:51:00Z Roberto De Vido Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney undoubtedly alarmed many Republicans the when he recently suggested he could “find common ground” with Democrats. 2011-10-12T22:51:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101111_gop_campaignthought/the-evolution-republican-campaign-thought/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101111_gop_campaignthought/the-evolution-republican-campaign-thought/ 00:42:00Z Roberto De Vido Who’s it gonna be, GOP? Someone who lives and breathes “conservative values”? Or someone electable? 2011-10-12T00:42:35+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100911_eyeofthebeholder/the-eye-beholder/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100911_eyeofthebeholder/the-eye-beholder/ 00:06:00Z Roberto De Vido A religion by any other name is ... a cult 2011-10-10T00:06:01+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100711_occupywallstreet/occupy-wall-street/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100711_occupywallstreet/occupy-wall-street/ 22:25:00Z Roberto De Vido Demonstrators continue to ‘occupy Wall Street’ to protest government coddling of financial institutions and seeming inability to get the economy back on track. 2011-10-07T22:25:48+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100211_perrymexico/operacion-tormenta-del-desierto/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100211_perrymexico/operacion-tormenta-del-desierto/ 21:28:00Z Roberto De Vido In news bound to excite our neighbor to the south, Texas governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry suggested a U.S. troop presence is desirable in Mexico. 2011-10-02T21:28:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/093011_vladimiranddmitry/vladimir-dmitry-from-russia-with-love/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/093011_vladimiranddmitry/vladimir-dmitry-from-russia-with-love/ 21:55:00Z Roberto De Vido Vladimir Putin’s plans to run for the presidency in 2012 will return the current Russian prime minister to the post he held from 2000-2008. 2011-09-30T21:55:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092911_rickperryparadox/the-paradox-rick-perry-for-republican-voters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092911_rickperryparadox/the-paradox-rick-perry-for-republican-voters/ 23:17:00Z Roberto De Vido Who are you really, Rick Perry? Republican America wants to know. 2011-09-29T23:17:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092411_accent/ve-haff-vays-making-you-amerikan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092411_accent/ve-haff-vays-making-you-amerikan/ 23:52:00Z Roberto De Vido In the face of a civil rights investigation, Arizona has ended its efforts to monitor teachers’ ability to speak “proper” English. 2011-09-24T23:52:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092211_texasdinnerparty/death-row-not-dinner-party/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/092211_texasdinnerparty/death-row-not-dinner-party/ 03:53:00Z Roberto De Vido Texas corrections officials have decided to end the practice of granting prisoners last meal requests. 2011-09-23T03:53:28+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091811_davis-monthan_lockdown/terrorism-who-you-gonna-call/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091811_davis-monthan_lockdown/terrorism-who-you-gonna-call/ 21:28:00Z Roberto De Vido Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was “locked down” after reports a gunman was on the loose. Six hours later, “No gunman or weapon was found.” 2011-09-18T21:28:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091611_thefirestarter/the-firestarter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091611_thefirestarter/the-firestarter/ 17:58:00Z Roberto De Vido The MVP of any barbeque is the firestarter, the guy who bears ultimate responsibility for making sure we don’t have to call for emergency pizza. 2011-09-16T17:58:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091011_911victims/september-11-and-every-other-day/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091011_911victims/september-11-and-every-other-day/ 02:10:00Z Roberto De Vido Since 9/11, civilians all over the world have been killed by terrorists on every day of the year, year after year. 2011-09-11T02:10:41+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091011_theultimatejusticecandidate/rick-perry-ultimate-justice-candidate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091011_theultimatejusticecandidate/rick-perry-ultimate-justice-candidate/ 00:14:00Z Roberto De Vido Didja see the Republican debates the other night? Didja catch the ovation the crowd gave to the news Gov. Rick Perry had offed 234 death row inmates? 2011-09-11T00:14:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090911_morningcommute/morning-commute-libyan-style/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090911_morningcommute/morning-commute-libyan-style/ 03:37:00Z Roberto De Vido Some of us drive to work with a toolbox in the back of the truck, others use a different set of tools… 2011-09-10T03:37:53+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090711_napolitanoshoes/an-intelligence-based-approach-airport-screening/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090711_napolitanoshoes/an-intelligence-based-approach-airport-screening/ 14:57:00Z Roberto De Vido So ... that ten years we’ve just had of taking our shoes off for airport screenings? Um ... never mind! 2011-09-08T14:57:54+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090211_libyanworldcupdreams/libyas-road-world-cup/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090211_libyanworldcupdreams/libyas-road-world-cup/ 22:46:00Z Roberto De Vido At some point, Qaddafi will be gone, and Libya will be able to start rebuilding. Will that be in time for World Cup 2014? 2011-09-02T22:46:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090111_chinadalailama/china-and-dalai-lama/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090111_chinadalailama/china-and-dalai-lama/ 08:14:00Z Roberto De Vido Ever wonder why China is so pissed at the Dalai Lama? Why they’ve held a grudge for 52 years? In a recent visit to the White House, the D.L. revealed all. 2011-09-01T08:14:26+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082511_libyan_patent/libyan-patent-no-965382/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082511_libyan_patent/libyan-patent-no-965382/ 23:32:00Z Roberto De Vido Muammar Gaddafi looks to be on his way out, but will an idea from a Libyan rebel have an even greater long-term impact on the world? 2011-08-25T23:32:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081911_sumostyle/big-japan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081911_sumostyle/big-japan/ 23:01:00Z Roberto De Vido Sumo apprenticeships are aimed at teaching respect, and obedience, to superiors, and to the system. There’s a thin line between discipline and abuse. 2011-08-19T23:01:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081711_rickperrynamerecognition/whos-rick-perry/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081711_rickperrynamerecognition/whos-rick-perry/ 22:05:00Z Roberto De Vido Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has a problem: outside Texas, no one knows who he is. 2011-08-17T22:05:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081511_buffettblankfein/buffett-blankfein/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081511_buffettblankfein/buffett-blankfein/ 15:34:00Z Roberto De Vido Everyone’s favorite billionaire, Warren Buffett is in the news, urging Congress to “stop coddling the super-rich”. 2011-08-16T15:34:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081311_britishsocialmedia/the-history-social-media-as-tool-incite-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081311_britishsocialmedia/the-history-social-media-as-tool-incite-violence/ 03:34:00Z Roberto De Vido The British government is exploring ways in which it might restrict the use of social media. 2011-08-14T03:34:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081311_davidcameronsbritain/david-camerons-britain/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081311_davidcameronsbritain/david-camerons-britain/ 08:01:00Z Roberto De Vido This week’s riots in Britain have renewed the debate about multiculturalism: how much should immigrants (be forced to) assimilate into their adopted cultures? 2011-08-13T08:01:57+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081011_bachmannfaithleaders/keep-faith-baby/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/081011_bachmannfaithleaders/keep-faith-baby/ 23:02:00Z Roberto De Vido Michele Bachmann has announced the endorsement of her presidential candidacy more than 100 Iowa pastors and faith leaders. 2011-08-10T23:02:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080811_londonisburning/london-burning/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080811_londonisburning/london-burning/ 06:58:00Z Roberto De Vido Riots in London pitting gangs against police are spreading to other areas of Great Britain. 2011-08-09T06:58:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072811_unclewentraincrash/uncle-wen-aint-stoopid/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072811_unclewentraincrash/uncle-wen-aint-stoopid/ 04:58:00Z Roberto De Vido China, which has been touting its high speed train technology as the equal of Japanese, German and French competitors, saw its first major accident this month. 2011-07-29T04:58:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072811_johnnydanger/johnny-danger/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072811_johnnydanger/johnny-danger/ 23:59:00Z Roberto De Vido Crash test dummies do one of the world’s most dangerous, but necessary jobs, yet few pause to think about, and appreciate the work they do. 2011-07-28T23:59:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072011_stevewilliams/tiger-woods-caddysmack/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/072011_stevewilliams/tiger-woods-caddysmack/ 15:31:00Z Roberto De Vido Golfer Tiger Woods fired longtime caddy Steve Williams yesterday, ending a 12-year relationship with the man who carried his golf bag during 13 major championship wins. 2011-07-21T15:31:51+00:00