http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion Opinion news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2012 2012-02-03T00:15:12+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/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_groundhogday/groundhog-day-same-as-it-ever-was/#When: 12:25:000 Dylan Smith Every Feb. 2, it’s time for the obligatory Groundhog Day story. Here in the Sentinel newsroom, we’d rather watch the same old Youtube videos than check whether some rodent is having a bad hair day. Enjoy! %2012-%02-%02GMT%19:%25:%00%Q http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_ua_campus_guns/ua-president-guns-will-do-nothing-make-our-campus-safer/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020212_ua_campus_guns/ua-president-guns-will-do-nothing-make-our-campus-safer/ 17:35:00Z Eugene G. Sander I have been a gun owner for all my adult life, and am fully supportive of the right to own a gun. However, having faculty, staff or students bringing weapons into classrooms and other campus activities will do nothing to make our campus safer. 2012-02-02T17:35:38+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/020112_obama_brewer_op/how-gov-brewer-actually-helped-president-obama/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/020112_obama_brewer_op/how-gov-brewer-actually-helped-president-obama/ 16:48:00Z Sam Fulwood III With a waggle of her right index finger last Wednesday, Gov. Jan Brewer erased the question of whether black voters will be enthusiastic about going to the polls in support of President Obama. Now, you can count on it. 2012-02-01T16:48:36+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/013012_azwaterpolicy/garcia-water-water-everywhere-not-question/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013012_azwaterpolicy/garcia-water-water-everywhere-not-question/ 23:34:00Z Joseph Garcia How can Arizona water policy sustain an arid state for the next 100 years? 2012-01-30T23:34:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013012_insurance_reform/important-reforms-dont-always-require-grand-vision/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/013012_insurance_reform/important-reforms-dont-always-require-grand-vision/ 17:45:00Z Nick Dranias Sometimes important regulatory and tort reforms come in small packages. 2012-01-30T17:45:56+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/012612_obama_ener1/obama-cites-another-green-company-it-immediately-goes-bankrupt/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012612_obama_ener1/obama-cites-another-green-company-it-immediately-goes-bankrupt/ 19:57:00Z Thomas Mucha Just two days after President Obama referenced Ener1, an electric battery maker that received a $118 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. 2012-01-26T19:57:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012612_students_contraception_insurance/contraceptive-coverage-rule-big-win-students/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012612_students_contraception_insurance/contraceptive-coverage-rule-big-win-students/ 19:06:00Z Lucy Panza Students need affordable contraception as much as other young adults do, and starting this August, they will have it with no cost-sharing, regardless of whether their university has a religious affiliation. 2012-01-26T19:06:01+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/012312_stegeman_letter/stegeman-clarifying-tusds-mas-book-ban/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012312_stegeman_letter/stegeman-clarifying-tusds-mas-book-ban/ 18:27:00Z Mark Stegeman When the TUSD board voted (4-1) to end the Mexican-American Studies (MAS) curriculum, ending use of the books had to be part of that package. Staff says that the seven titles removed from classrooms and placed into storage are still available in school libraries. 2012-01-23T18:27:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012212_sentinel_birthday/sentinel-hits-second-birthday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012212_sentinel_birthday/sentinel-hits-second-birthday/ 16:08:00Z Dylan Smith It’s been two years since TucsonSentinel.com hit the Internet, two years of long hours, quick lunches and lengthy City Council meetings. Since our launch, we’ve gained a reputation - both local and national - as the news website that gets it first, and gets it right. Some two-year-olds are just learning to walk. I believe we’re hitting our stride. 2012-01-22T16:08:49+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012112_evangelicals/thats-wrap-evangelicals/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012112_evangelicals/thats-wrap-evangelicals/ 03:26:00Z Jimmy Zuma In a post-Citizens United world, has unlimited money ended the need to pander to evangelicals? 2012-01-22T03:26:25+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012112_roe_abortion_anniversary/reproductive-rights-brink-as-roe-turns-39/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/012112_roe_abortion_anniversary/reproductive-rights-brink-as-roe-turns-39/ 20:15:00Z Jessica Arons We approach the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, on Sunday after a year that saw unprecedented assaults on access to abortion care and family planning services. 2012-01-21T20:15:12+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011912_obama_economy_op/obama-hopes-bridge-abyss-grim-economy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011912_obama_economy_op/obama-hopes-bridge-abyss-grim-economy/ 20:00:00Z Michael Ettlinger A recent set of speeches and announcements by the president and other senior administration officials mark out important new economic initiatives likely to underpin the president’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. 2012-01-19T20:00:29+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/011812_schools_teaching_op/4-ways-community-schools-can-support-effective-teaching/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011812_schools_teaching_op/4-ways-community-schools-can-support-effective-teaching/ 22:23:00Z Theodora Chang While there is research on the potential for wraparound services, including health care services, family involvement programs, and expanded food assistance programs to eliminate barriers to student learning, there is little known about the possible connection between those services and teacher efficacy. 2012-01-18T22:23:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011812_stateofstate_op/state-state-drifts-into-uncharted-waters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011812_stateofstate_op/state-state-drifts-into-uncharted-waters/ 19:07:00Z Ed Perkins “Arizona has been saved.” With that bold declaration, Gov. Jan Brewer proclaimed that Arizona now boasts a budget surplus. But it may take some fancy dead reckoning to leverage the estimated fiscal surplus—$416 million to $650 million—while keeping things ship-shape. 2012-01-18T19:07:18+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/011712_defense_research_development/is-defense-rd-spending-effective/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011712_defense_research_development/is-defense-rd-spending-effective/ 21:08:00Z Eric Alterman If we are to get our deficits under control, then we no longer have the luxury of throwing countless billions of dollars at Pentagon research and development and hoping they land somewhere else. 2012-01-17T21:08:19+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_romney_health_potter/opinion-only-romneys-dream-world/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011612_romney_health_potter/opinion-only-romneys-dream-world/ 21:21:00Z Wendell Potter Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s naïve suggestion that anyone but him and his rich friends could actually fire a health insurer on a whim and hire another one that might provide better service isn’t realistic.  2012-01-16T21:21:02+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/011512_obama_govt_reform/obamas-government-reform-plan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011512_obama_govt_reform/obamas-government-reform-plan/ 14:30:00Z John Podesta President Barack Obama has taken a crucial step toward that transformation with a thoughtful and far-reaching plan to reshape the federal government to more effectively focus on ensuring U.S. long-term economic competitiveness. 2012-01-15T14:30:18+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/011312_class_warfare_taboo/shattering-class-warfare-taboo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/011312_class_warfare_taboo/shattering-class-warfare-taboo/ 00:01:00Z Jimmy Zuma A new poll from Pew Research Center confirms that Americans are thinking a lot about class disparity. And now that they are talking, it turns out that most Americans think the deck is stacked in favor of the rich. 2012-01-14T00:01:14+00:00