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Gene Lyons

Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). You can e-mail Lyons at eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.

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In defense of Obama’s drones

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(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The economic story Obama must tell

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(AP Photo/Gerald Herber)

Romney’s only principle

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The futile search for meaning in “Linsanity”

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Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan is interviewed at the North American College in Rome, Feb. 14, 2012.

Catholic hypocrisy at its worst

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama (AP)

Israel’s real target: Obama

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Obama’s “post-partisan” strategy

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Newt’s no-win political appeal

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Newspapers, “truth vigilantes” no more

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Ron Paul (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Paul’s damning effect on foreign policy

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(Jeff Haynes / Reuters)

Ron Paul, still loony

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The real problem in Iowa

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A cross stands atop a severely damaged church in Joplin, Mo. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Why do people still deny climate change?

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Newt Gingrich (AP)

Why smart conservatives suddenly hate Newt

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Politics makes people stupid

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What the 1 percent can learn from cow farmers

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Don’t believe the education “reformers”

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Yes, it is Wall Street’s fault

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How the rich created the Social Security “crisis”

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The real reason OWS terrifies conservatives

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The trouble with a mail-order dog

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Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times columnist (AP Photo/Keystone/Peter Schneider) (Associated Press)

Bogus centrists peddle snobbery

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Mr. Insensitivity meets the academy

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President Obama speaks in front of the dilapidated Brent Spence Bridge during a visit to Cincinnati on Sept. 22. (Reuters/John Sommers II)

Obama's bridge too far

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