Read more opinion stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/30765/opinion.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:35:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66059/fickle-voters-are-change-obama-can-believe-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhether it’s religion, relationships, or politics, Americans are getting more fickle, experts say. Seniors citizens are more open to divorce, college students are more open to changing schools, and more than 40% of Americans will switch religions, notes one pollster. All this could be bad news for President Obama, Politico...http://www.newser.com/story/66059/fickle-voters-are-change-obama-can-believe-in.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Aug 2009 12:02:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62540/court-will-quash-key-voting-act-provision-next-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday’ non-decision by the Supreme Court on Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is actually a stern repudiation, Tom Goldstein writes for SCOTUSblog. Reading between the lines, Goldstein surmises that the court will strike down Section 5 when the next challenge comes if Congress does not significantly alter it...http://www.newser.com/story/62540/court-will-quash-key-voting-act-provision-next-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 17:20:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61635/dont-get-tagged-by-this-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US’ third-largest social network is also the world’s most annoying website, Sean Gregory writes in Time . An e-mail about photos from an ex-boss lured him to Tagged, only to lead him through a confusing registration that spammed all his contacts with an informal note. “I don’t have a ‘smiley-face’-style...http://www.newser.com/story/61635/dont-get-tagged-by-this-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 14:58:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60997/obama-shrewd-in-cairo-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMost of America wasn’t even awake when it happened, but Barack Obama’s Cairo speech got people talking anyway, the Washington Post reports. The New York Times says Obama delivered a "sweeping and forceful—at times scolding and combative" message, which included what the Wall Street Journal called a “shrewd” statement...http://www.newser.com/story/60997/obama-shrewd-in-cairo-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 11:24:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58459/the-problem-with-em-dashes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA punctuation plague is raging through contemporary prose, indulged in by ordinarily excellent writers and hacks alike. It’s the “em dash,” writes Lionel Shriver for Standpoint —that punchy, aggressive punctuation mark beloved for its flexibility. It can replace the geriatric semicolon, linking two elements of a single argument, or provide...http://www.newser.com/story/58459/the-problem-with-em-dashes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 15:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57531/after-100-days-obama-remains-elusive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhoever the man in the Oval Office really is, he's not a traditional liberal, writes Gerald Seib in the Wall Street Journal . Rather than aiming to bolster government programs, President Obama "seems to see government as the way to prompt the changes he wants in the economy or society." But...http://www.newser.com/story/57531/after-100-days-obama-remains-elusive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:32:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57520/first-100-days-better-than-great.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s first 100 days have been momentous, to say the least. Here’s what his fans are saying: Obama is intent on remaking American culture, ending not just the post-Reagan era but the entire “quick-fix, sugar-rush, attention-deficit society of the postmodern age,” writes Joe Klein of Time . “Whether you agree...http://www.newser.com/story/57520/first-100-days-better-than-great.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:30:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52839/i-hate-facebook-you-should-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacebook is a soul-sucking enterprise that can steal away your dependable wife and connect you with people you'd rather avoid—or happily forget, Matt Labash writes in the Weekly Standard . Users of the “stultifying” and “mind-numbing” site have “a reality-show star's unquenchable thirst for broadcasting all the details of their...http://www.newser.com/story/52839/i-hate-facebook-you-should-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 18:58:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48468/obamas-speech-a-home-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe early reviews are in from Barack Obama’s inauguration address, and the news is positive. Here’s what the critics are saying: At the National Review , Michael Knox Beran thought the speech was a “home run.” It predictably had “a few lines at which a conservative would cavil,” but impressed with...http://www.newser.com/story/48468/obamas-speech-a-home-run.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 14:41:57 CST