Noelle Nikpour
Noelle Nikpour: LeBron's story makes him beloved
May 12, 2013
How did LeBron James go from beloved to hated to beloved again? Because story matters.
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Noelle Nikpour: Americans will forgive if it's sincere
April 28, 2013
When you're one of America's sweethearts, it's a bad idea to get arrested for disorderly conduct during your husband's drunk driving arrest and then play the "Do you know my name?" card. It's bad for the brand.
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Loss-share agreements abuse public
April 14, 2013
In November 2011, I wrote a column about FDIC loss-share agreements and how banks who exploit them were reaping windfalls while prolonging the foreclosure crisis, depressing property values and harming American families.
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Apple shows importance of branding
March 31, 2013
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Obama must work with Paul Ryan
March 17, 2013
It's an odd-numbered year, which means this is when something might get done in Washington before next year's elections shut everything down.
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Meat cleaver needed on spending
March 3, 2013
Between the time I write this and the time you read it, the government may have actually cut spending because of the sequester, at least for a day or two. Or perhaps President Obama and Congress crafted some deal that, as usual, simply kicked the can down the road, as he likes to say.
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Noelle Nikpour: Karl Rove is a loser in many ways
February 17, 2013
There have been times in years past when I have thought – and even said out loud – that I might someday want to run for office. You know, just toying with the idea. Maybe I never will.
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Noelle Nikpour: If Congress wants salary, pass budget
February 3, 2013
For millions of Americans who either own their own businesses or work on commission, life is a very simple proposition: Do your job, or don't get paid.
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Noelle Nikpour: Numbers show GOP must change
January 20, 2013
Of all the results from this past November's elections, two numbers stand out: three, and 71. Three is the number of counties nationwide where, according to Jennifer Duffy of the Cook Political Report, if President Obama had won a smaller percentage of the youth and minority vote, he would have lost the entire election.
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Michigan law shows unions must change or die
January 6, 2013
Amid the hubbub over the fiscal cliff these past few weeks, an important event happened Dec. 11 that many Americans probably missed: The union movement was struck a critical blow in the state it calls home.
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Nikpour: Santa has important gifts to give
December 23, 2012
"'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house" – the White House, that is, and the House of Representatives.
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We all avoid "cliffs;" pols must, too
December 9, 2012
Where do we go from here? With the elections over, Christmas near, holiday parties looming, and our economy hanging on by a thread, where do we go?
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Twinkies survive a lot, but not union
November 25, 2012
There's an old wives' tale that Hostess Twinkies could survive a nuclear war. They couldn't, of course, and neither could they survive a vote to kill the company by the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union.
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Republicans must change brand . . .
November 11, 2012
A lot of you who voted for Mitt Romney are probably still in terrible shock. But it's no shocker for some, due to the problem the Republican Party has of its own branding!
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Obama, Romney display solid morals
October 28, 2012
Although different in beliefs, policies, and overall general outlooks, President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney have both given us great examples of what we need to look for, expect and demand of future politicians.
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Afghanistan policy: Obama needs to listen to his generals
October 25, 2009
President Obama is hearing from widely different viewpoints as he reconsiders his policy on Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO commander there, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, wants as many as 40,000 additional troops. Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden wants to shift our focus elsewhere. In other words, lose.
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Oliver Stone ignores brutal facts about Venezuelan dictator
October 7, 2009
Oliver Stone has made a documentary about Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. I'm sure it will be a fair and balanced piece of work.
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Voters aren't buying Obama's proposals
August 26, 2009
When it comes to health care reform, President Barack Obama has looked a lot like Brett Favre, the on-again, off-again NFL quarterback who can't make up his mind if he still wants to play. We now know for certain that Obama said as late as 2003 — back when nobody had ever heard of him — that he favored the kind of single-payer, government-run health care system most Americans oppose.
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Memo to secessionists: See ya!
May 12, 2009
It was 1976, and the Republican National Convention had just voted for four more years -- of Gerald Ford.
