In 1988 The New York Times editorialized in favor of repealing Glass - Steagall: «Few economic historians now find the logic behind Glass - Steagall persuasive.» (theamericanscholar.org)
On Sunday, the New York Times editorialized on not only the need for Early Voting in New York, but to put funding in the budget. (readme.readmedia.com)
Sociologist Seymour Papert, a perhaps less charismatic precursor to Ken Robinson in terms of editorializing about education, held that that schools were not only screwed together all wrong, but that they were in danger of making themselves obsolete: (edutopia.org)