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Posted: Thursday - Sept. 2, 2010
Ending combat in Iraq
President Obama’s formal observance of the end of American combat operations in Iraq was correctly low key, a marker of a milestone that comes not with the victory that the war’s instigator once envisioned, but rather with reconciliation with the reality of a pointless war.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 1, 2010
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Recall battle moves to court
The deadline Monday for the last signatures gathered by the three groups pushing for recall elections ended just the first phase of the initiative.
Posted: Wednesday - Sept. 1, 2010
Storm warnings for East Coast
Though the Atlantic hurricane season extends from June through November, September historically is the most active month of the period and early to mid-September is the busiest period within that time frame. Current events certainly support that fact.
Posted: Tuesday - Aug. 31, 2010
Principles before money
Contemporary higher education is many things to many people, but one thing has not changed over the years.
Posted: Tuesday - Aug. 31, 2010
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Retroactive benefits unfair
The county school board’s decision to reconsider tonight an earlier vote in which board members approved creation of a pension plan for themselves owes mainly to public criticism about two issues.
Posted: Monday - Aug. 30, 2010
Pakistan’s altered landscape
No one is sure of the exact number, but there is general agreement that about 1 million additional people have been adversely affected by surging floodwaters in Pakistan in recent days.
Posted: Monday - Aug. 30, 2010
Girding for battle in Georgia
Once upon a time, candidates who had weathered primary races in the spring and summer waited until Labor Day to renew campaigns seeking election in November.
Posted: Sunday - Aug. 29, 2010
16 Comments
Indefensible Islamophobia
It is now obvious that a vein of vehement Islamophobia has been opened among many Americans, and it is being recklessly and maliciously exploited for political advantage in the fall elections.
Posted: Saturday - Aug. 28, 2010
3 Comments
School board pensions
County school board members are drawing criticism for voting to give themselves a public pension benefit.
Posted: Saturday - Aug. 28, 2010
Wal-Mart vs. women workers
Wal-Mart Stores has made significant advances in becoming greener and more energy efficient, but the company has not managed to shed its long image of low-pay and benefits, and alleged discrimination toward women employees with regard to pay and promotion.
Posted: Friday - Aug. 27, 2010
The lessons of Katrina
Five years ago today, many but not all residents along the Gulf Coast were aware of a gigantic storm in the Gulf of Mexico heading their way.
Posted: Friday - Aug. 27, 2010
Drive carefully: School is in session
It’s that time of year again. School has started and thousands upon thousands of area youngsters have resumed the familiar morning and afternoon rite of getting to and from school.
Posted: Thursday - Aug. 26, 2010
3 Comments
The battle over spending
Politicians are rarely inclined to support campaign reform measures that would come between them and their biggest donors, or open the door for more civic-minded opponents who would run against them.
Posted: Thursday - Aug. 26, 2010
The military and suicide
For years, the Pentagon was reluctant to admit that the U.S. military, notably combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, had a suicide problem.
Posted: Wednesday - Aug. 25, 2010
A myopic stem cell ruling
The stem cell research policy established by President Obama last year made good sense.
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