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More to it than ‘resentment’

Opinion: More to it than ‘resentment’ The criticism in a letter about Thomas Sowell’s May 12 “Duty to


Make college sports clean

Opinion: By James O’Toole Los Angeles Times The governance of intercollegiate sports is an ongoing


Freedom’s just another word in Iraq

Opinion: As American troops withdraw from Iraq this summer, expect the democratic freedoms Iraqis have


Patraeus replaces McChrystal; strategy in Afghanistan stays

Editorial: The image of Gen. Stanley Mc- Chrystal surrounded by a motley crew of soldiers, former soldiers and


Keep reading, kids

Opinion: By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams McClatchy-Tribune The last school bell has rung, but we must make


A major find in Afghanistan

Opinion: The Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times: The discovery of significant mineral wealth in Afghanistan offers


Corporations are taking control

Opinion: Corporations are taking control In my life time there has never been a greater threat to


Oil seeping daily

Opinion: By Robert H. NELSON McClatchy-Tribune One would have to be heartless not to be moved by photos


Times Square car bomber issues an ominous warning

Editorial: Pakistan-born American citizen Faisal Shahzad pleaded guilty Monday to 10 terrorism and weapons


Kagan’s clerkship is a definite asset

Opinion: By Brian Gilmore McClatchy-Tribune The best news about Elena Kagan is that she clerked for the


Some questions for Kagan

Opinion: WASHINGTON Given Elena Kagan’s aversion to “vapid and hollow” confirmation hearings devoid of


Satire keeps spilling out

Opinion: WASHINGTON And sometimes, life imitates farce. Thus the spectacle of BP’s chief executive


Give the FCC authority it needs to monitor broadband

Opinion: Give the FCC authority it needs to monitor broadband Seattle Times: The Federal Communications


Don’t give up on our young folks

Opinion: Don’t give up on our young folks My husband and I had worked all day outside in the heat and a


Oilman Cheney keeps mum

Opinion: The days turned into weeks and the weeks will turn into months before a gushing oil leak in the Gulf