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Ideology not a sure thing in High Court

Opinion: WASHINGTON -- History has made it clear that picking an ideological sure thing in a Supreme Court


Syria's Baathists fear evolution, extinction

Opinion: By REZA ASLAN LOS ANGELES TIMES Last month, when Syria's President-for-life, Bashar Assad,


Global warming worries Americans

Opinion: By GREG NICKELS KNIGHT-RIDDER/TRIBUNE Today, the leaders of the world's eight most prosperous


Wanted: judicial independence

Opinion: Seattle Times: The retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor sets in motion a hot


Transfer of Iraqi base takes too long

Opinion: BAGHDAD -- I'm flying in a Black Hawk helicopter, low over lush palm trees and dry dusty desert,


Children shouldn't get lost while riding on a school bus

Opinion: Children shouldn't get lost while riding on a school bus EDITOR: I am fortunate enough to be the


The strange turns in the case of CIA agent Valerie Plame

Opinion: The case of the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame continues to defy logic and the imagination.


Today is Wednesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2005. There are 178 days left in the year. On this date

Opinion: Today is Wednesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2005. There are 178 days left in the year. On this date


HOW HE SEES IT Religious factor in politics is pervasive

Opinion: By JON MEACHAM WASHINGTON POST On July 4, 1827, a leading clergymen of the day, the Presbyterian


HOW HE SEES IT Individual property rights elusive idea in democracy

Opinion: By CHRIS POWELL PROVIDENCE JOURNAL Just how far do individual property rights in land go?


HOW HE SEES IT Americans no longer stomach casualties

Opinion: By JAMES P. PINKERTON LONG ISLAND NEWSDAY "Americans have always held firm." So said President


Sleuths and spies, oh my

Scripps Howard: The recommendations of the presidential commission on intelligence reform make for


Too late to be prudent

Opinion: Too late to be prudent EDITOR: This letter is in regard to one from the communications and


HOW HE SEES IT Congress must act to protect private property

Opinion: By BILL FERGUSON KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS This is the time of year when the Supreme Court tends


Individuals can change the destiny of a nation

Opinion: WASHINGTON -- When George Washington, in a spiffy uniform of buff and blue and sitting his horse