Opinion and Editorial

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Warren’s ‘family lore’ is revealing

Opinion: BOSTON Blond, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate and Harvard professor who cites


Drill Arctic Ocean with care

Opinion: By Roger T. RUFE McClatchy-Tribune The second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster


Citizenship merits respect

Opinion: By Bruce Ackerman Los Angeles Times Is citizenship a commodity, to be bought and sold when the


Death of Pan Am 103 bomber leaves gaping holes in the case

Editorial: Even in death, mass murderer Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi succeeded in rubbing salt in the wounds of


Protect our water while we have it

Opinion: Protect our water while we have it Jeanne Starmack’s May 15 arti- cle reported that “3,000-gallon


One power subsidy too many

Opinion: One power subsidy too many Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail: Everyone wants Century Aluminum to


Citizens must confront government

Opinion: In the Aesop Fable “The Grasshopper and the Ant,” there are moral, economic and political lessons


Third-party movement collapses

Opinion: So Americans Elect wasn’t a subterfuge for Michael Bloomberg, Colin Powell or Jon Huntsman after


New era lacks the drama that defined legendary space race

Editorial: It will be 50 years in September since President John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Rice Stadium in


Questioning Biden’s sincerity

Opinion: Questioning Biden’s sincerity Addressing a crowd at Youngstown’s M7 Technologies last week, Vice


Latin America’s brain drain

Opinion: The appointment of Venezuelan-born Rafael Reif as president of the Massachusetts Institute of


Change in Israel’s landscape

Opinion: The new era of sudden, potentially transformative developments lives on in the Middle East, and it


Lying maketh the politician

Opinion: The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on


So far it’s all talk

Opinion: By Abdul Latif Sahak The Institute for War & Peace Reporting MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan


Academic commission owes city taxpayers an explanation

Editorial: 2“In order to ensure a seamless transition, the new treasurer must have the same level of expertise