Opinion Columnists
Doyle McManus: Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine
As President Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention abroad made by President Clinton's first secretary of defense, Les Aspin.
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Likely to cause death or serious harm
Even in a culture of corporate entitlement and privilege, SeaWorld's blatant defiance of federal safety standards reaches a whole new level. Federal authorities just issued the theme park a repeat violation for putting employees too close to orcas, despite the mauling death of trainer Dawn Brancheau...
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Jordan's Web policy mistake
Jordan's King Abdullah II has a lot on his plate. Not only is the kingdom hosting nearly 500,000 Syrian refugees, the economy is deteriorating, there's serious unrest in the southern town of Maan, plus persistent protests related to a widespread perception of officially sanctioned corruption and...
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
'Man of Steel' keeps true to his core values
No matter what you may have read or heard, Superman is not 75 years old this month. He's at least 77, and more likely 79. The reason for all of this birthday media ballyhoo (besides the fact that there's a new Superman movie, "Man of Steel," playing in a gazillion theaters) is that Action Comics...
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Uri Dromi: Israel lacks clarity on a Palestinian state
When I was teaching journalism 12 years ago, I invited the press officer of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv to speak to my students about the State Department's working relationship with the media. One of the students asked him: "What do you do if a reporter calls you in the middle of the night and...
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Stop scapegoating single mothers
We need to stop demonizing and scapegoating single mothers.
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Robin Abcarian: New abortion rules assume women are really stupid
The House Judiciary Committee, dominated by Republican men who still have not learned to avoid the subject of rape and pregnancy, took up the issue of abortion last week.
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OPINION COLUMNISTS
Silicon Valley companies vs. NSA opens a credibility gap
The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Friday, June 14:
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KATHLEEN PARKER
Googling ourselves to death
At a party a few years ago, a young reporter bounded over to my cluster of social nodders and, with the breathlessness of a born tweeter, chirped- "What's the new hot thing?!"


