Opinion
Opinion
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
He showed freedom from the prisons of life
Fred M. Smith of Beaufort was buried Thursday. He planned the service as successfully as his career in engineering. There was much music, for he loved to sing. Scripture from the 90th Psalm: "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." His pastor spoke of his ...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Voters can change how Congress works
Recent polls indicate that Congress has an approval rating of 15 percent and the Obama administration is not doing much better.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lying to Congress shouldn't be so easy
It is hard to believe that lying to Congress has become so easy and without legal consequence.
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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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OPINION COLUMNISTS
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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OPINION COLUMNISTS
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.





