Articles filed under Opinion
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Fence on our border works in our best interestsJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week, the Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal lodged by environmental groups that focused on a two-mile stretch of border fence in the San Pedro Riparian Na...
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Immigration policy that works against economic growthJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Fifty years ago, Jack Kilby, who grew up in Great Bend, Kan., took the electrical engineering knowledge he acquired as an undergraduate at the Unive...
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Problems in U.S.-Mexico relationship that must be solvedJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - TIJUANA, Mexico -- Mexico and the United States have a twisted relationship. Dysfunctional: Each country likes to blame the other for its problems, and neither is eager...
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Decisions that might not help Obama win undecided votersJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - We are barely at the beginning of the long period in which most Americans will give their first serious scrutiny to the presidential candidates and decide whether Barack...
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A pact adults need to make to discourage teenage pregnancyJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Well now, isn't that a relief. The infamous "pregnancy pact" at Gloucester High School turns out to be an urban legend. The media mobs that descended on the fishing town...
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At $4 a gallon we're learning, but will do better with gas tax hikeJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - So now we know: The price point is $4. At $3 a gallon, Americans just grin and bear it, suck it up, and, while complaining profusely, keep driving like crazy. At $4, it...
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Is it time to take video replay cameras to the old ball game?Jun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - "Baseball is the only thing besides the paper clip that hasn't changed." -- Bill Veeck One must say it ain't so. Think of the designated hitter, which illustrates why...
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Just maybe oil had something to do with Iraq War after allJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - A consortium of Western oil companies - the very definition of Big Oil - is on the verge of receiving no-bid contracts in Iraq, giving them access to one of the most sou...
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Strong foreign policy leadership without bitter partisanshipJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Judging by the rhetoric coming out of the Obama and McCain campaigns this week, the United States is fated to endure another four years of bitter foreign policy partisan...
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When the system works against being a good fatherJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama's recent call for responsible fatherhood is welcome, overdue -- and misleadingly incomplete. Not all fathers are trying to be good dads, it goes without sa...