augustagazette.com http://www.augustagazette.com/section/OPINION augustagazette.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Thu, 23 May 2013 9:07:22 +0000 Viewpoints 5-23-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529614/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 7:16:19 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529614/1007/OPINION Michael Harmon: Communication 101 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529615/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 7:08:14 Michael Harmon http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529615/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Devastating storms restore perspective http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529618/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 7:02:05 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529618/1007/OPINION On Monday afternoon, it was a big deal to me that my third grader has trouble catching pop-ups in baseball.
I was so happy that he had pulled his B+ math grade up to an A- by the end of the school year.
Those things seemed so important. And then a huge tornado ripped through Moore, Okla. wiped out the Plaza Tower Elementary School.
I saw third graders there yelling for their [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Is democracy in trouble? http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529791/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529791/1007/OPINION Our circumstances certainly have their own particular disabilities: a radicalization of conservative politics, over-the-top mistrust of President Obama on the right, high-tech [...]]]> Esther Cepeda: Missing school -- for vacation http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/OPINION This also happens at the beginning of the school year and during the holidays as parents take their children out of classes for long family trips. But I can tell you from first-hand experience that there’s nothing worse than getting through the [...]]]> Kent Bush: Devastating storms restore perspective http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 7:35:58 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION Belinda Larsen: Our Yesterdays 5-21-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529868/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 7:00:07 Belinda Larsen http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529868/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Being different but not feeling different http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 6:57:22 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION George Will: On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 19 May 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/OPINION Last week, a disagreement between two conservative think tanks erupted when the Heritage Foundation excoriated the immigration reform proposed by a bipartisan group of eight senators. Heritage’s [...]]]> Kathleen Parker: Benghazi redacted http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/OPINION This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional testimony suggesting that significant efforts were made to camouflage those mistakes.
As Democrats and Republicans alike know all too well: It’s always the cover-up.
Yet in this case, where so clearly the State Department and others in the Obama administration took extra steps to mischaracterize what happened the night Ambassador [...]]]> Through the Front Door: The return of brass into home furnishings http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519246/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Jan Colvin http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519246/1007/OPINION Stephen Shupe: 'Mud' offers engaging coming-of-age story http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519249/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Stephen Shupe http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519249/1007/OPINION Viewpoints 5-18-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519251/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519251/1007/OPINION Erin Fox: Good on you http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519253/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Erin Fox http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519253/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Education too important to be used in legislators' tug-of-war http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519254/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519254/1007/OPINION Costello: "Trek 2" too ambitious, honorary for its own good http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519334/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 3:26:52 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519334/1007/OPINION J.J. Abrams doesn't seem to be clear on what he's doing with the new Trek movies.
After the 2009 "Star Trek" movie – which was both a remake and a reboot of sorts – it seemed like he was ready to venture into uncharted territory. But newly released "Trek 2: Into Darkness" turned out to be nothing more than an entertaining, beautifully jumbled mess that, once again, is part new and part reinvention that pays too much homage to the [...]]]> Dana Milbank: Asleep at the wheel http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519396/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519396/1007/OPINION Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone on a fishing expedition through months of phone records of Associated Press reporters.
And yet President Obama reacted much as he did to the equally astonishing revelation on Friday that the IRS had targeted conservative groups based on their ideology. He [...]]]> Viewpoints 5-16-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519456/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 7:30:00 +0000 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519456/1007/OPINION Rep. David Crum: Committee's approval of KanCare rejects 'carve out' for disabled http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519457/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 7:30:00 +0000 Rep. David Crum http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519457/1007/OPINION Michael Harmon: Stay the course http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519458/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 7:24:12 Michael Harmon http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519458/1007/OPINION