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. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:51:38 +0000 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 [...]]]> 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 [...]]]> 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 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 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 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 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 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 [...]]]> 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 [...]]]> 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 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 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 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519459/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 7:21:09 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519459/1007/OPINION http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519796/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 1:35:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519796/1007/OPINION The IRS has managed a similar confirmation. For years, tea party and patriot groups have breathlessly alleged that federal bureaucrats were conspiring against the [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519797/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 1:32:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519797/1007/OPINION Massacres and terrorist incidents cannot be ignored, but the day-to-day toll from gun violence is often swept aside. Politicians who tout themselves as advocates of law and order don’t want to be unmasked as caring even more about their ratings from gun lobbyists.
And opponents of the most moderate gun reforms engage in a shameless game of bait-and-switch. Because measures such as background checks would not stop [...]]]> http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519674/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 9:10:08 Jan Colvin http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519674/1007/OPINION http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519698/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 6:48:48 Cheryl Rude, guest columnist http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519698/1007/OPINION http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519699/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 6:45:40 Belinda Larsen http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519699/1007/OPINION http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519700/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 6:42:25 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519700/1007/OPINION http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/NEWS/130519798/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130514/NEWS/130519798/1007/OPINION In the third “Iron Man” -- a series that spent its first two installments glorifying the reckless life of a spoiled, rich genius -- Stark, the man inside the metallic exoskeleton, seems to have finally taken a turn toward wellness.
No spoiler alerts are needed for me to point out that, though subtle, Stark set beautiful examples of healthful eating throughout this latest episode.
In a scene set in what appeared to be a familiar chain [...]]]>