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. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:34:37 +0000 Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619175/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619175/1007/OPINION President Obama, who as a Democratic senator accused the Bush administration of violating civil liberties in the name of security, now vigorously defends his own administration’s collection of Americans’ phone records and Internet activities.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said he thinks Congress has done sufficient intelligence oversight. His evidence? Opinion polls.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi defended the programs’ legality and said [...]]]> Viewpoints 6-18-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619241/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:45:00 +0000 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619241/1007/OPINION Belinda Larsen: Our Yesterdays 6-18-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619242/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:45:00 +0000 Belinda Larsen http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619242/1007/OPINION Becky Wolfe: Exercising leadership can be risky http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619243/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:37:55 Becky Wolfe, Executive Director Leadership Butler, Inc. http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619243/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Memories most valuable heirlooms http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619244/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:34:00 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619244/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 1:14:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/OPINION Most of us donned our Mao suits, bow ties and sensible shoes and did our best to blend in. The workplace didn’t become more feminine; women became more masculine.
Then along came “Sex and the City.” The new working girl was glam, femmed-out to the max in sheer tops, short skirts and stilettos. She was brash, tough (neurotic), and above all sexy. Where the [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: We still need this debate http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 1:10:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/OPINION Snowden is the 29-year-old intelligence analyst and computer geek who has been leaking some of the National Security Agency’s most precious secrets to journalists from The Washington Post and the Guardian. He is now on the lam, having checked out of the Hong Kong hotel where he [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Libertarianism’s Achilles’ heel http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619707/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 15 Jun 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619707/1007/OPINION Michael Lind, the independent-minded scholar, posed one such question last week about libertarianism that I hope will shake up the political world. I’ll get to his query in a moment. It’s important because many in the new generation of conservative politicians declare libertarianism as their core political philosophy.
Libertarians have the virtue, in [...]]]> Through the Front Door: Guidelines for furnishing your first home http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619449/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Jan Colvin http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619449/1007/OPINION Bryan Clark: I'll carry his story in my heart http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619459/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Bryan Clark, guest columnist http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619459/1007/OPINION Brett Kappelmann: I continually strive to be more like Dad http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619463/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Brett Kappelmann, guest columnist http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619463/1007/OPINION Viewpoints 6-15-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619473/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619473/1007/OPINION Erin Fox: What I like about you http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619474/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Erin Fox http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619474/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: It just isn't Father's Day without Dad http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/OPINION But I’m with him on this one.
Truth be told, reading “Joyland” will be a minor inconvenience -- if one can reasonably say such a thing about acquiring and consuming a bound, paper tome filled with the master storyteller’s hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat words. My choices will be to either [...]]]> Viewpoints 6-13-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619654/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 6:40:46 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619654/1007/OPINION Michael Harmon: Don't let pleasure rob you of happiness http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619655/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 6:38:50 Michael Harmon http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619655/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/OPINION “For me, it is literally -- not figuratively, literally -- gut-wrenching to see this happen,” James Clapper told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell over the weekend, referring to leaks about the government’s secret program to collect vast troves of phone and Internet data.
There might be a bit more sympathy for Clapper’s digestive difficulty if he hadn’t delivered a kick in the gut to the American public just [...]]]> George Will: Too sweet to kill http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION These immortal measures just received the Senate’s benediction because they illustrate the only law Washington can be counted on to [...]]]> Viewpoints 6-11-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619877/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 8:17:28 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619877/1007/OPINION