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. Sat, 25 May 2013 3:07:18 +0000 Charles Krauthammer: Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529569/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 25 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529569/1007/OPINION Let the facts speak for themselves. They are damning enough. Let Gregory Hicks, [...]]]> Through the Front Door: A guide to graceful outside living http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529438/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Jan Colvin http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529438/1007/OPINION Viewpoints 5-25-13 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529441/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529441/1007/OPINION Erin Fox: Almost a sports mom http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529448/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Erin Fox http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529448/1007/OPINION Costello: DiCaprio amazes again in 'Gatsby' http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529444/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Costello http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529444/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Safe rooms better than 'duck and cover' http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529447/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529447/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: Baseless fears of Common Core http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529790/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 1:23:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.augustagazette.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529790/1007/OPINION 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