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Editorials
OUR OPINION: OUI law should have same penalty throughout state
A law is a law, and two people charged with the same offense should reasonably expect the same result.
OUR OPINION: When moment of silence ends, then we must talk
In the wake of the movie-house massacre in Colorado last week, both presidential candidates did the right thing.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Reduce prison sentences for nonviolent crimes
Jails and prisons are there for a reason: to keep the public safe, to deter crime, bring a sense of justice and responsibility, and, hopefully, reform offenders.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Give thanks for Woody Guthrie on his 100th
The red, white and blue Google Doodle on the Fourth of July didn’t honor a traditional American patriot.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Pay system for reserves, Guard needs change
“Citizen soldiers” in the National Guard and ready Reserve are critical to our security.
OUR OPINION: Charter school plan for Hinckley gets good grade
Public schools should try to serve every student, but everyone knows that’s not always possible.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Boy Scouts’ discrimination policy must end
The unconscionable discrimination perpetuated by the Boy Scouts of America has a face.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Syria’s chemical weapons a matter of grave concern
The bomb blast in Damascus on Wednesday blew a hole in the regime of Bashar Assad and could lead to the government’s loss of control over territory. That, in turn, could leave its chemical weapons vulnerable.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Penalty for Penn State should fit the crime
There was a time when many people could be outraged to learn that a university would arrange under-the-table payments to its football players. That behavior surfaced at Southern Methodist University in 1986, and the NCAA responded with harsh sanctions against the school, a chronic offender: The NCAA banned SMU from playing football for an entire season and canceled its home games the following year — what became known as the “death penalty.”