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Editorials
OUR OPINION: More uninsured will increase health care costs
Paying for health care is a game of hot potato, and the players who can’t pass costs onto others are the ones who get burned.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Mental health treatment delays hurt our military veterans
If a military veteran went to the hospital with an obvious wound, it’s natural to expect that treatment would commence without delay.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: New bomb plot shows al-Qaida still a threat
The recovery of a sophisticated bomb that U.S. officials believe was intended to be used in a suicide attack against the United States has underlined the reality that the war against al-Qaida is not yet over — and that it will not necessarily end, as President Obama suggested last week, in Afghanistan.
OUR OPINION: Obama: Separate is not equal when topic is marriage
Barack Obama’s evolution reached its conclusion on Wednesday, when the 44th president of the United States said he supports same-sex marriage.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: The secret life of your cellphone
Concerned that mobile phone networks are becoming surveillance tools, the American Civil Liberties Union recently asked hundreds of local law enforcement agencies whether they’ve tracked people’s movements through their cellphones.
OUR OPINION: Convention chaos aside, GOP didn’t achieve very much
We don’t usually get much news out of state political conventions because, usually, not much happens.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Rigid ideology must not stop progress
Few political observers have compared the 42nd president of the United States with the 36th.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Farm work needs to be safer for all ages
Youngsters have pitched in on farms for generations. The age-old tradition is nothing new.
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Kent State shooting probe would open old wounds
The United States Justice Department has opted not to reopen the 1970 Kent State shooting investigation. Four-plus decades have come and gone, so we agree with that decision.