Opinion Columns
Compass: Alaskans should back in-state gas line project
Lawmakers Mike Chenault and Mike Hawker say instate gas line bill holds promise of affordable energy for Alaska.
Opinion Columns
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Finally, Obama breaks his silence on drones
Over the last four years, there has been a strange irony. One of the greatest speakers of our era has largely kept silent about one of the signature aspects of his presidency.
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Gregory Clay: The Sheryl Sandberg effect � Lean In or Lean Out
Sheryl Sandberg created a national firestorm earlier this year when she said women should "Lean In" aggressively to maximize their careers. The $64,000 question, though, is how realistic is that for most women?
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Boy Scouts' vote on gay members toughest challenge yet
The following editorial appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Wednesday, May 22:
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
A birth control double standard
In the uproar about making the morning-after contraceptive known as Plan B available to our daughters, there has been no similar outcry about condoms and our sons. Anyone of any age can walk into a drugstore - as well as most grocery and big-box stores - and buy condoms. If you want to remain anonymous...
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Shrink resistant: That's what sequestration is to the budget deficit
The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News on Monday, May 20:
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Michael Hiltzik: Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away.
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Boy Scouts' new policy on gays only perpetuates the same toxic message
At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had taught me the value of self-respect since I was 8 years old now told me that there was something fundamentally wrong with who I was, and am. Confronting institutional...
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Bob Ray Sanders: Maybe some good things will come from all the 'scandals'
The storm clouds of "scandal," like a breakout of springtime tornadoes in the South and Midwest, seem to be encircling the White House with the president having no "safe room" into which to retreat.
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
NRA draws wrong conclusions from Boston
In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their homes during the tense "shelter in place" manhunt. That statement is in large part a straw-man ...
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Gregory Clay: The Sheryl Sandberg effect � Lean In or Lean Out
Sheryl Sandberg created a national firestorm earlier this year when she said women should "Lean In" aggressively to maximize their careers. The $64,000 question, though, is how realistic is that for most women?


