Opinion Columns
Mary Sanchez: Stand Your Ground laws a shaky basis for justice
The Trayvon Martin murder case will boil down to one claim known by mothers everywhere.
Opinion Columns
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to reclassify captive chimps as 'endangered' rather than 'threatened' is a smart move
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Monday, June 17:
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Lewis W. Diuguid: Perseverance is a key element of civil rights
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination affected John W. Bluford III's time in college and career.
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Female astronauts: Breaking the glass atmosphere
Fifty years ago - and only two years after the first man entered space - Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova piloted the Vostok 6 through 48 laps around the Earth on a three-day solo mission under the call name Chaika (Seagull). At the age of 26, she'd spent more time in space than all the U.S...
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
It takes a dad as well as a mom
Orlando Shaw earned his 15 minutes of fame with a dubious distinction: fathering 22 children with 14 women. The Nashville man's story made news when the mothers of his children sued for child support.
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Michael Smerconish: Opt out is best plan for donors
Godspeed to Sarah Murnaghan and Javier Acosta, both of whom are at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suffering from the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson granted them relief recently by allowing each to join the waiting list for an adult lung. This prompted...
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Snack foods are alluring, but don't miss the fine print
The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Monday, June 17:
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COMPASS: GUEST COLUMNISTS
Compass: City labor ordinance makes police, fire recruiting tougher
What is the old cliché about chickens coming home to roost? Warnings about unintended consequences were downplayed during the "debate" on Anchorage Ordinance 37, the controversial rewrite of Anchorage's labor laws last spring, and now problems are surfacing. Anchorage police and fire departments...
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Immigration reform is more than border security
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, June 17:
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Targeting anti-gay bullying
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Monday, June 17:
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NATIONAL COLUMNISTS
Supreme Court and DNA: No one can own a gene
For the last 60 years, we have been learning a new language. Ever since the double-helix structure of DNA was uncovered in 1953, the vocabulary of genetics has been creeping into our lives, becoming over time a full and rich lexicon. Last week's Supreme Court ruling against patents for two genes...
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