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Our opinion: Not exactly farewell to Afghanistan, but closer to it
Published 5/20/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
As much as any event, this weekend's NATO summit in Chicago will mark a formal beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan.
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Our Opinion: To graduates, with love
Published 5/19/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
This is a love letter to the Class of 2012, those graduating from high school and college.
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Our Opinion: The Facebook co-founder who unfriended the U.S.
Published 5/18/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 2 comments
Facebook's initial public offering reminds us of a story.
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Our Opinion: Apathy front and center on recent election day
Published 5/17/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
Less than 450 people decided who they wanted as their city council member.
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Our Opinion: Morgan loss is bad, but not a risk to the economy
Published 5/16/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, deserve the heat they're getting for underestimating the magnitude of their derivatives trades gone wrong, but one important fact keeps getting overlooked.
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Our Opinion: Mayan discovery: It's safe to make plans for 2013
Published 5/15/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 1 comment
It's scientifically safe to make plans for 2013. The world will not end on Dec. 21 or the default date of Dec. 23, according to a newly discovered Mayan calendar.
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Our Opinion: Obama finally ‘evolves’ on same-sex marriage
Updated 5/14/2012 at 10:40 p.m. 4 comments
So, President Barack Obama has finally endorsed same-sex marriage, a position he held in 1996 and later reversed for his campaigns for U.S. Senate and the White House.
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Our Opinion: May 29 primary endorsements
Updated 5/13/2012 at 11:20 p.m. 1 comment
Democrats in Wichita County will find little to ponder on the May 29 ballot.
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Our opinion: On spending, what does the military know, anyway?
Published 5/12/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
House Republicans are determined to cut federal spending — except when the spending is on stuff they like, and then they quickly dispense with any misguided notions of frugality.
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Our opinion: PIE partners take bite out of financial void
Published 5/11/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
An amazing thing seems to happen in Wichita Falls.
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Our opinion: Putin inaugural — empty streets, eerie silence
Published 5/10/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 1 comment
We're no experts on foreign inaugurations — especially Russian ones, since over the years there have been so few — but Vladimir Putin's swearing-in ceremony for a third term as president seemed to get off to a singularly inauspicious start.
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Our opinion: Voters in France, Greece say no to austerity
Published 5/9/2012 at 12:00 a.m. 0 comments
It is reasonable to ask what this weekend's elections in France and Greece mean for the United States. The answer: Not much, certainly in the short term.
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Our Opinion: An assault on free speech
Updated 5/8/2012 at 11:44 p.m. 1 comment
It is reasonable to ask what this weekend's elections in France and Greece mean for the United States. The answer: Not much, certainly in the short term.
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Our Opinion: Against kill shelters? Show ire with funding
Updated 5/7/2012 at 11:12 p.m. 2 comments
San Francisco has always been an incubator of radical ideas, and in 1994 it came up with another one. The city’s pound would no longer kill healthy dogs and cats but, through a policy of sterilization and an aggressive outreach ...
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Our Opinion: McCoy, Bolin families continue generous focus
Updated 5/6/2012 at 10:56 p.m. 1 comment
At a time when our nation’s universities face limited and often drastically reduced support from their respective governments, private individuals seem to rise to the occasion and generously fill in some gaps. That’s especially true at Midwestern State University.
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