The controversy over the IRS applying extra scrutiny to Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status is a teachable moment. What precisely should be taught is a matter of perspective.
Editorial: Iraq’s latest bloody day Like so many wars before it, the Iraq War must wait on sufficient time to pass — decades, or more — before its history is completely understood.
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Editorial: Concern for the workers — Rep. Brooks is obscuring primary purpose for his comments Late in the 19th and early in the 20th century, miners in the United States went on strike for better pay, shorter hours and safer working conditions. Mine owners brought in strikebreakers, men who were so desperate for work that they would risk their lives to reach the job and risk them again to do the work. Most of the strikebreakers were black.
Editorial: Failing to protect Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, wrote a disturbing message Thursday. “Today ... the Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment,” he said. Obviously.
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May 14, 2013 | | 3 |
Americans learned this week that the Department of Justice seized two month’s worth of phone records from Associated Press reporters in 2012. The reviews are in, and they are brutal.
Study after study has stressed the importance of higher education for prosperity of the nation. Yet, state legislatures across the land have been cutting funding to colleges and universities.
The Rev. Nimrod Q. Reynolds was born into the Old South, which had many charms and a great evil — racial segregation — a system that demeaned the worth of all individuals of color regardless of their talents or attainments.
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May 13, 2013 | | 4 |
To steal a line from author Cornelius Ryan, Alabamians have six days to brace themselves for what may become the longest day for the state Legislature.
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