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Opinion: Black deaths still treated as spectacle

I wasn’t going to write this. On this subject, I felt I had already spilled enough outrage onto enough pages to last a lifetime. I needed a break from the emotional carnage.

Opinion: Baseball needs to pick up the pace

From Little League on up, players emulate major leaguers, so Major League Baseball’s pace-of-play problem is trickling down.

Opinion: Letter to our so-called president

Dear Mr. So-Called President: So let me explain to you how this works. You were elected as chief executive of the United States. I won’t belabor the fact that you won with a minority of the popular vote and a little help from your friends, FBI Director James Comey and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The bottom line is, you were elected.

Opinion: Cities should say ‘no’ to the Olympics

The overwhelming news in the lead up to the 2016 Olympics has been about the rampant dysfunction of the host city, Rio de Janeiro, and for good reason. The stories are gruesome and sensationalistic, filled with the kinds of pulpy details that make a mental imprint deeply difficult to dismiss.

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  • By Dave Zirin, Los Angeles Times
  • July 21, 2016 midnight

Opinion: Guns’ chilling effect in the classroom

Professors at the University of Texas at Austin, my alma mater, are considering if and how their classes will be different this fall when, beginning Aug. 1, their students will be allowed to carry concealed handguns into campus classrooms.

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  • By John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service
  • July 13, 2016 midnight

Opinion: Germany works to integrate migrants

On a trip to the beach, a German friend recently saw two teenage Afghan refugee boys stare in shock at female bathers in scanty bikinis. She overheard one youth agitatedly ask the German volunteer accompanying him: “Where are their fathers? Where are their fathers?”

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  • By Trudy Rubin, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • July 12, 2016 midnight

Opinion: EU needs passionate defense

Shortly before the Brexit vote, Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine ran a cover story that urged the Brits: “Please don’t go.” For Germans, long the most loyal supporters of the European Union, it was unthinkable that the British would leave them.

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  • By Trudy Rubin, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • July 6, 2016 midnight

Opinion: Brexit effects will hit Latin America

Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union will have economic ripple effects that will hurt Latin America, but its potential political impact could be much more dangerous.

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  • By Andres Oppenheimer, The Miami Herald
  • July 5, 2016 midnight

Opinion: Happy Fourth of July from your flag

I’ve been to the moon. I’ve been burned. But more often I’m honored. I’m your American flag. With 13 stars for colonies clamoring for freedom, I was first flown at Fort Stanwix in New York in 1777 — and then carried into battle for the first time at Brandywine in Pennsylvania. By war’s end, I was saluted as the emblem of a sovereign nation, new and free. I’m your American flag.

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  • By James F. Burns, The Miami Herald
  • July 4, 2016 midnight

Opinion: 100-day plans present vivid contrasts

Besides the invectives, misrepresentations and political calculation, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton recently provided revealing insights into their initial priorities and how each would lead the country.

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