Opinion

Setting 9/11 trial in New York is absurd
November 20, 2009
For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the “propaganda of the deed.” And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 — not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.
Shades of Patton
November 20, 2009
College football isn’t war, but the situation now facing KU’s football coach is reminiscent of the trials of a famous World War II general.
A sad story
It’s unlikely KU coach Mark Mangino’s reported actions would be drawing as much attention if he and his team hadn’t just lost five games.
November 19, 2009
The current firestorm surrounding Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino is a sad development: sad for Coach Mangino, sad for the university, sad for Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and sad for members of the football team.
Forced insurance raises constitutional issue
November 19, 2009
In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.
Whiter Sosa is an embarrassment
November 19, 2009
Dear Sammy Sosa: Are you happy with yourself now? Are you more confident and self-assured? When you look in the mirror, do you like yourself better, now that you are white?
Toilet tolerance
November 18, 2009
Oread residents put up with a lot, but having portable toilets dotting their neighborhood for months at a time is asking too much.
Bottom-up strategy could bypass Karzai
November 18, 2009
Is there any way to get around Afghan President Hamid Karzai?
Fear of offense is dangerous
November 18, 2009
That the Fort Hood gunman had plenty of enablers is unmistakable.
Whose money?
November 17, 2009
Where do the dollars come from when these television advertisers talk about wiping out big debts?
Trying terrorists in the U.S. is dangerous
November 17, 2009
The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Fee service
November 16, 2009
Debit cards are convenient but not when they cause customers to rack up unexpected bank charges.
Abortion makes return in health debate
November 16, 2009
Is it possible to hear the sound of hands wringing? Or of souls agonizing? Or of ironies clanging?
Cost of indecision in Afghanistan is too high
November 16, 2009
he more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees.
Flying high
November 15, 2009
Routine blood-alcohol checks for airline pilots might increase passenger safety and peace of mind.
Struggling through the gray areas of life
November 15, 2009
They killed a killer last week.

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