eldoradotimes.com http://www.eldoradotimes.com/section/OPINION eldoradotimes.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 7:24:43 +0000 E.J. Dionne: Great Gatsby economics http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130620/NEWS/130629998/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130620/NEWS/130629998/1007/OPINION If you want an example of growing inequality, try the rock ‘n’ roll industry. Between 1982 and 2003, the share of concert income taken home by the top 1 percent of performers more than doubled, rising from 26 percent to 56 percent. The top 5 percent collected almost 90 percent of all concert revenues.
The rock world is simply a [...]]]> Thanks for the hospitality http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619039/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:13:44 http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619039/1007/OPINION America the beautiful http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619040/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:11:10 http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619040/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619175/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619175/1007/OPINION President Obama, who as a Democratic senator accused the Bush administration of violating civil liberties in the name of security, now vigorously defends his own administration’s collection of Americans’ phone records and Internet activities.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said he thinks Congress has done sufficient intelligence oversight. His evidence? Opinion polls.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi defended the programs’ legality and said [...]]]> Kent Bush: Memories most valuable heirlooms http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619244/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:34:00 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619244/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 1:14:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/OPINION Most of us donned our Mao suits, bow ties and sensible shoes and did our best to blend in. The workplace didn’t become more feminine; women became more masculine.
Then along came “Sex and the City.” The new working girl was glam, femmed-out to the max in sheer tops, short skirts and stilettos. She was brash, tough (neurotic), and above all sexy. Where the [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: We still need this debate http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 1:10:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/OPINION Snowden is the 29-year-old intelligence analyst and computer geek who has been leaking some of the National Security Agency’s most precious secrets to journalists from The Washington Post and the Guardian. He is now on the lam, having checked out of the Hong Kong hotel where he [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Libertarianism’s Achilles’ heel http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619707/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 15 Jun 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619707/1007/OPINION Michael Lind, the independent-minded scholar, posed one such question last week about libertarianism that I hope will shake up the political world. I’ll get to his query in a moment. It’s important because many in the new generation of conservative politicians declare libertarianism as their core political philosophy.
Libertarians have the virtue, in [...]]]> Kent Bush: It just isn't Father's Day without Dad http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/OPINION But I’m with him on this one.
Truth be told, reading “Joyland” will be a minor inconvenience -- if one can reasonably say such a thing about acquiring and consuming a bound, paper tome filled with the master storyteller’s hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat words. My choices will be to either [...]]]> Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/OPINION “For me, it is literally -- not figuratively, literally -- gut-wrenching to see this happen,” James Clapper told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell over the weekend, referring to leaks about the government’s secret program to collect vast troves of phone and Internet data.
There might be a bit more sympathy for Clapper’s digestive difficulty if he hadn’t delivered a kick in the gut to the American public just [...]]]> George Will: Too sweet to kill http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION These immortal measures just received the Senate’s benediction because they illustrate the only law Washington can be counted on to [...]]]> Kent Bush: Big Brother has too much time on his hands http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619883/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 8:00:45 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619883/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: A misplayed great game http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619930/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619930/1007/OPINION At some point, the word “worst” -- already a superlative -- ceases to be sufficient. Syria’s downward [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: Give Manning a plea deal http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619999/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619999/1007/OPINION I have to throw in all those qualifiers because Manning’s prosecution has been largely a secret process. Portions of his court-martial, which opened Monday at Fort Meade, Md., will be secret as well -- [...]]]> Thanks for the kindness http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130609/NEWS/130609358/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 9 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130609/NEWS/130609358/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: The new F-word: father http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130609/NEWS/130609801/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 9 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130609/NEWS/130609801/1007/OPINION Maureen Dowd attempted to answer this question with her 2005 book, “Are Men Necessary?” I responded three years later with “Save the Males.”
With each generation, the question becomes more declarative and querulous. Recent demographic shifts show women gaining supremacy across a spectrum of quantitative measures, including education and [...]]]> Dana Milbank: Accuse first and ask questions later http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130608/NEWS/130609802/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 8 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130608/NEWS/130609802/1007/OPINION Asked by Fox’s Bill Hemmer what he hoped to learn at Monday afternoon’s hearing, Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., offered this bit of pre-hearing analysis:
“Of course, the enemies list out of the White House that IRS [...]]]> Kent Bush: Government can't regulate beliefs http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130607/OPINION/130609437/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130607/OPINION/130609437/1007/OPINION George Will: Seeking sense on sentencing http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609803/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609803/1007/OPINION Seven-term Democrat Pat Leahy’s 38 Senate [...]]]>