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. Sat, 25 May 2013 23:13:45 +0000 http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529569/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 25 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529569/1007/OPINION Let the facts speak for themselves. They are damning enough. Let Gregory Hicks, [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529444/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Jeremy Costello http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529444/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529447/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529447/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529790/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 1:23:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529790/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529618/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 7:02:05 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529618/1007/OPINION On Monday afternoon, it was a big deal to me that my third grader has trouble catching pop-ups in baseball.
I was so happy that he had pulled his B+ math grade up to an A- by the end of the school year.
Those things seemed so important. And then a huge tornado ripped through Moore, Okla. wiped out the Plaza Tower Elementary School.
I saw third graders there yelling for their [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529791/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529791/1007/OPINION Our circumstances certainly have their own particular disabilities: a radicalization of conservative politics, over-the-top mistrust of President Obama on the right, high-tech [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/OPINION This also happens at the beginning of the school year and during the holidays as parents take their children out of classes for long family trips. But I can tell you from first-hand experience that there’s nothing worse than getting through the [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 7:35:58 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 6:57:22 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 19 May 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/OPINION Last week, a disagreement between two conservative think tanks erupted when the Heritage Foundation excoriated the immigration reform proposed by a bipartisan group of eight senators. Heritage’s [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/OPINION This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional testimony suggesting that significant efforts were made to camouflage those mistakes.
As Democrats and Republicans alike know all too well: It’s always the cover-up.
Yet in this case, where so clearly the State Department and others in the Obama administration took extra steps to mischaracterize what happened the night Ambassador [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519254/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519254/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519396/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519396/1007/OPINION Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone on a fishing expedition through months of phone records of Associated Press reporters.
And yet President Obama reacted much as he did to the equally astonishing revelation on Friday that the IRS had targeted conservative groups based on their ideology. He [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519459/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 7:21:09 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519459/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519796/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 1:35:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519796/1007/OPINION The IRS has managed a similar confirmation. For years, tea party and patriot groups have breathlessly alleged that federal bureaucrats were conspiring against the [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519797/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 1:32:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519797/1007/OPINION Massacres and terrorist incidents cannot be ignored, but the day-to-day toll from gun violence is often swept aside. Politicians who tout themselves as advocates of law and order don’t want to be unmasked as caring even more about their ratings from gun lobbyists.
And opponents of the most moderate gun reforms engage in a shameless game of bait-and-switch. Because measures such as background checks would not stop [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519700/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 6:42:25 Kent Bush http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130514/OPINION/130519700/1007/OPINION http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/130519798/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 14 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130514/NEWS/130519798/1007/OPINION In the third “Iron Man” -- a series that spent its first two installments glorifying the reckless life of a spoiled, rich genius -- Stark, the man inside the metallic exoskeleton, seems to have finally taken a turn toward wellness.
No spoiler alerts are needed for me to point out that, though subtle, Stark set beautiful examples of healthful eating throughout this latest episode.
In a scene set in what appeared to be a familiar chain [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130513/NEWS/130519982/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 13 May 2013 1:55:00 +0000 By Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130513/NEWS/130519982/1007/OPINION The next day Jay Carney said precisely the opposite: “Red line” was intended and deliberate.
Which is it? Who knows? Perhaps Obama used the term last [...]]]> http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130512/NEWS/130519983/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 12 May 2013 1:51:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.eldoradotimes.com/article/20130512/NEWS/130519983/1007/OPINION Recent congressional testimony by Gregory Hicks, Stevens’ deputy in Libya, established one point beyond doubt: Those closest to the attacks were not confused about their nature. They were responding to a coordinated terrorist assault followed by a [...]]]>