Opinion
As North Pole melts, U.S. arctic policy needs to heat up
This week's decision by the Arctic Council, led by the eight nations with Arctic territory, to accept China, India, Japan and three other countries as new observers points to the region's growing importance.
Opinion
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OPINION
Obama's hands-off style has abdicated his authority By Joan Vennoch
The White House blames a trio of scandals on all the president's underlings.
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OPINION
Proposed restaurant rules
A proposed zoning change to reclassify Rock Hill restaurants appears to be a reasonable compromise between the needs of businesses and the interests of the public.
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OPINION
The First Amendment protects more than the press
The Obama administration announced this week that it is throwing its support behind the press shield law that has been stalled in Congress since time immemorial. Critics insist that the administration, suddenly mired in scandal, is simply trying to curry favor with the news media, but the proposal...
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JAMES WERRELL
Will Obama be ruined by recent scandals?
What did the president know and when did he know it? Apparently not much.
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EDITORIALS
Records seizure intrusive
After the attacks of 9 / 11, the nation has been engaged in something of a tug of war between the interests of national security and First Amendment rights. And too often our constitutional rights have been subverted in the name of security.
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OPINION
The call of the clan
What do the European sovereign debt crisis, the difficulty of building a liberal democracy in Afghanistan, and a Mexican drug cartel have in common? To begin with, all three are the predictable result of weak government institutions. On a deeper level, however, they are products of a single basic...
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OPINION
Accused U.S. Spy's Tools Get a Laugh from Russians
Two wigs, one blond, one dark. Three pairs of glasses. Two knives. Two envelopes containing 500 euro notes. One flashlight. One can of mace. One compass. One paper map of Moscow. One ancient Nokia phone. One letter in Russian, addressed “Dear friend.”
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OPINION
A modernized melting pot
The belief in one society for us all is why I like the new Senate immigration bill.
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EDITORIALS
Ban texting while driving
Your teenager’s cell phone is more dangerous to him or her than a bottle of booze.
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OPINION
IRS handed conservatives a conspiracy
After years of moaning about various “conspiracies” against them, conservative activists finally have a real (i.e., not manufactured by Fox or inflated by Limbaugh) piece of evidence to take before the court of public opinion.
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