wayneindependent.com http://www.wayneindependent.com/section/OPINION wayneindependent.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 7:21:10 +0000 E.J. Dionne: Great Gatsby economics http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130620/NEWS/130629999/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 20 Jun 2013 2:00:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130620/NEWS/130629999/1007/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. [...]]]> Board again shows how it really works http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130619/OPINION/130619765/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 20 Jun 2013 0:00:00 +0000 http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130619/OPINION/130619765/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619801/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 2:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619801/1007/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 [...]]]> Habitat does great job for many people http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619793/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:27 http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619793/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619900/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 2:14:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619900/1007/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 [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: We still need this debate http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619901/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 2:10:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619901/1007/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 [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Libertarianism’s Achilles’ heel http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619902/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 15 Jun 2013 2:07:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619902/1007/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 [...]]]> Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619903/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 2:03:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619903/1007/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- [...]]]> Actions by some just unbearable http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619878/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:30:05 http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619878/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619904/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 2:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619904/1007/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 [...]]]> George Will: Too sweet to kill http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619941/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 2:01:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619941/1007/OPINION These immortal measures just received the Senate’s benediction because they illustrate the only law Washington can [...]]]> Integrity lost with move on solicitor issue http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619930/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 0:00:00 +0000 http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619930/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: A misplayed great game http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619960/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 2:01:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619960/1007/OPINION At some point, the word “worst” -- already a superlative -- ceases to be [...]]]> Generosity is backbone by which we live http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130610/OPINION/130619975/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 0:00:00 +0000 http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130610/OPINION/130619975/1007/OPINION Still Waters Run Deep: Where it all began http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619974/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:39:31 By Kelly Waters kwaters@wayneindependent.com http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619974/1007/OPINION Eugene Robinson: Give Manning a plea deal http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130610/NEWS/130619999/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 2:00:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.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 [...]]]> Kathleen Parker: The new F-word: father http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130609/NEWS/130609932/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 9 Jun 2013 2:00:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130609/NEWS/130609932/1007/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, [...]]]> Dana Milbank: Accuse first and ask questions later http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130608/NEWS/130609933/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 8 Jun 2013 2:00:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130608/NEWS/130609933/1007/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 [...]]]> Graduations have serious consequences http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130607/OPINION/130609846/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 8 Jun 2013 0:00:00 +0000 http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130607/OPINION/130609846/1007/OPINION George Will: Seeking sense on sentencing http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609934/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 2:00:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.wayneindependent.com/article/20130607/NEWS/130609934/1007/OPINION Seven-term Democrat Pat [...]]]>