leavenworthtimes.com http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/section/OPINION leavenworthtimes.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:56:11 +0000 Kent Bush: Memories most valuable heirlooms http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619244/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 6:34:00 Kent Bush http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619244/1007/OPINION Issues resolved as legislative session comes to end http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619260/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:21:33 John Bradford http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619260/1007/OPINION Nowak: Let's get into the spirit of Buffalo Bill Days http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619259/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:36:29 Matt Nowak http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619259/1007/OPINION Letter: Cincinnati case shows dangers of police trial http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619261/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:27:05 +0000 Ernest Evans Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619261/1007/OPINION Dollars and Sense: When should you take your retirement? http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619262/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:26:33 Larry Martin http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619262/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 1:14:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 1:10:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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.leavenworthtimes.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.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Letter: Thanks for your support of 5K run in Lansing http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619363/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:27:44 Linda Lockwood Lansing Historical Society http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619363/1007/OPINION Reichley: France invasion was sad day in world history http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619364/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:25:59 John Reichley http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619364/1007/OPINION Father's Day time for men to take stock http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619365/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:23:02 Bryan Le Beau http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619365/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: It just isn't Father's Day without Dad http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Lager: LV baseball won't forget '13 seniors http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/SPORTS/130619501/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 0:46:42 Brent Lager http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/SPORTS/130619501/1007/OPINION The Frugal Family: One person's trash may be your treasure http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619510/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:01:46 Stephanie Eaton Harvie http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619510/1007/OPINION Letter: IRS has become totalitarian http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619511/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:57:13 Al Stevens Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619511/1007/OPINION The Unknown Soldiers: Two candles to honor fallen fiance, friend http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619512/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:55:28 Tom Sileo http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619512/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Down Home: Dad finds new adventures in his new home http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619772/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:50:39 Sandy Turner http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619772/1007/OPINION