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. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 4:22:27 +0000 E.J. Dionne: Great Gatsby economics http://www.leavenworthtimes.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.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619175/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Pet Talk: Myths about cats and dogs http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619114/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:20 Anne Divine http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619114/1007/OPINION Down Home: That's how the cookie crumbles with dementia http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619115/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:58 Sandy Turner http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619115/1007/OPINION Letter: Rural residents shortchanged http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619118/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:16:29 Al Stevens Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619118/1007/OPINION Reichley: Air Force roots go way back to Civil War http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619119/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:13:44 John Reichley http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619119/1007/OPINION 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