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, 23 May 2013 11:56:22 +0000 Kent Bush: Devastating storms restore perspective http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529618/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 7:02:05 Kent Bush http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Is democracy in trouble? http://www.leavenworthtimes.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.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> With Wiggins, KU basketball is dangerous http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529631/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 21:12:18 +0000 Mac Stevenson http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529631/1007/OPINION Adventures at the Statehouse http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529635/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 18:56:07 Melanie Meier http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529635/1007/OPINION The Green Space: How about some beetles or locusts for dinner? http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529641/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 18:49:22 Lynn Youngblood http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529641/1007/OPINION Letter: Bradford wrong to try and defund CCSS http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529646/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 18:37:25 Ginger Riddle Leavenworth County http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529646/1007/OPINION Letter: Gun stats don't support the Democrats' lies http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529648/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 18:34:08 Byron Maduska Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529648/1007/OPINION Pioneer Pride: Ed programs to avoid the summer slide http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529651/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 18:30:31 http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/OPINION/130529651/1007/OPINION Esther Cepeda: Missing school -- for vacation http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Down Home: It's OK to be one of the tortoises, forget the hares http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529754/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 21:20:24 Sandy Turner http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529754/1007/OPINION Letter: War not over until it's over http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529755/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:58 Ret. Col. Robert Atkins Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529755/1007/OPINION Reichley: Proof again one is never too old to learn http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529756/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 21:14:31 John Reichley http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529756/1007/OPINION Pet Talk: Multiple cat households http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529757/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 21:09:42 Anne Divine http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529757/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Devastating storms restore perspective http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 7:35:58 Kent Bush http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Being different but not feeling different http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 6:57:22 Kent Bush http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION Letter: Why do some keep beating this dead horse? http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529887/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 20:50:43 Charles Raney Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529887/1007/OPINION Letter: Response about state gun laws http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529888/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 20:48:19 Steve Fitzgerald Senate 5th District Leavenworth http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529888/1007/OPINION Nowak: Kids bicycling series is a great collaboration http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529889/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 20:44:54 Matt Nowak http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529889/1007/OPINION George Will: On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 19 May 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]> Kathleen Parker: Benghazi redacted http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.leavenworthtimes.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 [...]]]>