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Published Friday, July 04, 2008

MATTHEW ROTHSCHILD: Patriotic poison needs warning label

It's July Fourth again, a day of near-compulsory flag-waving and nation-worshipping. Count me out. Spare me the parades and the martial music. And don't befoul nature's sky with your F-16s. You see, I don't believe in patriotism.

LAWRENCE J. HAAS: League of Democracies would protect American interests

The Fourth of July reminds us not only to celebrate our democracy but also to assess the most serious challenges to it. These days, those challenges emanate less from home than abroad, and the United States should take appropriate action on the world stage to defend itself.

Letters

For Friday, July 04, 2008.


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July 3
Our View: No ifs, ands or butts
Froma Harrop: It's a euro world after all
Rekha Basu: Confronting apathy
Kathleen Parker: In war, McCain proved character
Guest Opinion: Parks owe much to public works
Letters

July 2
Our View: Top-shelf preschool education pays for everyone
Civic Elder: Pain and politics (Lois Stratton)
Cuba offers path to healing
Thomas Sowell: Election also about the judiciary
David Sedeno: Teen drinking thrives under adult sanction
Kenji Yoshino: Calif. vote could annul same-sex marriages
Letters

July 1
Outside view: Keeping guns in check
Our View: GU fan a role model, too (Obituary)
Delisting delay lengthens odds
Patt Morrison: Karmic justice, karmic remorse
Accuracy Watch
Gene Policinski: Carlin's free speech kept debate lively
Frank Harris: National pride overcomes obstacles
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June 30
Our View: Lawmaker asking right questions on copter report
Charles Krauthammer: Just another politician
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Obama and the Muslim 'problem'
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June 29
Our view: Affordable housing enriches the whole community
Our View: For-profit hospitals are a change we can live with
David Broder: Dumbing down of discourse
Robyn Blumner: Our endangered middle class
Rebecca Nappi: Campers watch closely, counselors
Letters

June 28
Our View: Revisions to the Mining Act are long overdue
Kathleen Parker: Born of an illegitimate culture
Michael Barone: The vice presidency transformed
Smart bombs
Rice shifts gears on national interest
Letters

June 27
Our view: Out of compliance
Robert Scheer: Relics of the MAD old days
Froma Harrop: Koreans' demands smell overdone
Jose Miguel Leyva: Habitat destruction
Kevin O'Brien: Living sailors worth a few deaf whales
Letters

June 26
Our view: Guild vote good start
David S. Broder: Rigged districts hurt turnout
Lolis Eric Elie: Sin runs dry in Iowa
Cal Thomas: Successes in Iraq fit to print
Samuel Thernstrom: Geo-engineering may give climate a chance
Letters

June 25
Our view: Complain, comply
Thomas Sowell: By definition, no recession
Joseph H. Cooper: Inmates on gun control
Jack Z. Smith: Regulate the oil speculators
Abramowitz: Iraqi refugees receive inadequate help
Letters

June 24
Our view: Economic perks
Outside view: Another Air Force mess
Kathleen Parker: Gender differences not so bad
Froma Harrop: Time off important for a good life
Marc Fisher: Diverse programming won't survive merger
Letters

June 23
Our view: Seek out substance
Michael Barone: Obama is tuning out Iraq
John C. Bersia: Get tough on human trafficking
In their words

June 22
Our View: Avoid an eyesore
Our View: Hope for economy
David S. Broder: Obama needs to build trust
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Too many vying for 'victim hat'
Joel Stein: Investors, watch out for bubble bubble
Vali Nasr: Iran's strategic misstep opens leverage opportunity for U.S.
Letters

June 21
No more politics
Social Security is Job 1
Obama's policies are socialist
Climate change not in the news
Cuban Communists gain an appealing ally
Small-donor campaign base sounds good, changes little
Letters

June 20
Our view: The public partakes
Trudy Rubin: Iraqis rethinking U.S. role
Kathleen Parker: Obama's message incomplete
Froma Harrop: Just not that into John McCain
"Flood baby" and mom face upstream battle
Letters

June 19
Outside view: Eye on the bench
Our view: Going the distance
David S. Broder: Some bipartisan hope ahead
Jack Z. Smith: Family planning is energy planning
Susan A. Nielsen: We need a holiday from enviro-guilt
Lynn Swanbom: Reduced summer letters flow brings readers some rarities
Letters

June 18
Outside view: Half-truths travel
Our view: Broken silence
David Sarasohn: Not much support for vets
Thomas Sowell: Another way of ranking colleges
Jonah Goldberg: Alaska refuge charms only non-visitors
O'Connor and Jones: Young people must have input on nececessary reforms
Letters

June 17
Our view: Blackball Blackwater
Kathleen O'Brien: Cost fuels coordination
Trudy Rubin: Obama team in foreign area
Stanley Crouch: Crack down on illegal gun sales
Guest opinion: Honor original collaboration
Guest opinion: Phosphorus plan puts river first
Letters

June 16
Our view: A little greener
David S. Broder: Nation needs Perot's charts
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Has Google retrained our brains?
In their words

June 15
Bridging past and future
Our view: A new Spokane story
Our View: Mayor on right tract
Rebecca Nappi: A dream deferred but still unfolding
Letters

June 14
Our view: Pay for performance
Carl P. Leubsdorf: Choice of experience, position
Susan Estrich: Porn trial problematic, not judge
Smart bombs
Michael Tanner: Republicans must reform to compete
Letters

June 13
Behind closed doors
Safe place for terrorists
Iraq folly rivals Vietnam War
Latch onto the power of optimism
Freedom incomplete without gay rights
Deceit proves lucrative for media darling McClellan

June 12
Our view: Don't have a cow, man
David S. Broder: She remade future for women
Harold Jackson: Obama's not there yet
Leonard Pitts Jr.: United poor could stop jokes
Michael Dobbs: U.S. history largely under lock and key
Letters

June 11
Our view: Spark of ingenuity
David Sarasohn: U.S. lacks food policy
Kathleen Parker: Clinton undermined Clinton
Froma Harrop: McCain won't make abortion an issue
Armitage and Flournoy: Security depends on swift transition
Letters

June 10
Our View: Missing the mark
Outside View: Does race affect caring?
Trudy Rubin: Time for China accountability
Gabe Gonzalez: This is America, stop the raids
Fred Hiatt: Report complicates 'Bush Lied' mantra
Letters

June 9
Our view: Embrace staycations
Thomas Sowell: McCain the obvious choice
Elizabeth Sullivan: Islam ineptitude at White House
In their words

June 8
Our View: Rules must be enforced without discrimination
Our View: Craig-Wyden funds are critical for rural counties
David S. Broder: Let's hope they get it on
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Panic, suspicion hinder security
OMBUDSMAN: Faulty complaints stymie corrections
Letters

June 7
Our view: Test for taxpayers
Robert Scheer: Troubling unpredictability
Jonah Goldberg: Obama: The way, the truth?
Smart bombs
Juleyka Lantiguq: Banks shortchanging underdog students
Bob Sommer: Soaring political rhetoric grounded in access, hard work

June 6
Our view: Animal instinct
Kathleen Parker: Obama vs. grumpy granddad
Mickey Edwards: Constitutional obligation
Froma Harrop: Obama peddling feeble health plan
Guest opinion: Shortsighted pack hunts down wolves
Rekha Basu: Tornadoes can't destroy strong civic connections

June 5
Outside view: Let marriages begin
Our view: Heal nursing crisis
David S. Broder: Obama must reverse retreat
Leonard Pitts Jr.: McClellan's book way too late
Guest opinion: Dams are vital to Lewiston area
Zbigniew Brzenski & William Odom: Iran requires diplomacy

June 4
Our view: Be part of solution
Trudy Rubin: Expedite Iraqi student visas
Civic Elder: Action Jackson
Donald Warne: Feds owe Indians health care
DeWayne Wickham: Slave trade wasn't just a Southern sin
Amy Goodman: Tribute to late musician Utah Phillips
Letters



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