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Thom Boncher
Counterpoint: Behind the curtain at City Hall
"All is not golden" when elected council members and professional staff don't clearly understand their roles.
TIM PENNY
We're not Greece, but we can see it from here
The U.S. can take sensible steps to reduce the federal debt — now.
Reg Henry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette /TNS
The attack of the killer passwords
Why can't I just use my dog's name and the date of the Steelers' first Super Bowl?
Editorial, Boston Globe
Medicare reimbursement plan is a positive step for end-of-life planning
We're finally moving past 'death panel' nonsense to get serious about how we die.
Megan McArdle, Bloomberg View
In praise of air conditioning: brrrring it on
When it comes to climate control, we Americans have it all over our European counterparts.
Planned Parenthood is target of yet another underhanded attack
Videos are a dishonest attempt to make possibly lifesaving donations appear nefarious.
DAVID MORRIS
On Greece, the Troika and North Dakota
How laws to protect local or independent businesses rub the money powers- that-be the wrong way.
Neil Elliott
Counterpoint: Why the Crusades are still a bad idea
Another round of arming religious extremists — be they Muslim or Christian — is not going to make the world a less-violent place.
Editorial, Dallas Morning News
Tim Connelly
Veterans and the Donald Trump controversy: So what if you weren't a war hero?
I wasn't, though I served. I was just forgotten. And watching the reaction to the release of POWs drove that fact home.
Donald M. Hall
CEO pay: Moving up on its own momentum
There's no one to stop executive compensation. Those who don't have an incentive to control it won't — and those who do … can't.
Megan Ritchie Jooste
Sam Tanenhaus
Connecting, for better or worse, in an atomized America
Presidential candidates' emphasis on "relatability" shows U.S. values in flux.
Carl Honoré
Deadlines: If world leaders can have wiggle room, why can't I?
Maybe the time has come to reconsider the idea altogether.
Howell Raines
'Go Set a Watchman': On further reflection
Thank you, Harper Lee, for stripping Atticus Finch of his aura of perfection.
Albert R. Hunt
Hyping the migration crisis on the U.S. border
Despite the politics, the border is more secure than it's been in years. Let's count the ways.
DAVID PENCE
These wars — they're religious. Will the West take its proper side?
Christian martyrs around the world are looking in vain for a champion to protect them.
Lori Sturdevant
Legislators come and sometimes go too soon
The pay, combined with the logistics, make the role tough for those who aim to be citizens and not just professional pols.
John C. “Chuck” Chalberg
You teach a while, with particular zeal, and then you … move on?
That might be the way that H.L. Mencken would have had it, if we were to wonder — and we should.
Editorial
Our Incarceration Nation needs change
President Obama's visit to a prison capped off a week of attention to the subject.
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