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Opinion Columns
	Book review: Obama’s Iraq war saga 0 Comments Last Updated: 12:10 AM 09/02/10 - In his Oval Office address Tuesday night announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama said “It’s time to turn the page” and start focusing on rebuilding the American economy. - Cal Thomas, syndicated columnist (Full Story)
	Placing blame in Beck’s U.S. 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:58 PM 09/01/10 - Ever since I watched Glenn Beck’s Fear-extravaganza on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial last Saturday, I’ve been trying to figure out who ran off with America. - Connie Schultz, syndicated columnist (Full Story)
	Baby boomers raising a ‘Generation Text’ 1 Comment Last Updated: 11:09 PM 08/31/10 - When we were kids, we all wanted to be heroes. Maybe it’s a generational thing, but it seems that many young people today are not that interested in significance. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)
	Goodbye E-6, we'll miss you 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:56 PM 08/31/10 - Most people have no idea what “E-6” is. To avid baseball fans, E-6 is the way to record an error by a shortstop on your scorecard. But there is another E-6, in photography. This E-6 is the developer in which color slides are processed. - Thomas Sowell, syndicated columnist (Full Story)
	Economy in a ‘winter of discontent’ 0 Comments Last Updated: 12:13 AM 08/31/10 - President Obama may have experienced his Walter Cronkite moment over the economy. (Full Story)
	Teachers are real superheroes 0 Comments Last Updated: 12:16 AM 08/31/10 - A few red leaves have begun to wave their fancy hello from the highest treetops in our backyard. Whup, there it goes. The latch springs open, and a treasure-trove of fall memories breaks free: New shoes and knee socks, fresh haircuts and pristine binders. And teachers. Always, the teachers. A journalist must disclose conflicts of interests, so I confess to this bias: I love teachers. (Full Story)
	Fame is new mechanism for American dream 0 Comments Last Updated: 11:49 PM 08/29/10 - August finally redeemed itself from shark-jumping hysteria with an original, spontaneous, transcendent event — the accidental intersection of one Antoine Dodson, his sister, her would-be rapist, and some musical magicians who tapped into that uniquely American reservoir of salvation — irreverence. (Full Story)
	Obama and the virtues of ‘politicking’ Last Updated: 11:54 PM 08/29/10 - President Obama’s address to the nation on Iraq this week underscores the agony of his presidency, and its core political problem. (Full Story)
	Tomahawk chops down on the Braves 4 Comments Last Updated: 4:47 PM 08/29/10 - I watched, as I’m sure many Atlanta Braves fans did, in disbelief as the Braves blew a 9-1 lead and eventually lost 12-10 to the Colorado Rockies Wednesday. Upon reflection, it hit me that this awful collapse is pretty much a microcosm of the Braves’ season. - Carlton Fletcher, metro editor (Full Story)
	Issues are the last refuge of the liberal 0 Comments Last Updated: 10:50 PM 08/28/10 - Liberalism under siege is an ugly sight indeed. Just yesterday it was all hope and change and returning power to the people. But the people have proved so disappointing. - Charles Krauthammer, syndicated columnist (Full Story)
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