Archive | Opinion
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Column: Online piracy poses little risk to business
When 26-year-old computer programmer and political activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide last Friday, news of his death spread across the Internet with the same speed as the viral videos and the applications he had helped to produce.
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Column: Letting Lanza win
In light of the recent Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., people across the nation are still struggling with how best to cope with the devastating tragedy.
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Column: Kicking the can down the road
Two weeks ago, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 in what was an eleventh-hour effort to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff” crisis.
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Column: Only Obama could spy, torture and assassinate
The U.S. military camp at Guantánamo Bay recently celebrated two solemn anniversaries. Last week marked the 11th anniversary of the facility’s use as a torture and detention facility in the U.S.’s never-ending “war on terror.
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Editorial: Grades should be based on quality of work, not attendance
It would be hard to state our favorite movie of the 1980s. A leading contender on any list, however, surely is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
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Column: Apocalypse now?
This December, our world survived the end of the Mayan calendar. Amidst online prophesies of impending Armageddon, we weathered the end of times — and resurfaced unharmed, if not unfazed.
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The South China Sea: Flashpoints and the U.S. Pivot
Claims and Concerns The South China Sea has long been a flashpoint for regional rivalries and tensions.
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Column: A look inside the Clackamas Town Center shooting
I was sitting outside of Nordstrom in the Clackamas Town Center, chewing my cheese bagel, gossiping about coworkers and griping about a customer who wanted us to gift wrap eyeliner. Just then, a loud clap-clap echoed through the building. No one moved. No one reacted.
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Column: Obama’s judicial philosophy
Presidential legacies are often tied to the famous legislation passed by the commander-in-chief. Lyndon Baines Johnson is inextricably tied to the Civil Rights Act, FDR to the New Deal package of federal stimulus, and Barack Obama tied his legacy early on to the Affordable Care Act.