hannibal.net http://www.hannibal.net/section/OPINION hannibal.net delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 3:09:52 +0000 E.J. Dionne: Great Gatsby economics http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130620/NEWS/130629999/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 20 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000

By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130620/NEWS/130629999/1007/OPINION


If you want an example of growing inequality, try the rock ‘n’ roll industry. Between 1982 and 2003, the share of concert income taken home by the top 1 percent of performers more than doubled, rising from 26 percent to 56 percent. The top 5 percent collected almost 90 percent of all [...]]]> Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130619/NEWS/130618995/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000

By Dana Milbank, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130619/NEWS/130618995/1007/OPINION


President Obama, who as a Democratic senator accused the Bush administration of violating civil liberties in the name of security, now vigorously defends his own administration’s collection of Americans’ phone records and Internet activities.



Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said he thinks Congress has done sufficient intelligence oversight. His evidence? Opinion polls.

[...]]]> A Little Salt: One very gullible man http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/NEWS/130619983/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 9:00:00 +0000 DANNY HENLEY danny.henley@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/NEWS/130619983/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130617/NEWS/130619572/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 1:14:00 +0000

By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130617/NEWS/130619572/1007/OPINION


Most of us donned our Mao suits, bow ties and sensible shoes and did our best to blend in. The workplace didn’t become more feminine; women became more masculine.



Then along came “Sex and the City.” The new working girl was glam, femmed-out to the max in sheer tops, short skirts and stilettos. [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: We still need this debate http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130616/NEWS/130619573/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 1:10:00 +0000

By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130616/NEWS/130619573/1007/OPINION


Snowden is the 29-year-old intelligence analyst and computer geek who has been leaking some of the National Security Agency’s most precious secrets to journalists from The Washington Post and the Guardian. He is now on the lam, having [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Libertarianism’s Achilles’ heel http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130615/NEWS/130619574/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 15 Jun 2013 1:07:00 +0000

By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130615/NEWS/130619574/1007/OPINION


Michael Lind, the independent-minded scholar, posed one such question last week about libertarianism that I hope will shake up the political world. I’ll get to his query in a moment. It’s important because many in the new generation of conservative politicians declare libertarianism as their core political philosophy. [...]]]> Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130614/NEWS/130619575/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 1:03:00 +0000

By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130614/NEWS/130619575/1007/OPINION


But I’m with him on this one.



Truth be told, reading “Joyland” will be a minor inconvenience -- if one can reasonably say such a thing about acquiring and consuming a bound, paper tome filled with the master [...]]]> Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130613/NEWS/130619578/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000

By Dana Milbank, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130613/NEWS/130619578/1007/OPINION


“For me, it is literally -- not figuratively, literally -- gut-wrenching to see this happen,” James Clapper told NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell over the weekend, referring to leaks about the government’s secret program to collect vast troves of phone and Internet data.



There might be a bit more sympathy for Clapper’s digestive [...]]]> George Will: Too sweet to kill http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130612/NEWS/130619790/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000

By George Will, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130612/NEWS/130619790/1007/OPINION


These immortal measures just received the Senate’s benediction because they illustrate the [...]]]> A Little Salt: Finding bits of history http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/NEWS/130619984/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 9:00:00 +0000 DANNY HENLEY danny.henley@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/NEWS/130619984/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: A misplayed great game http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130611/NEWS/130619894/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000

By Michael Gerson, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130611/NEWS/130619894/1007/OPINION


At some point, the word “worst” -- already a superlative -- [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: Give Manning a plea deal http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/NEWS/130619999/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 10 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000

By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130610/NEWS/130619999/1007/OPINION
I have to throw in all those qualifiers because Manning’s prosecution has been largely a secret process. Portions of his court-martial, which opened Monday at Fort Meade, Md., will be [...]]]> Kathleen Parker: The new F-word: father http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130609/NEWS/130609645/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 9 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000

By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130609/NEWS/130609645/1007/OPINION
Maureen Dowd attempted to answer this question with her 2005 book, “Are Men Necessary?” I responded three years later with “Save the Males.”

With each generation, the question becomes more declarative and querulous. Recent demographic shifts show women gaining supremacy across a spectrum of [...]]]> Dana Milbank: Accuse first and ask questions later http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130608/NEWS/130609646/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 8 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000

By Dana Milbank, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130608/NEWS/130609646/1007/OPINION
Asked by Fox’s Bill Hemmer what he hoped to learn at Monday afternoon’s hearing, Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., offered this bit of pre-hearing analysis:

“Of course, the [...]]]> Four Hannibal men made movie of Roosevelt's 1936 visit http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130607/NEWS/130609169/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 16:48:34 Mary Lou Montgomery http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130607/NEWS/130609169/1007/OPINION The black and white images of Franklin D. Roosevelt cutting the ribbon to officially open the original Mark Twain Memorial Bridge are etched in Hannibal’s historical memory. As many as 75,000 people gathered to watch the ceremony on Sept. 4, 1936, which included a six-mile presidential parade through Hanniba, a military fly-over and boat races on the river. Pictures show throngs of people gathered at the bridge approach, stretching shoulder to shoulder for blocks, along [...]]]> George Will: Seeking sense on sentencing http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130607/NEWS/130609647/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000

By George Will, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130607/NEWS/130609647/1007/OPINION
Seven-term [...]]]> Church league softball and why I am a writer not an athlete http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130606/SPORTS/130609315/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 7 Jun 2013 1:56:24 JASON FARMER jason.farmer@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130606/SPORTS/130609315/1007/OPINION Growing up, almost every kid wants to be a professional athlete. For me, it was baseball. I wanted to be a baseball player for as long as I could remember.
But, as I got older, I realized I did not possess the gift of being athletically inclined. I tried, but I just wasn't good enough.
I wanted a way to stay involved in the game, so I tried everything. I worked as an umpire for one year. I worked in the Oakland A's ticket office for seven years. I coached little league, I [...]]]> Esther Cepeda: For Romney, lessons not learned http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130606/NEWS/130609648/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 6 Jun 2013 1:00:00 +0000

By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130606/NEWS/130609648/1007/OPINION
As reported in The Wall Street Journal, Romney is planning on re-emerging in ways that will “help shape national priorities,” such as assisting the Republican Party as it tries to regain its footing with the non-white voters who ignored the GOP standard-bearer at the polls in 2012.

Yes, the man known for favoring the term “self-deportation” and offending scores of Hispanics by using the word [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Father Greeley: loving pugilist http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130605/NEWS/130609649/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 5 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000

By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

 http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130605/NEWS/130609649/1007/OPINION
Understanding Greeley, the priest, sociologist and novelist who died last week at 85, is essential to understanding the last half-century of American Catholic history and the glorious contradictions of politics.

He was a liberal whose [...]]]> A Little Salt: A promise behind a rainbow http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130603/NEWS/130609827/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 4 Jun 2013 8:30:00 +0000 DANNY HENLEY danny.henley@courierpost.com http://www.hannibal.net/article/20130603/NEWS/130609827/1007/OPINION