crookstontimes.com http://www.crookstontimes.com/section/OPINION crookstontimes.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Sun, 26 May 2013 1:21:55 +0000 Dana Milbank: An Alabama senator’s lost cause http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130526/NEWS/130529762/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 26 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130526/NEWS/130529762/1007/OPINION Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary Committee. Although its ultimate fate is unclear, its passage by the committee is assured, and conservatives on the panel such as ranking Republican Chuck Grassley (Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (Utah) are doing what they can to improve the bill. Even firebrands such as Ted [...]]]> Charles Krauthammer: Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529765/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 25 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130525/NEWS/130529765/1007/OPINION Let the facts speak for themselves. They are damning enough. Let Gregory Hicks, [...]]]> Column: Not quite the happiest phone call ever, but close http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529715/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 12:15:00 +0000 Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529715/1007/OPINION Editorial: Not that anyone asked, but here's some advice to this year's graduates http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529716/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130524/OPINION/130529716/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: Baseless fears of Common Core http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529884/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 24 May 2013 1:23:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130524/NEWS/130529884/1007/OPINION Cheers and Jeers http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529791/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer Amanda Wagner, Times Intern http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130523/OPINION/130529791/1007/OPINION E.J. Dionne: Is democracy in trouble? http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529885/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 23 May 2013 1:00:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130523/NEWS/130529885/1007/OPINION Our circumstances certainly have their own particular disabilities: a radicalization of conservative politics, over-the-top mistrust of President Obama on the right, high-tech [...]]]> Esther Cepeda: Missing school -- for vacation http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529886/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529886/1007/OPINION This also happens at the beginning of the school year and during the holidays as parents take their children out of classes for long family trips. But I can tell you from first-hand experience that there’s nothing worse than getting through the [...]]]> EDITORIAL: Billboard itself is no big deal, just don't mock Minnesota http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529892/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:33 +0000 Mike Christopherson http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529892/1007/OPINION Bergeson column: Nothing more comforting than the first thunder crack? http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529893/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:19 Eric Bergeson http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529893/1007/OPINION COLUMN: Bison Football move to FBS: Leave well enough alone http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529899/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 10:53:36 Derek Martin, Sports Editor http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130521/SPORTS/130529899/1007/OPINION Editorial: This week's five things http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529950/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 11:55:19 Times' Staff http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529950/1007/OPINION CHS Student Writer: The life of a high school senior http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529971/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 11:21:38 Kaitlyn Spivey, Student Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529971/1007/OPINION George Will: On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519684/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 19 May 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519684/1007/OPINION Last week, a disagreement between two conservative think tanks erupted when the Heritage Foundation excoriated the immigration reform proposed by a bipartisan group of eight senators. Heritage’s [...]]]> Kathleen Parker: Benghazi redacted http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519686/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519686/1007/OPINION This, we are supposed to accept, is the conclusion to be drawn about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, despite congressional testimony suggesting that significant efforts were made to camouflage those mistakes.
As Democrats and Republicans alike know all too well: It’s always the cover-up.
Yet in this case, where so clearly the State Department and others in the Obama administration took extra steps to mischaracterize what happened the night Ambassador [...]]]> COLUMN: High-profit food companies target sugar farmers http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519613/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 10:38:15 Jack Roney, American Sugar Alliance http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519613/1007/OPINION EDITORIAL: Online dating? It is what you make of it. http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519615/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:34 Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519615/1007/OPINION CHRISTOPHERSON COLUMN: Old, empty buildings aren't the real hazard http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519618/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 10:31:38 Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519618/1007/OPINION CHS STUDENT WRITER: Crookston, forever my home http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519632/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 9:52:14 Kylie Simmons, Student Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519632/1007/OPINION CHS STUDENT WRITER: Costa Rica, here we come! http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519637/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 9:45:33 Abbie Anderson, Student Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519637/1007/OPINION Costa Rica!]]>