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. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:08 +0000 VIEWPOINT: Coming together for Minnesota Farmers http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130619/OPINION/130619562/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:00 +0000 U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130619/OPINION/130619562/1007/OPINION Davis, Crookston's first mayor, was a Jack of all trades http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619581/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Kristina Gray http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619581/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The left turns compliant on violating civil liberties http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619590/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 19 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130619/NEWS/130619590/1007/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.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi defended the programs’ legality and said [...]]]> CHRISTOPHERSON EDITORIAL: Swimming pool continues to be a budget headache http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619606/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:47 Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619606/1007/OPINION Bergeson Column: Honored to take part in a beautiful country funeral http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619603/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Eric Bergeson http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130618/OPINION/130619603/1007/OPINION Five things http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619651/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:21:57 Times newsroom staff http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619651/1007/OPINION Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619849/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 1:14:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619849/1007/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. She was brash, tough (neurotic), and above all sexy. Where the [...]]]> Eugene Robinson: We still need this debate http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619850/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 1:10:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619850/1007/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 checked out of the Hong Kong hotel where he [...]]]> E.J. Dionne: Libertarianism’s Achilles’ heel http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619851/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 15 Jun 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619851/1007/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.
Libertarians have the virtue, in [...]]]> JENSEN EDITORIAL: When it comes to our time on earth, quality probably outpaces quantity http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619732/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:30:00 +0000 Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619732/1007/OPINION CHRISTOPHERSON COLUMN: These are a few of my new, favorite things http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619731/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:15:00 +0000 Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619731/1007/OPINION Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619852/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619852/1007/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 storyteller’s hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat words. My choices will be to either [...]]]> Thanks for a great MOYC http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619770/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Francine Olson http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619770/1007/OPINION Cheers and jeers http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619768/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:45:00 +0000 Torrie Greer, Times Intern Jaime Jensen, Staff Writer http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619768/1007/OPINION Jeers...to irresponsible pet owners.]]> Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619853/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619853/1007/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 difficulty if he hadn’t delivered a kick in the gut to the American public just [...]]]> George Will: Too sweet to kill http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619920/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619920/1007/OPINION These immortal measures just received the Senate’s benediction because they illustrate the only law Washington can be counted on to [...]]]> Letter to the editor: Will you be the one to take the Crookston Area Community Fund over the top? http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619938/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:30:00 +0000 CACF Advisory Board http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619938/1007/OPINION CHRISTOPHERSON EDITORIAL: If plan says ward command posts need to be open, then they need to be activated http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619940/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:30:00 +0000 Mike Christopherson, Managing Editor http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619940/1007/OPINION Column: Piano, and a chat with a hero, helps pass a rainy day http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619939/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:15:00 +0000 Eric Bergeson http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619939/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: A misplayed great game http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619950/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619950/1007/OPINION At some point, the word “worst” -- already a superlative -- ceases to be sufficient. Syria’s downward [...]]]>