Opinions in the News
Below are the Editorial Opinions and Op-Ed articles appearing in today’s major newspapers.
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Financial Times
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May 22nd 2013 | 5:19 pm To get more people with an autism condition into gainful employment, at market wages, is a true economic and social contribution May 22nd 2013 | 5:02 pm Ban on candidates highlights the frailty of the Islamic regime and increases the likelihood of social unrest May 21st 2013 | 5:23 pm The economic case for independence remains unconvincing in spite of the first minister?s optimistic portrayal May 21st 2013 | 5:00 pm Rather than give multinational companies a bashing, Washington should close loopholes that encourage avoidance May 21st 2013 | 4:50 pm Tunisia?s moderate Islamist government has belatedly turned against radical Salafis to put a stop of political violence |
May 22nd 2013 | 5:52 pm The game of cat and mouse can be brought to a satisfactory conclusion if businesses are assessed on the basis of where they make their sales May 21st 2013 | 5:57 pm Activists selected him as PM in 2005 because they thought he would end their electoral losing streak. But they are regretting their choice May 21st 2013 | 5:50 pm The tech group?s main problems are slowing growth in iPhone sales and shrinking margins across its line-up. But it has rebooted before May 21st 2013 | 4:03 pm China, Taiwan and South Korea are all facing the problem of currency appreciation. The falling yen is salt rubbed into their wounds May 20th 2013 | 5:39 pm Far from fighting off foreign capital, leaders from India to South Africa are struggling to attract a greater share of global capital flows |
New York Times
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May 23rd 2013 | 5:00 am A measles outbreak in Britain would have never occurred if parents had respected the proven safety record of a vaccine. May 23rd 2013 | 5:00 am Lost in the focus on the State Department are pressing questions about the C.I.A.’s role. May 23rd 2013 | 5:00 am After a serious setback, the former dictator’s case must be pursued to a conclusion. May 22nd 2013 | 5:00 am Closing arguments in the case helped bring to light numerous problems with the New York Police Department?s controversial program. May 22nd 2013 | 5:00 am A Fox News reporter accused of conspiring with a leaker was just doing his job. His case is an example of how the Obama administration lacks respect for a free press. |
May 23rd 2013 | 3:44 am Political techniques may have changed, but lobbyists still deliver a terrific return on investment. May 23rd 2013 | 2:24 am Legalizing pot is the easy part. Figuring out how to regulate and tax the marketplace is much more complex. May 23rd 2013 | 1:44 am We should judge teaching not by the amount of knowledge it passes on, but by the enduring excitement it generates. May 23rd 2013 | 1:26 am Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary presented by a Senate panel, Apple denies avoiding taxes. May 23rd 2013 | 1:23 am Lost in the focus on the State Department are pressing questions about the C.I.A.?s role.
Washington Post
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May 22nd 2013 | 11:47 pm Early in May 22nd 2013 | 11:46 pm One way President Obama can begin to put the IRS scandal behind him is by proposing comprehensive tax reform. Beyond the usual Washington theatrics, the real problem is that the U.S. tax code is unbelievably complicated, clocking in around 74,000 pages, with all rulings, regulations and other material. The greater the complexity, the broader bureaucrats? powers to determine the status of an individual, corporation or association. A radically simplified tax code, even one that raised more revenue, would be good politics and good economics. May 22nd 2013 | 11:45 pm While listening to an May 22nd 2013 | 10:52 pm They were the speak-no-evil and see-no-evil duo of the Internal Revenue Service. Lois Lerner, who runs the IRS office that May 22nd 2013 | 1:54 pm You know the world?s gone mad when I think Rand Paul is the only one who made sense at Tuesday?s Senate grilling of Apple CEO Tim Cook. Cook?s crime? Making sure his firm pays as little in taxes as the law allows. May 22nd 2013 | 12:35 am There are various reasons you might not care about the May 22nd 2013 | 12:32 am Angelina Jolie?s genes threatened to kill her. But, for the time being anyway, she doesn?t own them. |
May 22nd 2013 | 11:25 pm Today May 22nd 2013 | 11:24 pm THE MOST far-reaching overhaul of the nation?s immigration system in a generation has May 22nd 2013 | 12:17 am APPLE HAS BROUGHT American consumers such popular wonders as the iPad, iPod and iPhone and May 22nd 2013 | 12:15 am ONE OF THE FIRST things D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) did after taking over the newly constituted education committee was host a May 22nd 2013 | 12:13 am NOT MANY DICTATORS or military juntas willingly give up power. Will Burma?s regime prove the exception? That was the ever-present though mostly unspoken question as President Thein Sein toured Washington this week. |
Wall Street Journal
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May 23rd 2013 | 11:37 am We're environmentalists, but pretending that solar power is ready for prime time is delusional. May 23rd 2013 | 5:12 am Perhaps to protect herself from Obama. May 23rd 2013 | 4:31 am Harvard Professor Ruth R. Wisse on Jewish gallows humor. May 22nd 2013 | 11:45 pm How Obama's "smart" government became abusive government. May 22nd 2013 | 11:41 pm If the President doesn't run the government, then who does? May 22nd 2013 | 11:40 pm Is the Department of Health and Human Services engaged in a domestic Iran-Contra? May 22nd 2013 | 11:31 pm Hitting Syria's airfields and war planes would be a game-changer?with U.S. forces not put in harm's way. May 22nd 2013 | 11:29 pm The central bank's purchases of Treasurys are leading to collateral shortages in the vital, $4-trillion repo market. May 22nd 2013 | 11:27 pm At least there's one NATO ally not gutting its defenses. May 22nd 2013 | 11:26 pm Tom Perez tries to dodge another housing discrimination case. |
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May 23rd 2013 | 9:43 am Review & Outlook: Palestinian Peace MessageThe Wall Street Journal Europe writes about the promise of "resistance" from Fatah's Jibril Rajoub. Palestinian Peace MessageA Palestinian leader makes a promise. Palestinian Peace MessageA Palestinian leader makes a promise. May 22nd 2013 | 10:54 pm David GothardDavid GothardDavid GothardDavid GothardDavid GothardDavid GothardDavid GothardDavid GothardDiana Bletter: My Life in a Chemical War ZoneAs an expatriate in Israel, I found it unsettling to be picking up gas masks. 'It's just part of life here,' my daughter said. Diana Bletter shares a slice of life in The Wall Street Journal. My Life in a Chemical War ZoneBy Diana Bletter
As an expatriate in Israel, I found it unsettling to be picking up gas masks. 'It's just part of life here,' my daughter said. Diana Bletter: My Life in a Chemical War ZoneAs an expatriate in Israel, I found it unsettling to be picking up gas masks. 'It's just part of life here,' my daughter said. May 22nd 2013 | 4:23 am Tax harmonization and green energy won't save Europe. May 21st 2013 | 3:41 am The next big European bank to need rescuing probably won't be home to dodgy Russian funds. May 15th 2013 | 1:19 am France's cultural levies enter the age of Web entertainment. |
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May 23rd 2013 | 11:37 am We're environmentalists, but pretending that solar power is ready for prime time is delusional. May 23rd 2013 | 10:10 am Cutting off exports from Dhaka would only create more misery. May 23rd 2013 | 5:12 am Perhaps to protect herself from Obama. May 23rd 2013 | 4:31 am Harvard Professor Ruth R. Wisse on Jewish gallows humor. May 22nd 2013 | 11:45 pm How Obama's "smart" government became abusive government. |
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