mcphersonsentinel.com http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/section/OPINION mcphersonsentinel.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Wed, 22 May 2013 7:53:24 +0000 Esther Cepeda: Missing school -- for vacation http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 22 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130522/NEWS/130529793/1007/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 [...]]]> Legislature works toward tax compromise http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529812/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 13:04:41 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529812/1007/OPINION On Memorial Day, remembering those who served http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529813/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 13:03:07 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529813/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Devastating storms restore perspective http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 7:35:58 Kent Bush http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529864/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Being different but not feeling different http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 21 May 2013 6:57:22 Kent Bush http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130521/OPINION/130529869/1007/OPINION Rodeo thanks workers, businesses http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529947/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 15:18:21 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529947/1007/OPINION Debtors' prison thriving in America http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529948/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:13 +0000 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529948/1007/OPINION Thumbs up — thumbs down http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529949/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:58 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130520/OPINION/130529949/1007/OPINION Thumbs up

City approves housing incentive program
We give a thumbs up this week to the McPherson City Commission, which on Monday voted to support a housing incentives program.
Starting on July 1, those who buy a newly constructed home within McPherson will be eligible to get a rebate on their city property taxes, as well as a $2,000 [...]]]> George Will: On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 19 May 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130519/NEWS/130519391/1007/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.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 18 May 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130518/NEWS/130519394/1007/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 [...]]]> Kent Bush: Education too important to be used in legislators' tug-of-war http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519254/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519254/1007/OPINION Mom wants to work but also watch 2-year-old http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519298/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 11:21:44 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519298/1007/OPINION Dear Dave,

I'm a stay-at-home mom now, and my husband brings home $2,600 a month. We're trying to get out of debt, but we need more money coming in. I want to go back to work, but emotionally part of me feels like I should stay home with our 2-year-old daughter. What do you think?
— Kayla
Dear Kayla,
 How far do we allow government to go? http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519299/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 11:18:23 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519299/1007/OPINION What's black and round and tread all over? http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519300/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 11:16:19 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/OPINION/130519300/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: Asleep at the wheel http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519396/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130519396/1007/OPINION Late Monday came the breathtaking news of a full-frontal assault on the First Amendment by his administration: word that the Justice Department had gone on a fishing expedition through months of phone records of Associated Press reporters.
And yet President Obama reacted much as he did to the equally astonishing revelation on Friday that the IRS had targeted conservative groups based on their ideology. He [...]]]> The Money Story: Part IV http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519411/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 10:13:08 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519411/1007/OPINION Countess me in http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519414/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 9:55:44 +0000 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519414/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: How far do we allow the government to go? http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519459/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 7:21:09 Kent Bush http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/OPINION/130519459/1007/OPINION Michael Gerson: The IRS needs an audit http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519796/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 1:35:00 +0000 By Michael Gerson, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519796/1007/OPINION The IRS has managed a similar confirmation. For years, tea party and patriot groups have breathlessly alleged that federal bureaucrats were conspiring against the [...]]]> Reflections in a makeshift memorial http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130515/OPINION/130519543/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 15 May 2013 11:03:10 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130515/OPINION/130519543/1007/OPINION