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. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 1:39:00 +0000 Where do we sign for privacy amendment? http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619301/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:46:37 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619301/1007/OPINION Thumbs up — thumbs down http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619302/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:44:54 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130617/OPINION/130619302/1007/OPINION Thumbs up

Relay for Life raises nearly $70,000
Thumbs up to all those who helped make this year’s McPherson Relay for Life such a huge success last weekend.
Due to your support, the American Cancer Society will receive nearly $70,000 towards cancer research, both locally and nationally.
The [...]]]> Kathleen Parker: Tweaking real life http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 17 Jun 2013 1:14:00 +0000 By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130617/NEWS/130619705/1007/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.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sun, 16 Jun 2013 1:10:00 +0000 By Eugene Robinson, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130616/NEWS/130619706/1007/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.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619707/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Sat, 15 Jun 2013 1:07:00 +0000 By E.J. Dionne, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130615/NEWS/130619707/1007/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 [...]]]> Kent Bush: It just isn't Father's Day without Dad http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:00 +0000 Kent Bush http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619468/1007/OPINION Father's Day Q-and-A http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619457/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:14:47 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619457/1007/OPINION Loving and supportive dads matter http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619458/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:12:45 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619458/1007/OPINION A bittersweet Father's Day http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619460/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:10:31 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/OPINION/130619460/1007/OPINION Esther Cepeda: One for the books http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 14 Jun 2013 1:03:00 +0000 By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130614/NEWS/130619708/1007/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 [...]]]> A Catholic Economy: Part IV http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619592/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 9:57:37 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619592/1007/OPINION Dawn of the cicadas http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619593/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 9:55:45 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130613/OPINION/130619593/1007/OPINION Dana Milbank: The backlash of too much secrecy http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 13 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By Dana Milbank, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130613/NEWS/130619711/1007/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 [...]]]> Reader: Traffic ticket shows double standard http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/OPINION/130619723/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:04:43 Donald Johnson Guest Columnist http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/OPINION/130619723/1007/OPINION Meteorologists have the luckiest job http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/OPINION/130619724/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:01:36 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/OPINION/130619724/1007/OPINION Surveillance and time management http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/OPINION/130619725/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:00:09 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/OPINION/130619725/1007/OPINION George Will: Too sweet to kill http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 12 Jun 2013 1:01:00 +0000 By George Will, Washington Post http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130612/NEWS/130619840/1007/OPINION These immortal measures just received the Senate’s benediction because they illustrate the only law Washington can be counted on to [...]]]> Giant pink slugs! http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619823/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:10:45 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619823/1007/OPINION Lessons from the land http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619824/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:07:16 http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619824/1007/OPINION Kent Bush: Big Brother has too much time on his hands http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619883/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 8:00:45 Kent Bush http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/article/20130611/OPINION/130619883/1007/OPINION