MarshallNewsMessenger - Latest News - Opinion Headlines http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com The latest headlines from MarshallNewsMessenger en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., MarshallNewsMessenger Sat, 17 May 2008 08:08:13 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/82/52/image_1352828.jpg MarshallNewsMessenger - Latest News - Opinion Headlines http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com 5 Daydreaming while thinking of Iraq http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051608_web_ed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051608_web_ed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:19:33 EDT In an Ohio speech given by John McCain Thursday, the presumptive Republican nominee predicted the war in Iraq will have been won by the end of his first term in office — if he is elected, of course — and that Iraq will be a functioning democracy by that time. Conferences encourage those who have the 'urge' to write http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051508_web_ed_h.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051508_web_ed_h.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:04:27 EDT Since the mid-1990s I have been involved in planning, promoting and encouraging writing conferences. One year after vigorously promoting the conference we were planning, a person said, "I didn't think there would be that many writers in East Texas!" Farm bill prime example of wasteful spending http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051508_web_ed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051508_web_ed.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 Wed, 14 May 2008 23:03:58 EDT These days farm subsidies amount mostly to welfare for the rich. The day of the small family farm where subsidies were depended upon just to get by are mostly gone. More twists arise in 2008 presidential race http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051408_WEB_editorial.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051408_WEB_editorial.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:17 EDT The Republicans have their own "Ralph Nader" now that former GOP Congressman Bob Barr has decided to run for president on the Libertarian ticket. History of Myanmar much brighter than its present http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051408_WEB_latham.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/051408_WEB_latham.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=9 Tue, 13 May 2008 23:59:49 EDT The latest news from Myanmar — what used to be called Burma — is more grim than imaginable. It is a testimony to the capacity of human evil, as if we really needed more examples of that.