Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Opinion Express

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Vacation elation
Critics, give our leaders a break

President Obama is taking heat for taking a vacation during a slumping economy. But it's important for leaders to take a break from being The Decider.

Byrne: Fracking and the road to energy independence

Spectacularly vast stores of natural gas — by some estimates a staggering 837 trillion cubic feet — trapped in shale formations thousands of feet below our nation's surface could endow America with decades of energy independence.
Chapman: A belated success in Libya

I was opposed to the U.S. military intervention in Libya last March, and even more opposed to President Obama's absurd position that he didn't need to abide by the War Powers Resolution because we were not involved in "hostilities." The air campaign against Moammar Gadhafi took five months to succeed, not the few days or weeks we were given to expect at the outset. But give the president credit: In the end, his effort looks like a success.
Today's columnists

Huppke: Photographer takes stand against high school meanness Huppke: Photographer takes stand against high school meanness

Jennifer McKendrick, a wedding and portrait photographer in western Pennsylvania, recently made a business decision that, to her great surprise, caught the nation's attention.
Editorial: 'Autumn of the Patriarchs'

One day last December, a policewoman in the Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid found a young man selling vegetables from a cart without a license. She confiscated the cart and the produce, slapped the vendor and spat in his face.

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