Traverse City Record-Eagle--Opinion http://www.record-eagle.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 13 May 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_134095700.html Editorial: Filling one hole could put TC out of kilter http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_134095700.html The issue: E. Front hole may be filled; Our view: We could lose our balance Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_134095703.html Letters to the Editor: 05/13/2008 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_134095703.html Death of middle class; A slippery slope; Senator needs to act Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_134095706.html Other View: Funding bill helps projects http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_134095706.html Five years into paying for two wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's outrageous that so much of the financing continues to be approved outside the normal budget process, through "emergency" spending bills that must be passed, must be passed in a hurry and therefore must risk ending up as vehicles for other initiatives. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:59 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_133095527.html Editorial: Cheers: 05/12/2008 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_133095527.html To the DNR for a gas-saving idea, the opening of the Sara Hardy Farmers' Market, Eric Hahn, the Inland Seas Education Association, the U.S. Forest Service, Don Hayden, Jr., the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, and parents of students at Bertha Vos Elementary. Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_133095529.html Letters to the Editor: 05/12/2008 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_133095529.html Put country at risk; Acme's treasure Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093559.html Forum: Stop stigmatizing mental illness http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093559.html The Michigan Association of Community Mental Health Boards encourages everyone to band together to promote awareness of mental health and developmental disability issues and combat stigma. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093602.html Letters to the Editor: 05/11/2008 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093602.html Renewable resource; More poop in a sack; Frustrated, irate citizens Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093611.html Op-ed: Obama has fences to mend in Mich. http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093611.html If, as expected, Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic presidential nominee, he could have explaining to do in Michigan on a few fronts, including snubbing its primary and bashing its auto industry. Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:55 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093618.html Op-ed: Deal's no victory for Clinton http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093618.html At first glance, the sudden agreement by Michigan's Democrats on a solution to their primary mess looks like a victory for Hillary Clinton. But in fact, it is anything but. Sun, 11 May 2008 09:54:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093556.html Editorial: County must scrap its opposition to trash plan http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_132093556.html The issue: Waste authority proposal; Our view: TC, Garfield should proceed Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095012.html Forum: Motorcyclists are at your mercy http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095012.html We are Michigan's road and street motorcyclists, and we are at your mercy. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:56 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095017.html Letters to the Editor: 05/10/2008 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095017.html Rough roads no joke!; Middle man is problem; Wake up, folks; No cypress mulch Sat, 10 May 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095004.html Editorial: Junta's man-made disaster http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095004.html There are natural disasters, about which humankind can do nothing to prevent. Consider the catastrophic Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Sat, 10 May 2008 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095009.html Editorial: Reading program fails test http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_131095009.html Primary and elementary schools are right to focus on the basics, but last week brought troubling news that a multi-billion-dollar national initiative to improve reading among young students appears to have fallen flat. Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:57 +0000 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_130100024.html Letters to the Editor: 05/09/2008 http://www.record-eagle.com/opinion/local_story_130100024.html Hoodwinking the public; Time for common sense; Outrageous column; Voter ID cards