Will we have a Heid-free Globe for a while now that we’ve seen his “position paper” of a variety of subjects?
As for “Gitmo,” I pondered one person’s thought that it is technically illegal to house the prisoners at the Leavenworth site, one of the most-mentioned. This morning it came to me that the unsaid fact may be further true that it would be unconstitutional to house them anywhere on American soil — their very presence would afford them rights not yet currently granted them. As for torture, again, if I was subjected to any of the reported treatments (none denied, apparently), I would consider it torture. As the comedic hypocrisy goes — “surgery is minor until it happens to me.”
As for closings, we have seen the end of our agreements in the canal zone (Panama) and Clark in the Philippines, besides a few hundred other bases, in recent years. The base is no longer relevant to deter the failed remnants of Castroism, there being ample deterrent in Florida alone.
Guantanamo might well be a dinosaur of redundancy and obsolescence. To maintain the base simply because it gives us opportunity to do what would otherwise be illegal? Go figure. Obama will simply hasten the trials, long overdue, of the remaining prisoners to avoid the further foot-dragging of the obstinate, vote-seeking stonewallers.
Bill Hawkins
Joplin
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Voices: Dinosaur of redundancy
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Our View: Victims should come first
Millions of dollars in donations have poured in from around the world since the May 22, 2011, tornado. Those donations represent money from lemonade stands, charity auctions, corporate gifts and celebrity checks, just to name a few. In fact, one year later donations continue to come to Joplin.
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Beth Meeker, guest columnist: Same-sex marriage battle a quest for equal rights
I would like to take a moment to reply to guest columnist Anson Burlingame’s, “The Marriage Debate” (Globe, May 13).
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Sunday Forum: 2012 graduation speakers key on tornado, mall school and president’s visit
Editor’s note: In addition to speeches by President Barack Obama and Gov. Jay Nixon, Joplin High School’s top students addressed graduates, faculty, parents and other guests packed into the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center on the Missouri Southern State University campus. Following are the text of those speeches.
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Geoff Caldwell, guest columnist: Pack mentality takes truth as a casualty
President Obama’s Joplin graduation speech Monday showed that while there’s the political “right,” there’s also a very active “rabid” political right.
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Your View: ‘Study’ can mean anything
A few evenings ago, I watched a television program on the science of marriage.
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Our View: Support for museum
How can you tell the story of Joplin without the accounts of its mining history?
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Our View: Finding middle ground
The G-8 summit held last week in Camp David ended as expected.
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Anson Burlingame, guest columnist: Class of 2012 upholds character, hope
My oldest granddaughter was part of the class of 2012 from Joplin High School, and I attended the ceremony on Monday night.
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Scott Charton, guest columnist: 'Deadline in Disaster' film a story about storytellers
Local newspapers are at their best when they help their communities confront, understand, endure and overcome shared challenges.
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Our View: Make voting easiser
This year’s ballot will not include a proposed constitutional amendment that photo identification be required at the polls in Missouri. Good.
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