http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/category/guestopinion guestopinion news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2010 2010-09-09T15:49:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082610_grijalva_19thamendment/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/082610_grijalva_19thamendment/#When: 21:12:37Z Raúl M. Grijalva Thursday marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It is a day to reflect on America’s continuing fight for a truly free and just society. news, politics, family, history, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-08-26T21:12:37+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081710_giffords_solar/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081710_giffords_solar/#When: 23:41:21Z Gabrielle Giffords Having the largest solar power plant in the world in our backyard is not just a reminder of solar’s limitless potential. It is a testament to the fact that solar is a technology and economic driver that doesn’t need to wait for tomorrow. It already is here, bringing benefits to our state and nation. news, politics, business, environment, sci_tech, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-08-17T23:41:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081010_socialsecurity_giffords/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/081010_socialsecurity_giffords/#When: 22:06:47Z Gabrielle Giffords Social Security - the foundation of the modern U.S. pension system - has proven to be resounding success. We can and we will find reasonable ways to make it stable without switching to a risky privatization system. I am unwilling to gamble with seniors’ financial security in the stock market. news, politics, business, family, opinion, guestopinion, nationworld, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-08-10T22:06:47+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080210_concealed_carry_op/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/080210_concealed_carry_op/#When: 18:15:08Z Arizeder Urreiztieta Arizona recently loosened its restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon. But owning and bearing arms, with or without a hall pass, is no substitute for the vigilance required to participate in government. news, politics, crime, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-08-02T18:15:08+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/073010_goddard_cartels_op/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/073010_goddard_cartels_op/#When: 20:58:04Z Terry Goddard I’m reminded of Jack Dempsey’s adage, “the best defense is a good offense,” as Arizona considers its next steps in the wake of Judge Bolton’s ruling on SB 1070. We need to go on the offensive to fight border crime and solve the problem of illegal immigration now. flags, news, politics, border, crime, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-30T20:58:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_allstar_giffords/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/072110_allstar_giffords/#When: 00:14:22Z Gabrielle Giffords Guest Opinion: At the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Commissioner Selig was pressured to move next year’s game from Phoenix because of SB 1070. To his credit, he refused to accede, pointing out that moving the game wouldn’t affect Arizona lawmakers. nationworld, news, politics, border, business, local, arizona, sports, baseball, pro, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-22T00:14:22+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071810_pakistansecular/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071810_pakistansecular/#When: 00:12:11Z Sonya Fatah Dogged by internal crises, the rise of intolerant extremism, and a deliberately apathetic state and military response, Pakistan’s future seems bleak. Returning to a secular state may be the answer. nationworld, news, politics, faith, war, opinion, analysis, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, globalpost 2010-07-19T00:12:11+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_afghanistan_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/071310_afghanistan_col/#When: 16:41:31Z Norah Niland Gen. David Petraeus is unlikely to succeed if Afghan policy stays the same and persists in ignoring the ramifications of a long list of injustices that continue to pile up in Afghanistan. nationworld, news, politics, war, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-07-13T16:41:31+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070610_1070_column/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070610_1070_column/#When: 19:55:33Z Amy McMullen Guest opinion: The marching song of the backers of Arizona’s new immigration law SB 1070 includes an oft-repeated verse that this law has nothing to do with race. flags, news, politics, border, crime, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-07-06T19:55:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_goddard_oped_immigration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/070310_goddard_oped_immigration/#When: 12:25:03Z Terry Goddard Guest opinion: This week we heard two well-reasoned calls for reforming the nation’s badly broken immigration system. Though the calls came from very different places, they propose similar reforms that I have long supported and deserve the immediate attention of Congress. nationworld, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking 2010-07-03T12:25:03+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_solar_schools/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/063010_solar_schools/#When: 17:25:21Z Gabrielle Giffords Those of us who live in Arizona know that if there’s one resource we have in abundance, it is sunlight Given this plentiful resource, it only seems natural that we should harness its energy to power our homes, schools and businesses. flags, news, politics, business, education, environment, sci_tech, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking 2010-06-30T17:25:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062810_hotel_kozachik/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062810_hotel_kozachik/#When: 03:04:23Z Steve Kozachik Guest opinion: Councilman Steve Kozachik wants answers before the Rio Nuevo convention hotel gets the OK from the city. flags, news, politics, business, downtown, local, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-29T03:04:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_1070_letter/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/062510_1070_letter/#When: 19:11:59Z Charlie Levy Guest Opinion: An open letter to artists boycotting Arizona: By not performing in Arizona, artists are harming the very people and places that foster free speech and the open exchange of ideas that serve to counter the closed-mindedness recently displayed by the new law. flags, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, entertainment, celebs, music, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-25T19:11:59+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_anchor_baby_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_anchor_baby_col/#When: 16:26:30Z Amy McMullen It becomes apparent that this proposed legislation has some very disturbing and bizarre consequences that nobody has discussed yet. flags, news, politics, border, crime, local, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-16T16:26:30+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_patterson_1070_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061510_patterson_1070_col/#When: 23:59:23Z Daniel Patterson Gov. Jan Brewer and her Republican friends have been running around Arizona dismissing concerns about Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070. flags, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-06-15T23:59:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061410_goddard_paydayloans/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061410_goddard_paydayloans/#When: 22:30:43Z Terry Goddard Arizona’s law authorizing high-interest payday loans is scheduled to expire on June 30. In anticipation of this date, I have set up “Operation Sunset” to pursue and prosecute payday lenders who attempt to evade the ban on payday loans. flags, news, politics, business, crime, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking 2010-06-14T22:30:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061110_giffords_border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/061110_giffords_border/#When: 20:34:07Z Gabrielle Giffords Our nation’s border security efforts are a litany of failure. Border security is not a Republican issue, a Democratic issue or a campaign issue. It is an American issue. It is an issue of national security. And it is an absolute necessity. nationworld, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, lead_ok 2010-06-11T20:34:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060310_doom_gloom/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060310_doom_gloom/#When: 16:25:40Z Tom Fenton Gloom and doom sell books. Bad news sells newspapers and grabs television viewers. Especially bad news about America and dire predictions about where the country is heading. nationworld, news, politics, business, media, trans_growth, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-03T16:25:40+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060110_israel_gaza_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/060110_israel_gaza_col/#When: 20:10:09Z Mohamad Bazzi It’s time for Israel to end its three-year blockade of Gaza and for the international community to abandon its failed policy of trying to isolate Hamas. nationworld, news, politics, history, war, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost 2010-06-01T20:10:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052910_charter_school_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052910_charter_school_col/#When: 22:56:24Z Nelson Smith Charter schools have been around since 1992, but this is a breakthrough year. nationworld, news, politics, education, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-29T22:56:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052710_parraz_change/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052710_parraz_change/#When: 15:20:43Z David Morales Opinion: One month ago, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the draconian bill SB 1070 into law, legalizing racial profiling. In that month, Arizona changed. flags, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking 2010-05-27T15:20:43+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052510_commerce_goldwater/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052510_commerce_goldwater/#When: 16:39:56Z Clint Bolick As our nation’s capital continues to expand its power at an alarming rate, many conservatives (including me) are seeking shelter in the power of the states to protect the liberty of their citizens. H.R. 5034 invokes the language of states’ rights to give states the power to regulate interstate alcohol shipments. nationworld, news, politics, business, opinion, analysis, guestopinion, food, bars_drinks, breaking 2010-05-25T16:39:56+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052510_giffords_doc_col/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/052510_giffords_doc_col/#When: 16:26:33Z Gabrielle Giffords For too many years, Congress has kicked the Medicare physician reimbursement can down the road, refusing to make the tough and fiscally responsible decisions needed to keep this crucial program afloat. flags, news, politics, business, health, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-25T16:26:33+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_gonzales/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/051210_gonzales/#When: 15:18:06Z Robert Gonzales I am a Mexican American and a Republican. It pains me to see and hear so many Republicans express anti-immigrant sentiments, and it strikes me as politically fruitless to see so many Republicans support measures such as SB 1070. flags, news, politics, border, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-12T15:18:06+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_yes_on_100/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050610_yes_on_100/#When: 18:01:04Z MaryLee Moulton We don’t really have much of a choice when it comes to the Proposition 100 vote. Would you rather pay a temporary 1-cent sales tax to educate children and fund public safety or a permanent property tax to pay for more jail cells? flags, news, politics, business, crime, education, family, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok 2010-05-06T18:01:04+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050310_giffords/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050310_giffords/#When: 19:58:45Z Gabrielle Giffords Angel Thunder, an international training exercise based in Southern Arizona, helps our service members hone the skills they need to bring aid to areas devastated by natural disasters and to rescue American and coalition troops wounded in battle or downed behind enemy lines. flags, news, politics, war, local, arizona, opinion, guestopinion, breaking 2010-05-03T19:58:45+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050310_dontgetshot/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/050310_dontgetshot/#When: 18:56:07Z Hugh A. Holub In the event you are stopped by the police, and are unfamiliar with the rules of police encounters, The Frumious Bandersnatch has the following advice (learned years ago when we used to be followed around by the FBI): flags, news, crime, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, columnist 2010-05-03T18:56:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042710_hate_state/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/042710_hate_state/#When: 16:18:21Z Mort Rosenblum It is eerie and ugly, coming home to a state of the union that now incites cops to roust fourth-generation Americans on the simple evidence of a suntan. That smacks of what evil empires do. Arizona is not yet Azerbaijan but neither is it, any longer, the big-hearted Mexican-accented place I loved to say I was from. nationworld, news, politics, border, history, local, arizona, opinion, analysis, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, lead_ok, globalpost, mexico_latin 2010-04-27T16:18:21+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030110_democracy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/030110_democracy/#When: 14:44:07Z Tom Fenton The CBS London bureau now stands half empty, and the dwindling band of survivors wonder who will go next. Now ABC News has announced much deeper cuts. The Baltimore Sun now has only a skeleton staff. You would be silly to spend money buying a copy. You could read it in 10 minutes.  nationworld, news, business, education, media, sci_tech, opinion, analysis, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines, globalpost 2010-03-01T14:44:07+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022610_haiti/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local|sports|arts|opinion|nationworld/report/022610_haiti/#When: 17:54:07Z Michael Clemens How can America best help the survivors of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake? Give them visas to come to the United States. nationworld, news, politics, border, environment, opinion, guestopinion, breaking, hub_headlines 2010-02-26T17:54:07+00:00