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OpinionThe best pick for Romney vice president? The one no one's talking about.Speculation over Mitt Romney's pick for vice president repeats the same few names. But there’s another VP Mr. Romney should consider, someone who could help him with the Jewish vote and gain him support in a crucial swing state: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia.
A Christian Science PerspectiveSunflowers' promise of hope and unityA Christian Science perspective: Sometimes a scene in nature provides a fresh view of how things could be. A field of sunflowers in Kansas gave such a glimpse.
Five ways the Republican National Convention can excite voters The images, themes, and sound bites generated at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 27-30 will set the tone for the rest of the election season. Here are five suggestions the GOP can use at its convention to excite voters and chart a path to victory.
OpinionRepublican references to 'real Americans' incite division and fearAmerica is changing in ways Sarah Palin's 'real Americans' don't like. As the US diversifies, to remain relevant, the GOP must abandon divisive language that Michelle Bachmann and others have used recently and instead embrace a more unifying message.
The Monitor's ViewWhen half of India loses electricity, time for lessons on going localIndia's electricity grid went out for 600 million people Tuesday. The historic blackout shows how nations must reconsider big, complex infrastructure like centralized electric utilities.
OpinionIran's new quest for nuclear submarines: dangerous and needlessIran recently announced plans to develop nuclear-powered submarines, requiring enough highly enriched uranium for two nuclear weapons. Tehran's ambition seems to be more than just a bargaining chip. Upping the ante on its questionable nuclear program is dangerous and needless.
The Monitor's ViewAn opening for gun control after Colorado shooting and charges on James HolmesEven as Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes faces 24 murder charges, a conservative Supreme Court justice speaks out on gun control and legal limits on gun rights.
- A Christian Science PerspectivePeace, safety, and the Olympic ideal
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- A Christian Science PerspectiveGems in your crown
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- Readers RespondReaders Write: How to eliminate tax breaks (and the deficit); Wake up, 99 percent
Letters to the Editor for the July 30, 2012 weekly print issue: Look at effective tax rates, cap deductions, put an expiration date on tax breaks; With the US meritocracy now based on nepotism and cronyism, the '99 percent' had better wake up and demand better.
After Aurora: the role of media violenceThe connection between violent images and violent acts is an age-old debate. Recent research appears to show the connection is real. So what's to be done? There's an age-old antidote.
OpinionPass a Violence Against Women Act that protects American Indian womenEighty-six percent of the perpetrators of sexual offenses against American Indian women are non-Indian, but tribal police have no authority to detain them. The House must pass a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that includes key protections for American Indian women.
Tracing America's green rootsJohn Muir and Gifford Pinchot represent the two strains of environmentalism in the United States -- and most of us think like both of them. We want nature pristine and undisturbed, but we also rely on its resources and understand the need to use care in extracting them.
- A Christian Science PerspectiveEncouragement from 'The Ugly Duckling'
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The Monitor's ViewFalse choice between Affordable Care Act and religious libertyA federal judge temporarily rules that the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") infringes on the religious freedom of a company's owners who oppose paying for the birth control of their workers. Such suits would disappear if Congress simply provided universal health care in noncoercive ways.
OpinionNCAA crackdown shouldn't stop at Penn State: BCS uses students like gladiatorsThe Penn State scandal isn't the only injustice to plague college football. In fact, that damaging lack of transparency is endemic. The NCAA should continue to clean house by taking control of the Bowl Championship Series, which, driven by greed, uses college players like gladiators.
OpinionPeople in Myanmar (Burma) must learn to 'think freedom'Whatever the military's motivation for allowing reforms in Burma (Myanmar), the people – led by Aung San Suu Kyi – are cautiously beginning to exercise their newfound freedom. But transitional democracies are notoriously unstable. People must learn how to think and act democratically.
The Monitor's ViewOne event to watch in 2012 Summer Olympics in London: online gamblingA global explosion of Internet gaming on sports has organizers of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London worried – to the point of tracking any unusual betting patterns on the Games. US states eager for online betting should heed these concerns.
OpinionWhy it won't be a problem if Marissa Mayer stumblesYahoo! Inc. appointing Marissa Mayer as its new CEO is being hailed as a victory for women in technology, women business leaders, and even for mothers in the workplace. But it is not a signal that parity has been reached.
OpinionA letter to Aurora, from Virginia Tech: James Holmes does not define your cityYou and I are bound together by the ties of similar tragedy and survival. It is easy to dwell on the horrendous events in our towns and to blame or hate. But such dwelling keeps us looking backward and can prevent our moving forward – as we must. I offer these suggestions.
