Editorial
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.
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General Stanley McChrystal had to go.

The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is an American hero — widely known as a tireless, inspiring leader, a fearless warrior and a military genius. If anybody could lead the U.S. to victory in an increasingly difficult war, it was seen as McChrystal.

Still, President Obama could not keep him on the job.

Editorial excerpts from CNHI Newspapers
June 22, 2010

Neil Young’s clarion call
The Kokomo Tribune
Kokomo, Ind.

Forty years ago, on May 4, members of the Ohio National Guard fired more than 60 rounds of live ammunition into a crowd of college students at Kent State University.
Nine students were wounded, one of them paralyzed. Four others –
- Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra
Scheuer -– were killed.
Krause and Miller had participated in a protest of the Vietnam War’s expansion into Cambodia. About 2,000 others did as well.

Editorial excerpts from CNHI newspapers
June 15, 2010

British backlash unjustified as frustration with BP rises
The Norman Transcript
Norman, Okla.

British Petroleum’s tarnished image from nearly two months of oil leaking in the Gulf of Mexico has translated to criticism of all things British. Some political analysts say President Obama’s relentless bashing of the corporate giant is threatening relations on both sides of the Atlantic and jeopardizing a trusted ally.

The EagleTribune,North Andover, Mass.
June 12, 2010
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The unfolding story of bribery and fraud in New Hampshire offers stark evidence of how lax enforcement of immigration laws is making us vulnerable to terrorists.

It took nearly 200 agents from 17 law enforcement agencies nine months to bust a conspiracy that authorities said involved paying off state employees in exchange for providing fraudulent driver's licenses and vehicle inspection stickers to illegal immigrants.

Editorial excerpts from CNHI newspapers
June 11, 2010

Drone debate
New Castle News
New Castle, Pa.

The United States uses military drone aircraft in Afghanistan and Pakistan to target al-Qaida and Taliban leaders.

It’s a secret program, although you would never know it by the number of reports that winds up in the press about drone strikes. Whenever a key figure is killed, or whenever something goes wrong and the drones take the lives of Afghan civilians, it’s big news.