http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F Daily News Opinion pages en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=190292&44=19001494&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2F20080516_Elmer_Smith__We_need_full-valuation_property_tax__but_who_s_gutsy_enough_to_push_it_.html THE PRUDENT politician would sooner French-kiss a snaggletoothed crocodile than hear his name and the words "tax hike" in the same sentence. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 1d16a962e90f5bda3764a65fb9a2b7ea 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001594&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_Christine_M__Flowers__SNOB_APPEAL.html IHATE beer. Can't bowl. Guns scare me. Sometimes miss Mass. Have two college degrees. Speak four languages. Lived in Europe. Practice immigration law. Don't own a flag pin. And I absolutely love brie. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT cf3a2145c24b692e0811da7d9f5a68e4 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001614&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_Letters__The_heroic_side_of_Sen__Vince.html IT WAS amusing to read Christine Flowers' op-ed contending that Sen. Vince Fumo doesn't understand the rest of the state very well and that his hyperbolic comment about the legislature passing a slavery bill was another case of Philadelphia officials hurting the city's cause in Harrisburg. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT d779a5e9325817fe03c0b7f0f508f919 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001609&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_Letters__Not_quite_happy_with_Byko.html FOR YEARS, I've read Stu Bykofsky's work and admired his role in the animal-rights community. But his four-part series about PAWS has me somewhat confused. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT a0df3cb023bf0ddc3470e181d857bb7c 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001619&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_Letters__A_crime_whiteout.html Re "If guns are the problem, why aren't Hispanic, Asian and white males killing each other?": First, the press reports more black-on-black crimes. Second, whites are so busy leaving the border open, killing people in schools, molesting in churches, kiddie porn, meth labs, political crimes. Maybe whites are killing whites in the suburbs. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT d9137304a9e6a1f9107d690087af4d76 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001624&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_Letters__A_brother_s_praise.html TO SOLOMON Jones: My man, you've done it again! The only reason I even bother to get up on Saturdays is your column. The latest was especially funny because it brought back memories of me being the "pesky brother." I have three sisters and made it my life's mission to irk or ruin all three of their lives. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 8f580387666e564ade7a0283c3efe6a5 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001599&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_McCain_s_strange__truths_.html WHAT a difference a decade makes. Back in the Monica days of the late '90s, no matter what side of impeachment you were on, most of us could only shake our heads as Bill Clinton tried to deflect a prosecutorial inquiry by parsing the precise definition of the word "is." Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT fff5479231b2b47fb6fa0f681694d3b7 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001604&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_Letters__POLICE_DEATHS__BEATINGS___BACKLASH.html IREAD THE Daily News and the letters in response to events every day and move on. This time, I just couldn't. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT cdbabfd10099953390a296276a3fed02 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=19001584&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080516_BUSH___EPA_WAGE_WAR_ON_SCIENCE.html ACHILD'S BIOPSY shows early-stage cancer, with a high survival rate if treated in time. But his parents secretly pressure the doctor to alter the results because they don't want to pay the medical bills. Fri, 16 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 5ab76c0f8c6b8798e046b03215f83039 2008-05-16T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964824&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_Michael_Smerconish__END_THE_WAR_OF_THE_WINE_GUYS.html CHUCK Stone was legendary in these pages for, among other things, his role as the man to whom fugitives would turn when they were ready to submit to authorities. Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 8b4026941b684d08d4f8522191e60022 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964804&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_Letters__ALL_THE_ZOO_ANIMALS_NEED_OUR_HELP.html A.J. THOMSON'S recent op-ed about the Philadelphia Zoo contains one indisputable fact: The elephant exhibit is inadequate. Unfortunately, the elephants aren't the only ones among the zoo's 1,600 animals suffering in inadequate digs. Look no farther than right next door to the elephants, where a lone rhino is confined to a tiny barren yard. The zoo hasn't even bothered to provide the rhino with any shade - not even an easily available cheap awning. Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 0e2ad23a60ed9d4dc54522169b5f7fb8 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964799&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_SCHOOL-SAFETY_CONFUSION.html ARE OUR SCHOOLS dangerous hellholes where discipline is lax and the very buildings themselves are falling down, or is the issue of safety in our schools being adequately addressed? Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT efa67deaaa2ea4f3428c7bd94150c908 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964829&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_Meet_the_city_s_new__Mr__Green_.html MARK ALAN Hughes, distinguished senior fellow at Penn since 1999, began writing a column for the Daily News in 2001. Last year, he put the column on hold when he enrolled in architecture school at Penn, and now Hughes is moving on to his next adventure. Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 4d11f8734791bacc7d0e53173817c48e 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964814&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_Letters___Just_me_being_me_.html I'D LIKE TO apply for the same immunity from stupidity that's been granted to some public figures. I'm tired of hearing excuses like "Well, that's just Vince being Vince" or "Charles being Charles." Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 79bb2e39697eb8cddcf29ac3238950b6 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964819&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_Letters__Bring__Payoff__to_Net.html WHEN is the Daily News going to join the 21st century and allow the public to enter the Home Run Payoff via the Internet? "No purchase necessary," but to do that, you have only one option: travel to 400 N. Broad St. Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT 0622432b7c6d2246ed641019ab1d8159 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167751&44=18964809&32=3796&7=195457&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fdailynews%2Fopinion%2F20080515_Letters__Dwight_s_not_so_right.html IN HIS op-ed, Dwight Evans asks if it is too soon to consider how the kind of structure, planning and control provided by state takeovers of schools would work as a model of school reform statewide. Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT f559d9c6ec87ad15532a5abaed341cd1 2008-05-15T07:01:00Z