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A WEEK OF GLOBE OP-ED COLUMNS
Golfing with John Updike
In 30 years, John and I spent at least 5,000 hours playing golf. We had a regular foursome, but often it was just John and I, walking along side-by-side, bags on our shoulders, talking. (By Stephen Bergman, Boston Globe)
Weighing an ounce of healthcare prevention
The medical system can no longer afford us the luxury of plopping down in front of our
doctors and just saying "fix me." (By Terry L. Schraeder, Boston Globe)
Raindrops, new outlooks keep falling on our heads
The "random walk" of rain drops, an unknown phrase from statistical analysis, was your first metaphor for the unpredictability of life. (By James Carroll, Boston Globe)
Turning baby steps into long strides in warming fight
Critical provisions promoting investment in clean-energy technology must be preserved as the American Clean Energy and Security Act moves forward in Congress. (By John Kassel, Boston Globe)
Leaders are extremist
The city has helped the Wahabi clerical establishment and the Muslim Brotherhood set up shop in the Cradle of Liberty, flying a false flag of moderation. (By Dennis Hale and Charles Jacobs, Boston Globe)
An indictment of New Haven
The city, thumbing its nose not only at federal guidelines but also at the prohibition in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act against disparate treatment in employment on the basis of race, threw out the firefighter exam results. (By David R. Cameron, Boston Globe)
A deadly organ donor system
The result of our misguided altruism-only organ donation system is much the same: too few organs and too much death. (By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist)
Trustworthy community
I have encountered only graciousness, sincerity, and warmth in my dealings with leaders of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center and the Muslim American Society-Boston. (By Michael Felsen, Boston Globe)
New rules are needed for the head of this House
Perhaps certain structural changes could be made so that people do not serve so long that the Legislature becomes their life, job, and home. (By Peter Lucas, Boston Globe)
A country to celebrate
In honor of this being the first such Fourth with an African-American president, I offer images of mine over the last two years of President Obama campaigning. (By Derrick J. Jackson, Globe Columnist)
The time to talk about racial divide
Last month, I witnessed diverse groups that appeared ready, in a way the generation before them had not, to engage in honest dialogue about our racial past and what that means to our future. (By David Harris, Boston Globe)
Legacy of revolution
Our "Glorious Revolution" created a large chip that we have been carrying around on our national shoulder. (By Robert Finch, Boston Globe)
Happy Dependence Day
We foster an unrealistic view of the way we live, not just in the designated years of caring for our children but in the undesignated years when we care for our elders. (By Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe)
OK, I admit it: I love this weather!
Every day that doesn't produce 90 degrees and a dew point of 70 is a gift. Every night I can sleep with the windows open and not hear the whine of an air conditioner is a relief. (By Kathleen Hennrikus, Boston Globe)
Put transit where the people are
No serious evidence supports the claims that the national high-speed rail agenda will jump-start economic growth in unlikely spots. (By Edward L. Glaeser, Boston Globe)
Don’t throw the keys to the Fed
The Obama administration's plan to close the existing regulatory gap by using the Federal Reserve Bank as the main systemic-risk regulator doesn't make sense. It would give more responsibility to the Fed at a time when it hasn't earned it -- as the recent banking debacle makes clear. (By Mark T. Williams, Boston Globe)
The Patrick approach to politics
Governor Deval Patrick hired Barack Obama's campaign manager to help run his 2010 reelection bid. But Patrick is no Obama, as their mutual strategist, David Plouffe, must understand. (By Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe)
The recession is making us sick
"Recession obesity" is the term du jour for the unhealthy side effects of people who lose their jobs and health insurance, then drop their gym memberships, delay medical care, and eat cheaper but less healthy meals. But it doesn't have to be this way. (By Wendy Everett and Paul S. Grogan, Boston Globe)
The poster boy for grace under pressure
Wimbledon semifinalist Roger Federer is not only a poster boy for how to play tennis, but how to carry oneself in life -- with grace under pressure, brains over brawn, agility over ferocity, elegance and sophistication over coarseness and churlishness. (By Ed Siegel, Boston Globe)
No climate debate? Yes, there is
President Obama declared Saturday that "There is no longer a debate about whether carbon pollution is placing our planet in jeopardy. It’s happening." No debate? The debate over global warming is more robust than it has been in years. (By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist)
Inequity on the roadways
Today, for the first time in more than a decade, drivers coming into Boston on the Mass. Pike or through the Sumner Tunnel have good reason to celebrate when they pay their tolls - yes, celebrate. (By Jan Schlichtmann and Sandra Murphy, Boston Globe)
Lighting up our summer nights
We all know what's good about fireworks in the sky. And that's where fireworks belong: in the sky, not in kids' hands - reflected in a child's glimmering eyes, not lodged there. (By Steve Macone, Boston Globe)
Enough already on Michael Jackson!
Have you heard that Michael Jackson died? Actually, let me rephrase the question. Have you heard much of anything else since last Thursday? (By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist)
VoxOp
The Bernie Madoff sentencing and the toll hike debate. (Boston Globe)
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