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TODAY'S GLOBE EDITORIALS
What's still to fall in China
CHINESE LEADERS are being far more open about the earthquake in Sichuan province than their predecessors were after a similar disaster in 1976, and more open than the Burmese junta after a cyclone devastated much of the country earlier this month. But the presence in Sichuan of Chinese and foreign reporters reveals only part of the story. A better test ... (Boston Globe)
Safer in tight quarters
THE FINAL investigation report of the US Chemical Safety Board offers exhaustive detail on the cause of the vapor-fueled explosion at the CAI/Arnel ink and paint manufacturing plant that devastated a Danvers neighborhood in 2006. For all the technical drawings, timelines, and explosion reconstruction analyses, the report still boils down to lax operating procedures at the plant and the failure ... (Boston Globe)
Marriage, not marriage-lite
SOME STATES have gone out of their way to stigmatize gay and lesbian couples, but California hasn't been one of them. Even as state law forbade these couples to marry, it offered a similar option, domestic partnership. So when the state's highest court overturned that ban yesterday, the issue wasn't whether California should recognize same-sex couples, but whether it can ... (Boston Globe)
TODAY'S LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- Catholic identity of schools is put in focus
- Bestowal of honors trivializes hard-earned degrees
- Spotlight true stars
- Obama not wanting in image-packaging department
- Ah, youth! Ah, the professions!
TODAY'S OP-ED COLUMNS
Clinton's 'sexism' dodge
LET'S SAY Hillary Clinton's remaining primary rival were not Barack Obama but a white male. Suppose she were ahead in pledged delegates, led in the popular vote in DNC-approved contests, had raised the most money, and had attracted the most contributors. (By Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe)
Stellwagen Bank's unmet mission
LOCATED JUST 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and covering 842 square miles, Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary hosts some of the nation's most precious natural resources. It is also a sad example of how poorly we steward New England's critical ocean wildlife and habitat for future generations. Though decades of scientific studies have shown that Stellwagen's ocean ecosystem ... (By Philip Warburg and Priscilla Brooks, Boston Globe)
A 'village' of child sexual abuse
DURING the Vietnam War there was a phrase that came to symbolize the entire misbegotten adventure: "It became necessary to destroy the village in order to save it." It was said at first with sincerity, then repeated with irony, and finally with despair. (By Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe)
VoxOp
In the wake of a deadly Chinese earthquake, the Associated Press reports that China has not had a great few months . . . it's worth pointing out that China didn't have a great 2007 either. (Boston Globe)