Jolie's decision spotlights gene-patent controversy

Ruth Marcus Washington Post Writers Group

Angelina Jolie's genes threatened to kill her. But, for the time being anyway, she doesn't own them.

Guest Column: Bipartisan efforts in Washington reaping results for Arizona

U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick Special To The Arizona Daily Star

That noise. It keeps getting louder and louder.

AP leak case isn't clear instance of gov't overreach

Walter Pincus The Washington Post

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Guest Column: Lambert supported, but PCC board needs to resign to restore integrity

Larry Aldrich and Steve Lynn Special To The Arizona Daily Star

Last week the Pima Community College Board of Governors voted to appoint Lee D. Lambert, president of Shoreline Community College in Shoreline…

How a Texas paper brought down con man Estes, and why

Amy Reading Bloomberg News

Billie Sol Estes, the Texan con man whose exploits rattled the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, died in hi…

Overheated climate rhetoric hurts the economy

Lamar Smith Special To The Washington Post

Climate change is an issue that needs to be discussed thoughtfully and objectively. Unfortunately, claims that distort the facts hinder the le…

Guest Column: Union Pacific rail yard would provide significant economic boost to entire region

Douglas J. Wolf Special To The Arizona Daily Star

I was very disappointed to read Tim Steller's May 12th story on the Union Pacific Classification Yard near Red Rock.

Editorial: State should boost, not cut, funds for JTED

More than 14,000 students from 36 high schools in Pima County, San Manuel and Rio Rico are graduating or are well on their way to graduating i…

Guest Column: RTA performance is on pace with voter-approved safety, mobility goals

Steve Christy Special To The Arizona Daily Star

Growing up as a native Tucsonan and desert dweller, I was always told to "never complain when it rains."

Obama agenda is ensuring loss of trust in government

George F. Will Washington Post Writers Group

Leaving aside the seriousness of lawlessness, and the corruption of our civic culture by the professionally pious, this past week has been amu…

US, allies must help Libya meet new challenges

Frederic M. Wehrey Special To The Washington Post

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Apathy hurts Amphi preservation idea

Ken Scoville Special To The Arizona Daily Star

May is National Historic Preservation Month with cities and organizations celebrating their preservation accomplishments and acknowledging the…

Letters to the editor

Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star

Pay raise debacle highlights ineptitude

Obama deserves some blame for IRS debacle

Jonah Goldberg Tribune Media Services

Of course the president deserves some of the blame. Yes, it's extremely unlikely he ordered the IRS to discriminate against tea party, pro-lif…

Open and machine-readable new standard for govt. info

Alexander B. Howard Slate

Long before steam engines and turbines carried us swiftly over the oceans, a disabled sailor who could no longer serve on a ship found somethi…

David Fitzsimmons: Giggles and gratitude for first-time summer camper, chaperone

David Fitzsimmons Arizona Daily Star

The first time I ever went to summer camp was just last week. I was a chaperone for my son Matthew, and a billion of his fellow Harelson fifth…

Editorial: Emails support Obama's version of Benghazi events

The following editorial appeared Thursday in the Los Angeles Times:

Damning Benghazi facts need no GOP hype

Charles Krauthammer Washington Post Writers Group

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Scandals look bad, but let's keep some perspective

Ruth Marcus Washington Post Writers Group

WASHINGTON

Guest Column: Science, tech, engineering and math need to form education's bedrock

Kathleen Perkins and Ron Carsten Special To The Arizona Daily Star

Science and engineering professions require rigorous data collection and risk analysis. That same approach needs to be applied to STEM (scienc…

Letters to the editor

Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star

Tucson should play up its cowboy heritage

Sarah Garrecht Gassen: The 'wouldn't have prevented' gambit on gun-safety laws

Sarah Garrecht Gassen Arizona Daily Star

Few words are worth less in the campaign to make our communities safer from gun violence than "But it wouldn't have prevented …"

Watergate's lessons are as fresh today as 40 years ago

George F. Will Washington Post Writers Group

'He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to ... cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citi…

GOP's problem with Hispanics is one of perception

Esther J. Cepeda The Washington Post

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Americans bent on fighting threats that don't exist

Leonard J. Pitts Jr. Mcclatchy Newspapers / Miami Herald

It should've been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn't hear it.