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Liberating North Koreans is the key

The U.S. hasn't been able to stop North Korea's nuclear program, so bravo to South Korean President Park Geun-hye for her ground-breaking speech Saturday urging the people of the North to make the often dangerous journey to freedom. "We will keep the road open for you to find hope ...

Palmer won more than golf trophies

Every sport has great stars. But some stars are so great that they transform and embody their sports: Michael Jordan in basketball. Babe Ruth in baseball. And Arnold Palmer in golf. Mr. Palmer, who died Sunday at 87 of complications from heart problems, won the hearts of Americans with his ...

Barbarism in Syria is textbook

What Russia "is sponsoring and doing" in the Syrian city of Aleppo "is barbarism," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said on Sunday. She's right: For days, Russian and Syrian planes have rained bombs - including white phosphorus, cluster ...

Celebrating open access to ideas

On May 10, 1933, Nazis burned more than 25,000 books as part of what the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum describes as "a massive propaganda campaign to win the loyalty and cooperation of Germans." The museum describes what happened this way: "The Nazi Propaganda ...

A loss for more than just baseball

It's amazing - the nightmares that Jose Fernandez survived and the common reward of the American Dream that he didn't. The Marlins pitcher with the golden arm made it across the Florida Straits to this country on a boat fleeing Cuba. This, after failed attempts landed him in prison on the ...

First debate proves underwhelming

The two most unpopular presidential candidates in modern history had their first debate Monday, and the best we can say is that they lived up to those expectations. Hillary Clinton offered a relentless assault on Donald Trump's business record and qualifications to be president, but she ...