Headlines for 5/17/2012
    

Brian O'Neill
Some Catholics show their faith in Obama (5/17/2012)

Editorials
Dead to rights: A judge finds a weak pulse in the funeral industry (5/17/2012)
Tax mania: Beware of a new feel-good bill on assessments (5/18/2012)
Land pirates: An EU force finally gets tough on Somali bandits (5/17/2012)
Great Lakes threat: The Corps must be as aggressive as Asian carp (5/18/2012)
Forget doomsday: It turns out the Mayans had a long eye on the future (5/17/2012)
Economic fix: A town meeting addresses Issue No. 1 (5/18/2012)

Jack Kelly
In the case of Iran nukes, Israel likely to intervene (5/18/2012)

Letters
Lets invest in a war worth that's worth waging (5/17/2012)
Obama clearly wants to help the middle class (5/18/2012)
Religious insight (5/18/2012)
Defense implications (5/17/2012)
Conviction overruled (5/17/2012)
Beware of austerity measures to fix national economies (5/18/2012)
Civil rights, period (5/18/2012)
Fix judge shortage (5/17/2012)
Transit insanity (5/17/2012)
In a free society (5/18/2012)
No perfect providers (5/18/2012)
Give us shoes, please (5/17/2012)
Military might doesn't address the real needs of our nation (5/18/2012)
The police were a calm presence at opera protest (5/17/2012)

Perspectives
BWG looking for BWG: Mitt Romney and Rob Portman look like the perfect match (5/17/2012)
George F. Will / The menace of bipartisanship: Our metastasizing entitlement state borrows money to give away (5/18/2012)
Greece and Serbia trade places: Now Greece seems to be Europe's most troublesome country (5/17/2012)
Gail Collins /Big news about our really, really big debt (5/18/2012)
Improve senior care: Pennsylvania must rethink how it cares for low-income seniors (5/17/2012)
The stats to watch: Unemployment rates in swing states are the best predictor of next president (5/18/2012)

Samantha Bennett
How I became an instant lieutenant colonel (5/17/2012)

Tony Norman
GOP ad strategist wrong about Wright (5/18/2012)