Editorial number 5

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/21/property-rights-in-the-sewer/

The editorial I read is about property rights in the U.S. The specific case mentioned in this editorial involves the Alexandria Sanitation Authority's seizure of private land off Eisenhower Avenue owned for four decades by Alexandria real estate tycoon Charles R. Hoof. The Alexandria Sanitation Authority appraised Mr. Hoof's land for less than half the calue of what Hoof claims it to be. There are many other cases and disputes similar to this around the country.
After reading this editorial I am on the authors side and think that the government acquiring privately owned land isn't right. I feel that the government should not only give the owner a fair price for the land they should also give the owner some type of reward or incentive when selling the land to the government.

Editorial Number 4

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/wwii-the-most-racist-generation/

The editorial I read was about World War II and the war on terrorism being all about racism. This topic was sparked when Tom Hanks expressed this idea in an interview about his new series "The Pacific". The author of the editorial goes on to explain how racism did play a part through out the war but it was definitely not the overall cause of the war. He then goes in to the specifics about how exactly the U.S got in to the war and how race was not a factor when entering the war.
I agree with the overall idea of this editorial and feel that racism was not the main focus or cause of the war. I feel that racism was more of a theme or even result that came with the war. However I feel that the political conflicts that cause war can often be from racism so in a way Hanks had a somewhat valid point.