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FLORIDA - Matt Reed: Good to wait, debate on Syria

A Washington Post-ABC News poll found that 70 percent of Americans object to arming Syrian rebels, 59 percent oppose a U.S. missile strike, and 51 percent object even to acting with allies such as Britain and France. To them, American "exceptionalism" appears to mean we're big enough, smart enough and heavily armed enough to take a few days to think things through. A century of sacrifice has earned us that time. Syria didn't attack Pearl Harbor. It is healthy — not un-American, nor a show of weakness — if our representative and senators disagree on the merits of bombing another country. READ THE REST...

TENNESSEE - Frank Daniels III on paying athletes: Maybe college athletes should go on strike

OREGON - Dick Hughes on graduate school: Education is worth time, effort

MISSOURI - Thomas Long: Unasked questions about Medicaid expansion