Opinion: Monopoly, Santa Barbara and Elmo!

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Today’s wonderful opinions:

Julia E.Sweig:Why They Hate Us
No, it’s not our freedoms. Anti-Americanism isn’t going away until the U.S. puts some fairness in its foreign policy.

Talya Rachel Meyers: The Horror of Renting in Santa Barbara
Grad student discovers the joys of apartment hunting in the nation’s 7th-most expensive zip code.

Joel Stein: Elmo Is an Evildoer
The self-obsessed Sesame Street Muppet is destroying all that is holy on children’s TV.

Timothy Garton Ash: Cash for Grades
A Santa Ana school trades the green stuff for good algebra scores.

Editorials

No ‘Timeout’ for Property Rights
Moratorium proposal on condo conversions is another troubling sign that City Hall wants to keep housing affordable by handcuffing landlords.

Pre-election Terrorizing
The Republicans, again, play unseemly politics with terrorism.

Cash Out on Boardwalk
What does it mean when Monopoly goes plastic?