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Editorial: DA-elect Susan Hawk represents competence over drama
![Susan Hawk gives a speech to supporters while being flanked by media after winning her race against current Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins during an election results watch party for Hawk, the Republican candidate, at Mesomaya in Dallas Tuesday November 4, 2014. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106194419im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20141105-hawk.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/hawk.JPG)
Dallas County’s incoming district attorney shows that voters were tired of Craig Watkins’ political roller coaster.
Rodger Jones: How on earth did Dan Patrick thump Van de Putte among Hispanic men?
One possible explanation is that Patrick had a lower-key fall race, letting the toughest talk from the primary fight mostly fade into memory.
Mark Davis: Brittany Maynard’s decision to die is her own, but society-at-large should tread carefully
![Brittany Maynard’s decision to choose physician-assisted suicide was hers to make, though it flies in the face of the Judeo-Christian view that life is not our personal property but a gift from God. It raises troubling questions of where we as a society set the bar for ending one’s life.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106194419im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20141105-oregon-right_to_die_40604135.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w440/OREGON-RIGHT_TO_DIE_40604135.JPG)
Compassion & Choices
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Assisted suicide might sound reasonable, but it will surely descend into a devaluation of life, the columnist says
![Susan Hawk gives a speech to supporters while being flanked by media after winning her race against current Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins during an election results watch party for Hawk, the Republican candidate, at Mesomaya in Dallas Tuesday November 4, 2014. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106194419im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20141105-hawk.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/hawk.JPG)
Editorial: DA-elect Susan Hawk represents competence over drama
Rodger Jones: How on earth did Dan Patrick thump Van de Putte among Hispanic men?
![Brittany Maynard’s decision to choose physician-assisted suicide was hers to make, though it flies in the face of the Judeo-Christian view that life is not our personal property but a gift from God. It raises troubling questions of where we as a society set the bar for ending one’s life.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141106194419im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20141105-oregon-right_to_die_40604135.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/OREGON-RIGHT_TO_DIE_40604135.JPG)
Mark Davis: Brittany Maynard’s decision to die is her own, but society-at-large should tread carefully
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