Articles filed under Commentary
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Nuclear power should be part of energy mix in fighting climate changeFeb 10, 2019 12:00 am - The climate is in crisis. The recent IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 Degrees Celsius says we need to cut CO2 emissions dramatically by 2030 to avoid the wor...
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Trump gave a very dark speech, but it contained a ray of lightFeb 08, 2019 12:00 am - My professional opinion? It was a below-average State of the Union address in a long, distinguished tradition of below-average State of the Union addresses. The speech w...
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Is reality optional?Feb 08, 2019 12:00 am - By Walter E. Williams See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: ...
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The Senate Finance Committee is now steered by a tractor driver from IowaFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - His tractor is so noisy that, when driving it, the man who calls himself "just a farmer from Butler County" puts his cellphone under his cap, set on vibrate. Charles Gra...
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Can moderate Dems talk Pelosi out of extreme border position?Feb 07, 2019 12:00 am - As things stand now, a House and Senate conference committee is the only hope that Democrats and Republicans can reach agreement on border security and avoid another gov...
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Online's 'walled gardens' must stop assuming real news is freeFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Facebook and Google have been brutal to the news business. But this primarily reflects a failure of imagination. The tech giants are the world's best distribution platfo...
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Don't make Medicare-for-all a litmus testFeb 06, 2019 12:00 am - Hear that crunching sound? It's the eggshells that 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls are stomping through, backing up and stomping upon all over again, as they attem...
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The banality of evil, 2019Feb 05, 2019 12:00 am - C.S. Lewis was only partly right when he wrote: The greatest evil ... is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well...
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The rise of the disruptersFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - Howard Schultz, the former head of Starbucks, and Larry Hogan, the governor of Maryland, could seriously disrupt the political landscape if they decide to run for presid...
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Contrary to popular belief, manufacturing is boomingFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - Rumors of the death of U.S. manufacturing have been greatly exaggerated. Everyone from Sen. Bernie Sanders to Tucker Carlson laments the supposed demise of U.S. manufact...