Opinion
Comment: If ‘peak oil’ is ahead why is oil industry doubling down?
Fossil fuel use could peak by 2030, but Big Oil may be putting profit ahead of prudent transition.
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Comment: ‘Legacy forest’ term hides an unproductive intent
Meant to lock up state forest lands, it discourages responsible and valuable timber management.
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Comment: Effort to lower drug costs could hurt other patients
Those suffering from rare diseases face a longer wait for medications if research is discouraged.
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Comment: Musk is his CEO’s X-factor (and not in a good way)
Musk is the widely variable variable for the X chief executive who can’t make headway on advertising.
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Comment: Terms like ‘abortion tourism’ meant to fabricate outrage
Are women crossing state lines to see a Broadway show, eat at Momofuku and grab a relaxing abortion?…
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Comment: Consumer sentiment may be suffering from ‘long covid’
Even as the economy has improved, public sentiment hasn’t. Is it a lagging reaction to the pandemic?
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Comment: Whatever UFOs are, NASA says, they’re not E.T.s
What’s needed is better analysis of sightings of UAPs, formerly UFOs, and healthy skepticism of claims.
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Comment: Biden said right things at U.N.; it won’t be enough
It doesn’t help that America, champion of democracy, is struggling to save its own democracy and civility.
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Comment: Count on AI changing homework; and instruction
Including AI in education could help put an emphasis on things students can’t cheat on, such as creativity.
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Comment: Striking UAW can’t go back to 1950s or wish EVs away
Its strike will end, but the union still must confront the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles.
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Comment: Majorities support budget deal but shutdown still looms
GOP hardliners in the House don’t have the votes, but they do have the leverage. And they want…
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Comment: U.S. can provide for poorest kids; when it wants to
During economic crises — like covid — financial and child care aid drove poverty down. Then the pandemic…
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Comment: Two odes to Musk’s genius deserve grain of salt
A financial report and a new book seem to give more than the benefit of the doubt to…
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Comment: Founders saw benefit to the process of impeachment
The intention was to investigate and discourage any abuse of power, but it can absolve a president, too.
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Eco-nomics: What it takes to lower our greenhouse gas emissions
The longer we keep our foot on the gas of carbon emissions, the further our climate ‘stopping distance’…
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Comment: Herald editorial got facts wrong on dams’ reliability
The editorial board relied on Seattle Times reporting that was incomplete regarding drought and hydropower.
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Comment: Vital program keeps low-income families online
Congress should renew monthly aid that connects Black, Latino, tribal and other families to the internet.
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Comment: Republicans eager to turn impeachment into theater
Without evidence of wrongdoing by Biden, impeachment could become useless to hold presidents accountable.
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Comment: FEMA isn’t ready for severity of climate disasters
The federal agency needs more funding to respond to disasters, but it also needs significant reforms.
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Comment: Could federal management of wealth slow inequity?
Alaska’s management of an oil fund for public distribution is an example, but what are the outcomes?