Opinion
Comment: What needs to happen after ‘No Kings’ protests
A general strike, withdrawing labor and disrupting economic activity, would send a dramatic message.
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Comment: Echos of Camp David Accords as Trump marks Gaza deal
Trump and others have work ahead if they are to avoid the failures of past efforts for Mideast…
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Comment: News improves on clean energy; if we pay attention to it
Renewable sources have passed coal for energy production. Why is that ignored by the Trump administration?
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Comment: Like parasite, White House oil insiders will kill host
At a time of growing energy demand, the Trump administration’s fossil fuel embrace will harm the U.S.
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Comment: Ruling ‘conversion therapy’ as speech could weaken right
Such a court ruling could weaken regulations for lawyers, investment analysts and other professionals.
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Comment: GOP may have a problem with working-class voters
The number of white voters without college degrees is down and blue-collar minority voters are drifting.
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Comment: Bailout won’t cure what Trump’s policies did to farmers
Farmers have lost markets and their costs have increased because of Trump’s trade and tariff policies.
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Comment: The cases for and against a Nobel for President Trump
It wasn’t a realistic expectation this year. Trump can best make his case by not making a case…
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Comment: Charts’ trend lines give lie to climate deniers’ claims
Some recent charts show unmistakable and drastic increases in global temperatures in recent years.
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Comment: Wealth taxes didn’t work in Nostradamus’ time; and don’t now
Regardless of where used, they are hard to implement and don’t raise the revenue that’s seen as necessary.
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Comment: Supreme Court poised to expand the president’s powers
The current term could see the overturn of precedents that provided a check against a unitary executive.
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Comment: State’s new digital ad tax complicated, sloppy and iffy
The untested tax, rushed to passage to fill a state revenue hole, is being challenged in court.
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Comment: Social media isn’t the town square politicians think it is
Only a few of each side’s base supporters get their news online. And actual voters aren’t impressed.
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Comment: AI can be health care boon; it needs national policy
The technology offers great promise but must have predictable and consistent policy guidance.
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Comment: Don’t count on U.S. shoppers to ignore tariffs’ costs
Consumers have gotten good at hunting for deals, finding substitutes or simply putting off purchases.
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Comment: Democrats showed up to shutdown with policy demands
Their warning about increasing health care premiums may be resonating, even among Republican voters.
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Comment: White House threats against judges have crossed line
It’s one thing to criticize a ruling; another to falsely tie judges to left-wing agendas and terrorists.
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Comment: ‘Landmark’ free speech ruling isn’t as strong as hoped
The judge found for the free speech rights of foreign students, but the ruling itself may not stand.
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Comment: Why the FBI is preparing a ‘perp walk’ for Comey
With flimsy charges against Comey, the chance to humiliate the former FBI chief may be Trump’s only win.
Opinion
Comment: Path is slim, very slim, for Democrats to retake Senate
The party’s low chances in the Senate explain why it’s putting much of its effort into winning the…