Our country is facing a national emergency. Not a single credible person in the federal government disputes the fact that foreign actors will continue to attack the […]
Columns/Opinion
Raise for Congress shouldn’t be radioactive
Leonard Pitts is on vacation. his column will resume on July 8. A plan by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., to engineer a pay raise […]
Should we believe she’s even leaving?
You’ll be forgiven if the first thought that crossed your mind at the news that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is quitting as President Donald Trump’s press secretary was, […]
Despite policies, renewable energy capacity exceeds coal’s
You probably didn’t notice, but April marked a threshold for the nation. For the first time, our capacity for creating electricity from renewable sources crept past that […]
A belated letter to Dad for Father’s Day
Because the dead don’t leave forwarding addresses, Dad, I’m not sure where to send this, but I’m writing anyway in celebration of Father’s Day. I’m once again […]
How outrage should work in real time
Brian Boyle Los Angeles Times Jon Stewart returned to TV last week just as we left him: Sitting behind a desk, clicking his pen as he carefully […]
‘Economic patriotism’ gone crazy
Elizabeth Warren wants to put CEOs in prison even when they have not committed a crime, and here is a kick in the face of half of […]
It’s swampier than ever
Now that we have absolute proof Russia interfered in the 2016 election and knows it is free to intervene in the 2020 U.S. elections with impunity, let […]
Teacher’s immigration tweets unfairly hurt conservatives
There are a lot disappointing elements in the story of Georgia Clark, the Fort Worth Carter-Riverside High (Texas) teacher whose recent social media tirade about unauthorized immigrants […]
Social media users are our state’s best marketers
BY CHELSEA RUBY Destination marketing is a competitive industry. That’s the reason the state Tourism Office works every day to spread the good word about vacations in […]