If the president visits Alabama and starts tossing out rolls of paper towels this week, all is lost. Last week, we endured probably the most inane and […]
Opinion
Is it ethical to take good money from bad people?
The now-former head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab went from hero to zero in a couple of news cycles. Once heralded for overseeing projects […]
Sept. 11 letters to the editor
Lot of memories linger still over Stansbury Hall Goodbye, Stansbury Hall. The Beechurst Avenue building, now removed to make way for progress, had a basketball history that […]
DEP, NRCS should make up lost time on treatment plant
In a sense, there’s still no light at the end of the tunnel that is Richard Mine. It is still discharging 200 gallons of acid mine drainage […]
Dealing with Taliban devil that’s waiting us out
President Trump was right to cancel a “secret” meeting with leaders of the Taliban and the Afghan government following two bomb attacks by the terrorist group that […]
Slave labor in the modern era
By Mary Jane Wilkie The Baltimore Sun The prospect is appealing: work your own hours, be your own boss, choose your assignments. Who wouldn’t want that? But […]
Time will not wait much longer for us to repair our roads
A lot of issues you can just ignore or take a break from occasionally. However, the one issue there is no escape from — not even a […]
We’re living fable of emperor’s new clothes
If you’re going to lie, make it a good one. Meaning, put some effort into it. Make it convincing. Make sure the truth is not easily discoverable. […]
The ongoing tragedy that’s still Sept. 11
By Bridget Rooney Tribune News Service Sept. 11, 2001, will always be recognized as a day of tribulation in the United States. Some 3,000 people lost their […]
Sept. 9 letters to the editor
If democracy needed a friend it wasn’t Trump Lowering taxes, enacting tariffs and deregulating many safety measures designated to protect our health, President Trump is imploding our […]
