Froma Harrop: Taxing clean energy: What is wrong with these people?

Columns & Analysis

Published
June 4, 2023

Froma Harrop: Taxing clean energy: What is wrong with these people?

On the psychosis level, renewables serve as a right-wing, culture-war toy. After all, they are the pride and joy of President Joe Biden and concerned environmentalists everywhere. Same goes for the science behind planet warming.
Published
June 3, 2023

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Putting first things first, finally

Houston, a blue city in a red state, may demonstrate the most common sense of all. If people need houses, build houses. It’s called “Housing First.” The other aspects of homelessness can be dealt with after you get people off the street.
Published
June 2, 2023

Clarence Page: RIP Jim Brown — your legacy is mixed, yet memorable

Brown, who died last week at age 87, may well have been the greatest athlete to put on a football helmet, although in too many unfortunate instances, he was one of the most flawed.
Published
June 1, 2023

Cal Thomas: No will, no way

At a time when almost no form of behavior is considered a disgrace, the long, drawn-out scenario over the debt ceiling vs. cuts in spending is disgraceful. The debt alone is a disgrace. The battle over it is worse.
Published
May 29, 2023

Orcas are trying to tell us something. Can we hear it?

While captive orcas have killed a handful of people, almost no one has been killed by whales in the wild. One may have involved an orca mistaking a person for a seal, its natural prey. So why are they targeting the sailboats now?

Published
May 29, 2023

When delivery costs more than the food you ordered

There is no question that the food delivery market is here to stay. Sure, we'll gripe, but we've become a society that is hooked on convenience — and such is the cost of convenience.
Published
May 28, 2023

Ben Lounsbury: Will Lake Auburn suffer the China Lake syndrome?

We should be restoring Lake Auburn watershed to forest, not building housing in its watershed.
Published
May 28, 2023

Clarence Page: Against AI, political punditry can still do the write thing

In an age that has seen astounding acceleration in the output of scientific and technological innovations, we suddenly look up and see artificial intelligence is upon us, producing new wonders by the day, as well as new and troubling questions.
Published
May 28, 2023

Froma Harrop: Are Republicans giving up on investors, too?

There should not be a vote on the debt limit. It represents spending already on the country's credit card. You don't call American Express and say, "Hey, I don't want to pay for the trip to Belize that I put on the card. I didn't like the hotel." American Express would not be amused. If you stiffed it in any way, your credit score would take a dive, and lenders would promptly raise the interest rates they charge you.
Published
May 28, 2023

Austin Bay: Memorial Day in contemporary America

Military service is the most difficult duty in a democracy. Military sacrifice protects rights — the real rights to life and liberty.

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