Freeing Bergdahl was the right move for the U.S. to take
The following appeared in a Los Angeles Times editorial:The release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a captive of Islamist extremists for almost five years, is good news not only for his family but for all...
View ArticleDavid Brooks: Relearn the art of focus amid frenzy
Like everyone else, I am losing the attention war. I toggle over to my emails when I should be working. I text when I should be paying attention to the people in front of me. I spend hours looking at...
View ArticleRegulate e-cigarettes for health
The United States has made great strides in reducing smoking rates from 42 percent in 1964 to 16 percent today. But that progress is threatened by the proliferation of electronic...
View ArticleEditorial: It's OK to say no casino
THE ISSUE:As communities consider whether to welcome a casino, a new report offers some sobering perspective.THE STAKES:There's a reason they call it gambling. As it comes down to the wire for the...
View ArticleFind a solution to bridge woes
TEST COLUMN PUBLISHED 7-14-09 What a shame, on a number of fronts, that "Ben's Bridge" over the CSX rail yards in Selkirk has been closed to traffic. The very real health and safety concerns imposed...
View ArticleThink of regular Americans when tackling the economy
The following appeared in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial:The lethal combination of governmental mismanagement and corporate greed has finally resulted in America's gross domestic product having...
View ArticleDiane Cameron: All news linked to economics
Most evenings our television news comes to us divided into segments. First, local news, then national, sports and weather — and then we often hear a section introduced, "And in economic news...
View ArticleMaureen Dowd: Hey Dude, don't harsh our mellow
The caramel-chocolate flavored candy bar looked so innocent, like the Sky Bars I used to love as a child.Sitting in my hotel room in Denver, I nibbled off the end and then, when nothing happened,...
View ArticleSmoke gets in their minds
THE ISSUE:A new roadblock to medical marijuana goes up in the state Senate.THE STAKES:Will patients have to wait another year for lawmakers to do the right thing? The House of Representatives made a...
View ArticleD-Day united the country
We were quiet at breakfast that morning. The Daily News lay ignored on the kitchen table. It was the radio that commanded our attention as my parents, younger brother and I learned that, while we had...
View ArticleChina needs to remember Tianamen Square massacre
The following appeared in a Chicago Tribune editorial:"I'm not very clear on it. It was something about the government sending the military there, and some people were injured." — Chinese college...
View ArticleThomas Friedman: Kurdistan hungry for education
Sulaimani, IraqI am a sucker for commencements, but this one filled me with many different emotions.As Dina Dara took the stage — the student speaker and valedictorian of the 2014 graduating class of...
View ArticleEditorial: A cost of rail oil profits
THE ISSUE:In Canada, the public is left with a multibillion-dollar bill for a rail disaster last summer. THE STAKES:Companies profiting from the crude oil boom should be fully responsible for...
View ArticleArk gaves students a chance at success
I have visited the Ark Community Charter School in Troy several times and have always been impressed at how engaged the students are in the work at hand. Equally impressive is the overall environment...
View ArticleA wrong approach to election reform
The following appeared in an Orange County Register editorial:There's a good reason that New York's U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer has secured a place near the top of the Democratic Party's leadership in the...
View ArticleRex Smith: Fear aside, confronting the light
Blinding white light jolted me awake. I'm not ordinarily one to worry unnecessarily about the progress of things, but it occurred to me right then, in the quiet darkness of my own bed in my own home,...
View ArticleNotable Quotes Of The Week
"You don't bulldoze over the voice of the people on how they want to live."—Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, during arguments over whether communities should be able to ban natural gas drilling within...
View ArticleEditorials: Long story short
Question remains: What happens after Holder?U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder offers what seem to be assuring words for a free press: "As long as I'm the attorney general, no reporter who is doing his...
View ArticleWomen's Equality Act the responsible choice
Everyone knows that it's expensive to raise children. The annual cost of day care alone exceeds public college tuition in most states. For many women, particularly in the growing number of...
View ArticleEditorial: The EPA turns up the heat
THE ISSUE:The federal government sets the first-ever limits on carbon pollution. THE STAKES:The energy industry, and politicians, must rise to the challenges of climate change. The ink was barely dry...
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