Opinion
PR soap can’t scrub off banker greed
Greenwashing” is the use of shameless PR campaigns by notorious polluters to portray their corporations as benign Bambi-loving protectors of nature. But now comes “Greedwashing...
Supreme Court gives McCain-Feingold a thumpin’
The Wall Street Journal’s story about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the ban on corporate and union campaign spending in federal elections contained a detail that the New York Times story managed to overlook...
Deception, the shared value of both parties
There’s a downside to being the editor of a newspaper. It seems like every political organization in the state — including front groups for both major parties — feels compelled to send me its 10 favorite press releases every single day including Sundays and holidays...
Letters | A leguminous error
Just wanted to point out an incorrect statement in the article, “Quinoa Conundrum,” in the Feb. 28 issue...
A fracking conflict of interest
ExxonMobil, Halliburton and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our country, they’re also trying to frack our heads...
Guess who’s serving the student loan industry?
Question: What do you get when you combine ignorance, imperiousness and incompetence? Answer: Betsy DeVos.
She’s Donald Trump’s multi-billionaire education secretary who hates public education...
Does Obama even know what’s in his TPP deal?
Last spring, President Obama got downright crabby about people criticizing the gleaming Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) he’s trying to sell to Congress and the public...
Letters | Deli is a good neighbor
Correction: A May 12 story, “Ned residents think sustainability” incorrectly listed the date of Nederland’s Envision 2020 event. It will be held on June 4...
Letters | Vote Guide feedback
(Re: “Vote 2012,” cover story, Oct. 4.) You have finally made yourself useful by publishing your Vote Guide 2012. Now I know to vote the exact opposite way on every issue and candidate you socialists have endorsed...
Obama’s happy dance with Iran
Obama is riding hell-bent for leather toward a nuclear deal with Iran which — if the leaked outlines of it are remotely accurate — will turn the United States into the principal enabler and legitimizer of Iran’s nuclear ambitions...
The secessionist tempest in Texas
Once again, there’s a tempest brewing in the national tea pot. We’re talking secession! Well, some of us are...
