Opinion
Letters:P 2/25/16
Response to a nonsensical letter
I felt compelled to respond to the Feb. 11, 2016 letter from Michelle Kretzer of the PETA Foundation in Norfolk,...
Economists agree with Bernie
The popularity of Bernie Sanders marks “the end of the politico-ideological cycle opened by the victory of Ronald Reagan at the 1980 elections,” according...
Why doesn’t Congress do what the people want and need?
If you wonder why Congress critters keep ignoring what the people want them to do — while doing things that people don’t want them...
Letters: 2/18/16
TPP is worse than we thought
At long last the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been released, and it is worse than anyone...
How to unsettle settled science (and settled scientists)
Talk about getting hoist with your own petard.
Australian climate scientists have succeeded in convincing the management of the country’s main research institution, The Commonwealth...
Should big corporations have to pay the taxes they owe?
I would trust a pack of coyotes to guard my little herd of lambs before I’d trust a pack of corporate hucksters to “reform”...
Letters: 2/11/16
Ted Cruz: A dangerous absolutist
I caught a brief clip of Ted Cruz working from the pulpit of a church prior to the Iowa caucuses...
Opening your heart for Valentine’s Day
In the United States, St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated widely with candy, flowers and private expressions of affection. I proposed to my wife on...
Environmental transformation or a future of Katrinas
Naomi Klein says we had an opportunity for big changes in 2008 after the financial crisis hit and Barack Obama was elected president. She...
The real stink in Flint, Michigan’s water scandal
The governor and his agency heads who caused the sudden appearance of lead and other toxics in the water that the families of Flint...
Letters: 2/4/16
Anderson is shallow
Re: Dave Anderson’s Bernie-bashing... steady majority agree the U.S. should redistribute wealth .
What a shallow and obviously selfish statement. In fact I’m...
Trump encounters reality, eh?
Well, Mr. Trump, how’s that Canadian stuff working out for ya?
Not so much, eh?
When Donald Trump attempted to question whether Ted Cruz was a...
