NATIONAL VIEW: The Texas voting melodrama
As the Texas legislative session drew near its end Sunday, lawmakers appeared set to pass a bill overhauling the state’s elections, until Democrats did...
TEXAS VIEW: Lawmakers wrong to meddle in local law enforcement budgets
Pop quiz: When is it a bad idea for the Texas Legislature to take action on an issue?
A. When the matter involves local spending...
NATIONAL VIEW: One year later: The renewed push for equality in America
One year ago, a Minneapolis police officer squeezed the life out of George Floyd a minute at a time as the handcuffed 46-year-old Black...
NATIONAL VIEW: Is this the beginning of the end for Roe vs. Wade
For the nearly five decades since the U.S. Supreme Court decided that a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion, that right has...
NATIONAL VIEW: Restaurant recovery should be on front burner
The end of America’s coronavirus nightmare is within reach.
Venues are getting ready for live acts and capacity crowds, mask mandates are lifting and many...
NATIONAL VIEW: Department of Energy needs to make cybersecurity a top priority
No wonder Joe Biden picked former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Secretary of Energy — they’re cut from the same green cloth.
Not only is...
NATIONAL VIEW: Rick Santorum needs a lesson on Native American history
Dear CNN commentator Rick Santorum,
In recent televised comments you said that “there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture,” implying that Christian European...
NATIONAL VIEW: Heaven help us if court upholds DeSantis’ assault on free speech
Of all the bills rammed through by the Florida Legislature this session — sometimes revived late at night and then quickly passed by GOP...
NATIONAL VIEW: Sacramento’s litany of mostly ineffective, nonsensical gun bills
Gun-control supporters often propose what they describe as “common sense” gun laws.
It’s their latest mantra, but a host of new California firearms proposals makes...
NATIONAL VIEW: Fracking jobs will disappear, Pennsylvania has to manage the decline
The natural gas industry in Pennsylvania is worried about its future — and rightfully so.
During last month’s virtual global climate summit, President Joe Biden...