Commentary
Henderson: Bloomingdale big-box boom on the way
As Bloomingdale residents fight to keep a big-box store out of their neighborhood, Joe Henderson reminds that development trumps ambience every time.
19 hours ago
Government and journalism are letting down citizens
Regarding “Scandals show D.C. is broken” (Joe Henderson, May 18):
19 hours ago
Unscientific approach to saving the bees
This winter was another terrible season for U.S. honeybees. Beekeepers reported losing 31 percent of their colonies, a rate on par with the average since 2006, when large numbers of hives began collapsing.
19 hours ago
Otto: Traveling with Leland Hawes was trip for the ages
05/22/13
Jackson: Scott’s muddled message
05/22/13
Sexual ‘dis’-orientation and the Boy Scouts
National leaders of the Boy Scouts of America, headquartered in Irving, Texas, have proposed a new resolution on membership standards regarding homosexuality. It will be voted on by delegates to their national convention on Thursday at the Gaylord Texan...
05/22/13
Wide and wild health-care costs
If further proof were needed that price competition doesn’t exist in the expensive U.S. health-care market, it arrived this month. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published 2011 charges for medical treatments set by more than 3,000...
05/22/13
How to defeat tyranny: Repeal 16th Amendment, ditch IRS
Given last week’s revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, it’s worth recalling President Obama’s Ohio State University commencement address. The president decried “voices” warning “that tyranny is always lurking...
05/22/13
First Amendment protects more than the press
President Barack Obama’s administration announced last week it is throwing its support behind the press shield law that has been stalled in Congress since time immemorial. Critics insist that the administration, suddenly mired in scandal, is simply...
05/21/13
As North Pole melts, U.S. Arctic policy needs to heat up
Last week’s decision by the Arctic Council, led by the eight nations with Arctic territory, to accept China, India, Japan and three other countries as new observers points to the region’s growing importance. It’s also a sharp reminder of the need for the...
05/21/13
Shutting down corporate speech in name of social justice?
Corporate boardrooms are being caught up in a new wave of religious fervor sparked by clergy and members of religious orders in search of social justice. Alas, this movement is only superficially about the spirit. In truth, corporate directors and...
05/20/13
Florida’s seniors cannot afford more cuts to Medicare
Mandatory “sequestration” recently started kicking in. About $85 billion will eventually be excised from the national budget. And about $10 billion of these cuts will fall on Medicare and the many seniors who depend on it.
05/20/13
Jackson: Muffling those mobile boom boxes
05/18/13
‘My life was nearly stolen from me’
05/19/13
Proliferating scandals expose truth about Obama
Dogged by scandal, and with his press secretary presumably now curled up in the fetal position and breathing into a brown paper bag, it’s obvious President Barack Obama is in need.
05/19/13