Editorials

Way out of hand And here we thought the costs of new schools kept going up, up and up. But the $100 million Little Rock and a few other towns in Arkansas spend for new high sch... January 13, 2019

Dark comedy The comedian Hasan Minhaj delivers his soliloquy straight and forcefully during the episode of his show "Patriot Act" about Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, M... by The Washington Post - January 13, 2019

License for life There is a matter of degree to these things. Sure, we want our doctors and dentists to have the proper licenses. And display them on the wall, please. And if yo... January 12, 2019

Ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am? When the latest flash came across the wires--CNN reporter and White House official go at it again!--we wondered if the AP should keep that slug line in type. Li... January 12, 2019

Others say - Mixed signals, again Imagine you're the guy at the circus tasked with cleaning up after the elephants. Now you've got a decent idea of National Security Adviser John Bolton's job ev... by The New York Daily News - January 12, 2019

Don't let her vanish Saudi Arabia is back in the headlines. That's rarely a good thing. This time, a young woman is fleeing for her life, claiming her family will kill her if she's ... January 11, 2019

California reloads California is taking aim at gun rights again, and we imagine the reason has been whittled down to "because we can." Democrats have a super-majority in the state... January 11, 2019

Others say: Losing the shutdown Tuesday night's presidential address and the response from the Democratic Party's leaders in Congress offered little prospect that the stand-off over President ... by Bloomberg View - January 11, 2019

Response to response We had our mouths all set to publish an editorial on the president's national address Tuesday night--except we can't find anything on which to disagree. How man... January 10, 2019

Stay of execution The phone rang just before the switch was pulled, and the executioner looked down upon his potential victim. "Uh-huh," the executioner said, before hanging up t... January 10, 2019

All sizzle, no steak In 2019, attention is a precious commodity. Everyone's fighting for our time. News outfits, too. One way to get those precious eyeballs is the newspaper way: Gi... January 9, 2019

The surprising news Word came down yesterday that more coal-fired power plants have been shut down in President Trump's first two years in office than in Barack Obama's entire firs... January 9, 2019

Others say: Cops should be accountable Transparency is absolutely essential to government. It helps ensure that problems are acknowledged and addressed. With the exception of a handful of issues gene... by The San Diego Union-Tribune - January 9, 2019

Double reverse Early on in this presidential administration, Donald Trump's advisers told the public to take his statements seriously, not literally. That may explain the late... January 8, 2019

Language, please "You taught me language, January 8, 2019

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