Relief from Obamacare: a better system ahead

The Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, was forced through Congress in 2010 without a single Republican vote. It was sold to the American people with multiple false promises, like President Barack Obama's infamous, "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.

John Cornyn is no climate denier, but with votes like his, does that even matter?

Back in 2014 when I was still fairly new to Washington as The News' business correspondent, I took part in a call between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas reporters, something the senator, to his credit, does regularly. I came away from that talk disheartened over the issue of climate change, and said so in a blog post that afternoon.

Marco Rubio, relieve our fears about health care: Letters

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee examining ending modern slavery: Building on Success, on Capitol Hill. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee examining ending modern slavery: Building on Success, on Capitol Hill.

Peter Lucas: Gonzalez plans an all-out Trump attack in governor’s race

Gov. Charlie Baker will be lucky if he draws Democrat Jay Gonzalez, a Deval Patrick acolyte, as his opponent for re-election. Gonzalez, 46, of Needham, served as Patrick's secretary of administration from 2009 to 2013, which, outside of governor, is the top job in state government.

Investigate Russian ties

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For beginning farmers, From the mailbox

This is a time of tremendous opportunity in farming and ranching for beginners graduating from college or looking to start a venture of their own. Alternative crops and high value markets offer profit potential and lower risk for new farmers.a a If land ownership is the preferred route, funding will have to come from savings, bootstrapping, investors/partners, or loans.

Elections need oversight, not GOP deceit | Editorial

Russians hackers tried to destabilize our election, and even if the actual damage is undetermined, but it is a national security crisis that requires all patriotic hands on deck. The president says there were 3 to 5 million fraudulent votes in the last election, and even if it is an assertion that makes strangers back away warily, he has the power to set up a commission to look into it.

Letter: Building a broader consensus

Robert E. Durkee, in his Feb. 10 letter to the editor, would cut off his nose to spite his face. Since California taxpayers pay more to the federal government than California receives in return, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, is simply asking that money paid by California taxpayers be reinvested in California infrastructure projects.

LUPICA: Jaime Harrison of S.C could be future of Democratic Party

"I'm not thinking about what race I might want to run next," says Jaime Harrison, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, seen in Baltimore on Saturday . "I'm doing what I'm doing what right now because I'm thinking about my son."

With Troy Brown refusing to resign, Senate should expel him: Editorial

Sen. Troy Brown put his legislative career at risk when he punched a woman in the eye after the Bayou Classic in November 2015. The woman, who described herself as the senator's "side friend," told New Orleans police officers that he stood over her, leaned down and hit her with a closed fist as she sat in a hotel hallway.

Pitts: White terrorism not as bad as Muslim terrorism?

That, believe it or not, was the crux of an argument Sean Duffy, a Re-publican representative from Wisconsin, made last week on CNN. What follows has been condensed for space, but it unfolded like this: Asked by anchor Alisyn Camerota about the Trump regime's failure to condemn a recent massacre in which six Muslims were killed by a white extremist in Quebec, Duffy allowed that, "Murder on both sides is wrong," but insisted, "There is a difference."