Bag ban’s slippery slope

In the latest installment of Social Media Theater of the Absurd, Mr. Walker recently went full-on hyperbolic about Mount Pleasant's attempt to ban plastic bags. The town took another step this week on that decidedly local issue when it sent the proposed ban on single-use plastic and foam containers to two council committees for more work.

Dear America, it’s time to actually start doing something about these mass shootings

How many kids have to die before America makes a change? When will people stop commenting "thoughts and prayers" on a Facebook post and actually DO something? When will we stop doing the same thing and finally decide that enough is enough? To keep doing the same things and expecting different results is insanity. The 19 year old who killed 17 people on Wednesday legally bought an AR-15 a year prior to the shooting.

Hard to say who will win political games over pipeline battle

The showdown between Alberta and B.C. over the TransMountain pipeline is not only pitting the two westernmost provinces against each other. The battle has larger implications not only for the New Democratic Party - which counts two premiers in the fight - but also for the federal government and the panorama of Canadian voters and economic interests.

Sen. Murphy: – Scourge of school shooting’

While rescuers were searching for an active shooter and extracting schoolchildren from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy says television showed a horrific scene of children running for their lives in what he says is the 19th school shooting incident of 2018. Here are the remarks U.S. Senator Chris Murphy made on the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday in response to reports of an active shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

3 commentary Jennifer Rubin: We’re defenseless against Russian…

President Donald Trump, unwilling to acknowledge the degree of Russian meddling in the 2016 election , has brushed aside numerous admonitions from Congress, outside experts and even his own advisers to harden our defenses against future interference. On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats was the latest to testify to Russia's threat to our democracy and our unpreparedness.

Trump’s toxic embrace of Israel must not turn off Democrats

The War with Iran has Begun - Come Hear What Israel's Defense Minister Has to Say Save Your Seat Now US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. On March 4, thousands of Israel lovers will fill another AIPAC Policy Conference.

Bizarro World: The Comic Book Version and the Real Thing

Once upon a time, in comic book land, there was a planet called Bizarro World, a strange place where up was down and down was up and beauty was ugly and ugly was beauty. In one installment, a salesman was doing a brisk business selling "Bizarro Bonds," hawking them to potential customers with this pitch: "Guaranteed to lose money for you."