Oprah is not the answer
Whether Oprah Winfrey runs for president in 2020 or not, it will not miraculously change what is wrong with America. In fact, it might even be detrimental to American society as a whole if she does run.
Category Archives: Opinion
Editorial Cartoon: Jan. 10, 2018
A judge in San Francisco temporarily barred President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday from ending a program shielding young people brought to the United States illegally by their parents... True freshman Tua Tagovailoa hit DeVonta Smith with a 41-yard touchdown pass in overtime early Tuesday morning, giving Alabama a dramatic 26-23 win ... (more)
Build the King Cove Road: Saving lives in King Cove a worthy exception to wilderness rule
It appears the residents of King Cove will finally have a road built through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge to connect their city to the all-weather airport at the neighboring city of Cold Bay.
American workers are already benefiting from tax reform
The formula is simple: When the economy accelerates, employers compete for employees and wages increase. I experienced this during my 17 years as CEO of a national quick-service restaurant chain.
The many implications of Pence’s promise to Iranians
In his Jan. 4 op-ed, " This president will not be silent on Iran ," Vice President Pence charged that President Barack Obama effected "an abdication of American leadership" and "emboldened Iran's tyrannical rulers." Mr. Pence, in contrast, promised that "under President Trump, the United States is standing with" the Iranian people.
Electoral integrity commission is a fraud
By terminating the ill-considered Presidential Advisory Commission on Electoral Integrity, the Trump administration has eliminated the only demonstrable fraud involving the 2016 election. President Donald Trump has claimed falsely that Hillary Clinton's 3 million-plus plurality in the 2016 election popular vote was due to voter fraud, despite abundant evidence to the contrary.
Michael Goodwin: Why Trump, chaos and all, it still better than Hillary Clinton in the White House
The Justice Department is investigating Clinton Foundation over 'pay to play' allegations, which means Hillary Clinton could be implicated in at least four different ongoing probes. #Tucker Now that Steve Bannon has carried his political jihad to its logical conclusion, martyrdom never looked so meaningless.
CES, world’s biggest tech show, evokes America’s spirit and the need for us to work together
CES, world's biggest tech show, evokes America's spirit and the need for us to work together It's become nearly impossible to turn on the TV or scroll through your newsfeed without seeing some sort of political fretting or fuming. Never in my memory has the partisan fighting in our nation been so intense.
Too early to handicap the 2018 elections? No
If Democrats win at least one branch of Congress, there will be an investigative feast - with rich targets - of the ethically challenged administration of President Donald Trump, plus a check on presidential actions. If Republicans retain full control, expect renewed attacks on Obamacare, efforts to cut Medicare and Social Security, and one or two more right-wing Supreme Court justices.
Editorial: Monday Briefing
A recent post on Amarillo Animal Management and Welfare's Facebook page serves as a stark reminder - put the safety of your pets first, even when finding them a new home. From the post: "A very well-known offender to AAM&W has just surrendered another one of their dogs that they got off Craigslist.
Optimism for Alaska in 2018
As Alaskans, there's no doubt we face significant challenges, including high crime rates, domestic violence and sexual assault, thousands of Alaskans struggling with addiction, and a continuing recession that has left too many without jobs.
TC Line: Some stereotypes fit
To Friday's caller, who generalized about Boulder County and all liberalism. Liberals tend to be concerned about everyone, not just the wealthy; and most do not think conservatism necessarily implies greed, ignorance or narrow-mindedness.
Don’t believe Michael Wolff’s trashy efforts
At about 2:20 a.m. the morning after Election Day, Kellyanne Conway's cellphone rang. It was the Associated Press calling the 2016 presidential election for the ultimate political outsider, Donald J. Trump.
A ‘postliterate’ president?
Michael Wolff's tantalizing takedown of President Donald Trump's White House is so tightly packed with tales of political convulsion and personal betrayal that official Washington will be buzzing off its sugar high for weeks. But after the shock of Wolff's account of Trump's willful ignorance and intellectual incoherence fades, Americans will be left with the inescapable conclusion that the president is not capable of fulfilling his duties as commander in chief.
This Week in History for the week of Jan. 7-13, 2018
Twenty-eight volunteers participating in the Audubon Christmas Bird Count in Loveland tallied 18,503 individual birds of 83 different species.
Social Security and Medicare: GOP has eyes on cuts
In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., looks on during a ceremony at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation. In this Dec. 20, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., looks on during a ceremony at the White House after the final passage of tax overhaul legislation.
Department of Injustice
After foraging through the dumpster of discarded ideas, the Trump administration has dragged out another fetid reject as part of its campaign to roll back modernity, common sense and the will of the people.
Commentary: Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ finally splits Bannon, Trump
With all the news about Stephen K. Bannon unloading in Michael Wolff's upcoming book, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," I am again reminded of the remarkable similarities between Bannon and Nick Nolte's character, Four Leaf Tayback, in the film "Tropic Thunder." Tayback looks like a grizzled, seasoned veteran, but really, he was just a fraud and a kook.
Fitzgerald: Bay State primo pol Bob Crane dies at 91
JUBILANT NATURE: State Treasurer Robert Q. Crane, right, embraces Attorney General Francis X. Bellotti on Bellotti's 1986 departure from office. You can now close that door on political lore in Massachusetts because Bob Crane died yesterday at 91 and we're not going to see, or hear, or laugh with anyone like him again.
Carr: Treasurer’s attitude was right on the money
He was the state treasurer for 27 years, and in the 27 years since he left office, there have been five state treasurers, mostly because they all had big egos, and they wanted something more, because they didn't know how good they had it, thanks mainly to Robert Quentin Crane. They were lucky, in other words, but they didn't appreciate it.