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OP-ED: Taxing clean energy : What is wrong with these people?

Texas is currently AmericaëƵs leader in wind and solar power. It provides 28% of AmericaëƵs wind energy. If it were a country, it would be the fifth biggest source. Surprisingly, itëƵs about to eclipse California in production of solar power.And so why arenëƵt Texas Republicans bragging ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> ThereëƵs been a lot of ink spilled in recent months about the high turnover rate among American teachers and the problems in replenishing their ranks. For that reason, any school would be wise to hang onto educators as dedicated as Justin ...

OP-ED: Mugged by reality? Or respectful of common sense?

A conservative, to paraphrase and slightly alter Irving KristolëƵs saying, is a liberal who has been mugged by reality ëƵ especially by a reality that is plain to the vast bulk of ordinary people but remains inexplicably invisible to liberal intellectuals and politicians.That saying applies, ...

OP-ED: Jim Brown’s legacy is mixed but memorable

I usually donëƵt try to ëƵdo sports,ëƵ as some of my newsroom colleagues might say. But I beg your indulgence as I try to pay proper homage to football great Jim Brown, even as I still try to figure out what proper homage looks like.Brown, who died last week at age 87, may well have been the ...