Editorials

Sugar policies help send jobs to Mexico

There’s the sugar rush, then the sugar crash. U.S. sugar policy is mostly about the crash, though. The…

Editorials

Free speech battles are worth fighting

The New Yorker magazine asks in a recent issue whether there’s too much free speech. The answer is…

Editorials

Clean Power Plan will hurt minorities

Under the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan, the price of electricity will go up. The price of everything…

Editorials

A promising new health care trend

What’s sadly missing from the health care debate – a debate that the Affordable Care Act did not…

Editorials

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is unrealistic, mean

Supreme Court to hear case: Did Obama’s action on immigration ignore constitutional boundaries? Take the imperative of addressing…

Editorials

Sanders and Trump share a philosophy

A new chapter in American politics has begun. Millions of Americans on the right and left have lost…

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Texas’ tort reforms have been a success

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entire presidential campaign is “hey, look at Texas.” And that’s valid. But it’s…

Editorials

We need involuntary commitment laws to help homeless

America’s homeless are lawyering up to fight for a “right” to live on the street. Your neighborhood and…

Editorials

Modernist memorial will not honor Ike

We could wearily shrug, say “Oh, well,” and economize waste and annoyance by just building the proposed $142…

Editorials

Election wisdom from fairy tales

Louisiana held one of the nation’s first straw polls last week. It wasn’t widely reported, but Sen. Ted…