Editorials

Patterson’s wisdom will benefit county

It’s the third election in as many months, but May 27’s primary runoff election could prove to be…

Editorials

Single-payer system is the real goal now

Republicans waiting for insurance markets to collapse due to the Affordable Care Act should be careful in what…

Editorials

Higher ed system needs innovation

Surely Theodore Roosevelt would approve. America’s higher education system can fairly be called a trust — worthy of…

Editorials

Corporate tax rate should be reduced

Everyone in Washington agrees on something. That’s news all by itself. What makes it even better news is…

Editorials

Universitiies silence unwelcome speech

If you’ve heard anything about the “liberal arts” in education recently, it’s probably been in connection to how…

Editorials

Navy misfires on biofuel subsides

An Obama appointment to the U.S. Navy is making good on his pledge to force “green” fuels on…

Editorials

California mileage tax a bad approach

California gas tax won’t help climate State should return excess tax revenue Texas must work to keep its…

Editorials

Let’s all celebrate our own mothers

When turn-of-the-century activist Anna Jarvis helped found Mother’s Day in 1908, she was very specific about that tricky…

Editorials

Tyler Paper makes local endorsements

It’s refreshing that there are contested races in the spring municipal and school board elections. Contested races are…

Editorials

A fashinable book about failed system

There are some things, it seems, that each generation has to discover for itself. Every generation eventually realizes…