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Opinion

Electrification of rural America

Editorials and columns

If there is one thing I’ve learned in the past 12 months, it’s that as a general population, we love electricity. On Christmas Eve, December 1940, my family homestead farmhouse experienced the glow of artificial light for the first time. My Great-Uncle John wrote me a Christmas greeting ...

Where is the arc of justice headed?

Editorials and columns

Former President Barack Obama liked to quote the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s line that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Of course, what was an expression of optimism for the moral reformer King was more in the nature of a victory spike of the football for ...

President Donald J Trump is in Charge

Letters to the Editor

Love him or hate him in the world of energy: the Rule-of-Law, international free trade, the strength of the United States Constitution, and having friends and allies and trading partners have no meaning. Under the direction of President Donald J Trump, The United States of America has become ...

Hope for future generations

Letters to the Editor

I’m not alone in experiencing an array of emotions in response to the damage from the latest ice storm. Sadly, it is a foreseeable result of decisions being made by corporate interests every minute of every day. So is the plethora of climate-related disasters that are becoming commonplace ...

War and morality

Editorials and columns

War is the most horrific series of events upon which any government can engage. It is systematic, industrialized, indiscriminate killing. It kills innocent adults and little girls. It often ruins the post-war lives of the killers. It is young men violently fighting old men's power games. It is ...

Does social media really addict us?

Editorials and columns

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are running content very harmful to children. So said a jury in New Mexico that just slapped their owner, Meta, with a $375 million fine. The state accused the company of spreading pornographic images and helping adults contact vulnerable children. Meta faces ...