(I recently read that it costs more than $50,000 to have a dog cloned. Reminded me of what I wrote in 2005, after the first successful cloning.)
NEW YORK — Exactly a year into its campaign of monetary policy tightening, the Federal Reserve faces its toughest set of choices yet: It can forge ahead with its inflation fight or pivot to address growing banking-sector fears.
The following editorial was originally published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
This editorial was published in the Baltimore Sun
Nearly three years ago, federal legislators considered a measure that would help journalists carry out their vital work of keeping citizens informed about what’s occurring in their communities.
For reasons that remain unclear, former President Donald J. Trump expressed his belief this past weekend that he expects authorities in New York state to take him into custody soon.
(TNS) – When I think about the tactics of the Democrat and Republican parties, I am reminded of lyrics from the Buffalo Springfield song 50 years ago:
‘Remember the ladies.’
GLOW region officials strongly oppose a plan by Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul to redirect federal funding in the state budget — and for good reason.
National Sunshine Week comes to a close today.
(This is from 2012 and I’m happy to say that I ditched the nausea-inducing bifocals and staved off blindness. For now.)
A version of the following editorial was published March 11 by The Daily Gazette of Schenectady:
The people of the Emerald Isle know all too well the hardships of attaining freedom. Their patron saint exemplified this struggle.
Members of the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 28 in two cases challenging the decision by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to cancel more than $400 billion in student debt.
New York Daily News The following editorial was written by the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News:
There’s a sense of poetic injustice when the career of a coaching legend ends on a loss — a last-second defeat at that.
This editorial was originally published in the Chicago Tribune
State officials doubled down on their quest to reinstate a novel coronavirus vaccine mandate for health care workers despite the fact that it’s not as necessary as it once was and appears to have no sound legal foundation.
A hearty thank you to Eli Lilly, one of the planet’s top three producers of insulin, for slashing the price of its most widely prescribed form of insulin by 70% while capping related out-of-pocket costs at $35 a month. That means diabetics with private insurance will now pay costs on par wit…
(Yet another example that nothing ever really changes. This is from 2009. Sound familiar?)
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE — Our future is foreshadowed by our past, and few human activities have shaped our history more than our near-irresistible compulsion to fight each other.
The GOP’s Mayorkas impeachment sideshow
NEW YORK — The moment that Nintendo investors have dreaded for years is finally here: peak Switch. Sales of its mainstay console are falling along with profits.
This editorial was published in the Star Tribune
Nothing shows community spirit quite like a post-season high school basketball game.
The New York State Department of Labor’s decision to cap farm workers overtime to 40 hours by 2032 is a wrongheaded option that will harvest only a crop of problems in the future. Department of Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon confirmed the final farm labor overtime regulations were adopte…
NEW YORK — If health means wealth, as the adage has it, then America’s economic future looks grim.
They don’t call them “man’s best friend” for nothing.
(This column originally was published in 2018)
This editorial was published in the Chicago Tribune
LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — History isn’t kind to one-term presidents, at least in the short run.
This editorial was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This editorial was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The following editorial was originally published by the New York Daily News:
This editorial was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
(In my ongoing effort to prove that nothing really changes, here is a column from 2011 that explains the debt ceiling, which today is nearing $32 TRILLION.)
Jimmy Carter has secured a legacy as probably the greatest former president in modern American history. The former chief executive -- whose one term is generally viewed as an almost unmitigated disaster -- has spent his many post-presidential years promoting human rights and building houses …
This editorial was published in the Baltimore Sun
It is historically significant that America’s four largest cities have Black mayors. Eric Adams of New York, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, Lori Lightfoot of Chicago and Sylvester Turner of Houston run municipalities where 18 million of us live. They are chief executives in charge of some of the…
One could only imagine if the historic blizzard that hit the region and in particular the city of Buffalo occurred without the availability of natural gas and other fuels that are to be eliminated in New York State’s draconian climate action plan.
This editorial was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Whether you believe that human beings were created by an all-powerful God in a universe designed for their sustenance and enjoyment or, on the other hand, that the universe Big Banged itself into existence, and humanity resulted from a long string of spontaneous chemical reactions and mutati…
After years of research, implementing the new water management policy for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River was an incredible achievement.
NEW YORK — Less than a week since Microsoft launched a new version of Bing, public reaction has morphed from admiration to outright worry.
The following editorial was originally published in the San Diego Union-Tribune:
This editorial was published in the Chicago Tribune
(Payton Gendron was sentenced this week. Another mass shooting at a college and a mall and a big shrug from the masses. Just another week in America. This is from 2012.)
The state’s Cannabis Control Board awarded the first 36 conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses in November — 28 of them to individuals and eight to nonprofit organizations — from a pool of about 900 applicants. All individuals and groups vying for one of the licenses had to demonst…
Vice President Mike Pence has reportedly hit on a clever and novel strategy for resisting a subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith in the Jan. 6 investigation. He is expected to argue that because the vice president serves as president of the Senate, the subpoena would violate the protecti…
At its height, polio haunted American families across the country. The disease seemed to spread easily among children. It caused paralysis, severe breathing difficulties and, in some cases, death.
NEW YORK — Lending your hard-earned cash to a company for free, sounds like a bad deal (for you) — particularly when it can park the money at a bank and pocket the interest itself.