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Viewpoints

Keep The Focus On Going Forward

Debate about illegalities in the 2020 presidential election in particular – and American elections in general – needs to keep the focus. Some in government or in the press have repeatedly and publicly missed the focus. The House Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Stars Are Beginning To Align For GOP

It’s time for New York Republicans and Conservatives to consider whom to nominate for statewide offices next year. This is against this backdrop: ¯ Not since 2002 have Republicans or Conservatives won a statewide race in New York. ¯ Since then, New York Democrats’ enrollment ...

Requiring National Service Could Go A Long Way

I am a U.S. Navy Vietnam veteran, though not entirely by choice. One reason I joined the Navy is because I didn’t want to get drafted into the Army. From just before World War II until 1973, after the Vietnam War, every American male reaching the age of 18 was subject to the draft. ...

Carbon Tax Will Speed Up Zero-Carbon Transition

Sometimes it seems like hell —or Texas— has to freeze over before climate action comes to the forefront of many politicians’ minds. Well, after recent severe weather events, the climate threat is clear as can be, and it’s time for Congress to act. On February 13, a winter storm began ...

A Chemist Explains Why Scientists Write

Civics education, I’m told by experienced jurists like former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Jack Zouhary, a federal judge in Toledo, is in the dumpster in public schools. Citizens including a new US Senator graduate without knowing the branches of government ...

Toward A More Perfect Union

The notion of America becoming a more perfect union is a fascinating idea. It is self-reflective and humble. It recognizes our nation’s basic good qualities, while also acknowledging that our past actions are not always ideal. We believe it is an attitude and perspective that can serve us ...