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Frank Barry: ‘Civil War’ is a gift to Trump’s opponents
Alex Garland's box office hit, Civil War, which is set in a future America at war with itself, has drawn lots of criticism for not telling audiences what caused the … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429119.html#storylink=rss
LZ Granderson: Trump’s racist ‘welfare’ dog whistle is nonsense just like Reagan’s
Donald Trump took his dog whistle down to Florida last weekend, where he reportedly told a room full of donors: "When you are Democrat, you start off essentially at 40% … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429133.html#storylink=rss
Commentary: Counting on Social Security to fund your retirement? Think again
In just nine years, the oldest Gen-Xers will reach Social Security's normal retirement age of 67. But they have a rude awakening when they learn that the program's trust fund … Click to Continu...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429055.html#storylink=rss
Editorial: Report again highlights need for entitlement reform
Neither of the two presumptive major party presidential nominees wants to seriously discuss Social Security. But political cowardice is no substitute for statesmanship. The longer Congress does n...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429059.html#storylink=rss
VIEWPOINT 1: Do not give up on Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, we must remember that too much is at stake to walk away. Autocrats and those with autocratic tendencies are having a global moment. … Click to Cont...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288428999.html#storylink=rss
Commentary: Campus crisis proves we didn’t learn any real lessons from Jan. 6
Rioters. Let's call them exactly what they are. What's happened – and still happening – at institutions like Columbia, USC, UCLA and elsewhere might have charitably been called a free … Cli...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429027.html#storylink=rss
Editorial: To reach climate goals, LA needs action on its Green New Deal - not excuses
Los Angeles adopted an array of ambitious climate and transportation goals years ago under former Mayor Eric Garcetti, who had the relatively easy job of setting long-range targets knowing he …...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429127.html#storylink=rss
Editorial: Judge should jail Trump for any new gag order violations in hush money trial
For his 10th violation of Acting Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan's gag order - this time for complaining about the supposed political affiliation of the jury - Donald … Click...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288429053.html#storylink=rss
From Lamentation to Adulation: Donald Trump’s Rhetorical Journey Regarding January 6 | Opinion
There was a time when Donald Trump was almost melancholy about the January 6, 2021, violent ransacking of the Capitol by his most fervent grassroots supporters-hard as that is to … Click to Con...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288428883.html#storylink=rss
He’s Going to Get Away With It | Opinion
From the Boiling Frogs on The Dispatch Does the public have a right to a speedy trial in a federal criminal case? The defendant has that right, of course, under … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288425227.html#storylink=rss
Political Sacred Cows Inflate American Grocery Prices | Opinion
From the Capitolism on The Dispatch Americans are concerned about grocery prices-and for (mostly) good reasons. Yes, as we discussed in February, consumers here still-even after years of inflatio...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288420899.html#storylink=rss
Tarrant sheriff must release videos to show public what led to inmate’s death | Opinion
FW Jail Deaths blurb for top of stories It’s probably legal for Tarrant County to keep videos from the public even though they may shed light on a man’s troublesome … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article288402930.html#storylink=rss
Biden Campaign Targets Swing-State Minority Voters | Opinion
From the Dispatch Politics on The Dispatch Happy Wednesday! For any 40-year-old readers, we hope you are in as good a shape as Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, who spent … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288417391.html#storylink=rss
Commentary: Blowing past the warning signs: The teacher morale crash is here
If you follow education policy at all, you've probably heard about the looming "Fiscal Cliff." As pandemic-era federal support runs out, school districts that used temporary funding to create per...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288415957.html#storylink=rss
Social Media Posts Rely on Inaccurate Numbers to Compare Presidential Spending | Opinion
An image comparing budget deficits and surpluses for Republican and Democratic presidents has spread across social media this week. "The budget has always been better under democrats," reads a qu...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288413715.html#storylink=rss
Smartphones are stealing our children’s mental health. What should we do? | Opinion
What are smartphones stealing from our children? A lot, in the eyes of Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University. His book “The Anxious Generation,” published in … Cl...
Commentary | This Mother’s Day, let’s honor moms of all species
My mother once said to me, “A mother’s work is never done.” It wasn’t until I became a parent myself that I grasped the depth of this token of wisdom. … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288411815.html#storylink=rss
Editorial: Overcome objections, keep DEI on track
Minnesota's largest school district is a recent example of the culture conflicts that are occurring in education, politics and other areas across Minnesota and America. Half of the Anoka-Hennepin...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288411763.html#storylink=rss
Editorial: Break out the hook. This time Trump-Biden debates need tight rules of civility
President Joe Biden's statement that he would be "happy" to debate Donald J. Trump means that voters will have at least one opportunity to see the two major-party candidates answer … Click to C...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288411831.html#storylink=rss
Editorial: California wage law is good news for the robots
Southern Nevadans who make the trek along Interstate 15 to the Los Angeles area may have noticed that a quick lunch stop in Baker or Barstow can now run close … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288411789.html#storylink=rss
Commentary: If AI wrecks democracy, we may never know
This year promises to be a whopper for elective government, with billions of people - or more than 40% of the world’s population - able to vote in an election. … Click to Continue »
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288411811.html#storylink=rss
Commentary: Is Biden a YIMBY? He certainly has good reason to embrace a pro-housing agenda
President Biden's recent pro-housing pivot didn't come a moment too soon. Even though the housing shortage is long-standing, well-known and worse in blue cities, high housing costs somehow sneake...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/article288411863.html#storylink=rss
Greatest source of antisemitism in Texas doesn’t look very right wing anymore | Opinion
It would be easy to believe that antisemitism in Texas is a problem only for the political right. Just Google “antisemitism, Texas” and the most prominent headline returned from the … Click...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/cynthia-m-allen/article288181345.html#storylink=rss
Tarrant appraisal board, city and school leaders: See our local election endorsements | Opinion
Local elections don’t draw nearly enough attention — or voters. It’s understandable that they can’t compete with choosing a president or governor. But this year, there are new offices and...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/election-recommendations/article288082805.html#storylink=rss
Texas needs to air-condition prisons before a federal court turns up the heat again | Opinion
It often takes a federal court’s involvement to get Texas to do right by the vulnerable or underserved. From appalling prison conditions and segregated schools to shameful care for foster … C...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article288079425.html#storylink=rss
Ken Paxton goes after income program but has no problem with corporate welfare | Opinion
“There is no such thing as free money – especially in Texas.” That’s the first sentence of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against a guaranteed income pilot program in … C...
Fort Worth plan to take over Medstar is sound — as long as these issues are addressed | Opinion
In the business world, any merger or acquisition is complicated: combining systems, transferring employees and dealing with myriad unexpected issues that arise. In government, particularly a crit...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/editorials/article288058935.html#storylink=rss
These GOP runoff contenders aren’t just from the right. They’re from another universe | Opinion
I spent an hour in another universe this week. In the faraway brains of some Republicans I heard Wednesday, the Texas Legislature is full of leftists, there’s no reason for … Click to Continu...
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/bud-kennedy/article288031100.html#storylink=rss
Instead of Biden paying off student debt, let’s try this in higher education instead | Opinion
As the election draws closer and record inflation wreaks havoc on the economy, President Joe Biden has dropped behind former President Donald Trump in nearly every battleground state. In a … Cl...
Mark Davis: City must learn lesson on free speech after canceling detransitioner event | Opinion
It would have been a conversation-starter of a morning April 20 at the Victory Forest Community Center on Hemphill Street in Fort Worth. An event was on the schedule featuring … Click to Contin...