President Trump given zero credit from the mainstream press for a major achievement, rapid and apparently successful development of a vaccine (the first of several in the pipeline) for a COVID vaccine. Read More…
Far from acknowledging that the media played a less than noble role in the election results, this column demonizes all Trump voters as bigots or fools. Read More…
Trump's foreign policy record is dismissed as a lot of bluster and showmanship without many notable accomplishments. He deserves more credit for having the courage to reexamine and challenge a number of policies that were misguided or outdated, whereas his predecessors were courting long-term disaster by sticking with the status quo. Read More…
If the only possible choices were the Biden healthcare plan or the Trump healthcare plan as it now stands, the conclusion of this editorial might seem persuasive. But there is another choice, which would be to tell our political leaders to go back to the drawing board on healthcare and come up with a plan that would enhance consumer choices and competition. Read More…
Billed as the first in a series of USA Today analyses of election issues, this editorial endorses the Biden climate plan versus current administration policies. Read More…
Delaware officials lambaste oil companies for allegedly misleading the public about the catastrophic effects of using fossil fuels to power our economy and motor vehicles. Read More…
When it comes to getting the students back into school during a pandemic, it seems well nigh impossible to please everyone. One more example of the value of school choice, so parents can have some say in how their children will be educated without taking the disputes to court. Read More…
Let Congress do the only thing that it can agree on, spending more and more of the taxpayers' money for programs that haven't been shown to be worthwhile. The president's only role is to sign the bill. Read More…
The point of this story seems to be leave it to the experts, but if they disagree or are motivated by political or economic considerations, who holds them accountable? Read More…
Two former public servants express concerns about the current workings of the Delaware state government. They advocate vigorous debate of policy issues with an opportunity for meaningful public input before the decisions get made. Read More…
Amazing that descendants of five New Deal officials would still be hankering for policies of the 1930s plus some new goodies that no one had thought of back then. Read More…
This analysis slams the current president's leadership based on a relentlessly one-sided view of the past four years, and leaves out a crucial question - what's the alternative? Read More…
Judging from the coverage in the News Journal, the fires, looting and violence that have taken place nationwide in demonstrations triggered by the death of George Floyd are comparatively inconsequential - and the president is making too much of the situation. Read More…
Sen. Tom Carper and other Senate Democrats are supporting a bill that would require a sustained effort to reduce carbon emissions to a "net zero" position by 2050. Read More…
Civility is a good thing in politically charged debates, but if supporters of the manmade global warming theory want to learn from the opposition they should do more than listening to refute. Read More…
Although Australian fires may be logically related to global warming, they do not prove that this trend is either caused by human activity or irreversible. Read More…
Democrats in the General Assembly appear to be setting the pace, but none of the truly controversial issues in play are discussed, e.g., gun controls, educational funding, marijuana legalization, or expansion of the Renewable Portfolio Standard. Read More…
PSC decision is reported as a "win" for the individual ratepayer using solar panels, but treating dispatchable power and intermittent power as equal is illogical and produces an inappropriate result. Change the tariff if it isn't worded correctly. Read More…