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LETTER TO THE EDITOR - It’s not rocket science

To the Editor: It only requires accepting today’s scientific consensus on climate change—causes, consequences and costs— and applying economic principles. There is a clear causal link between ri...
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To the Editor: First and foremost, there are things that we can do to improve the situation of our overheating our world. I want to offer them agency and knowledge. I want them to understand that this big shift that needs to happen, is happening just as they are stepping out of childhood and into adulthood. I want to tell them about what we decided to do, what choices we made to live using l...

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Big Brother is watching you

To the Editor: Last fall, after traveling to Europe, the immigration officer simply asked me to look into the camera, then welcomed me back by name without ever checking my passport. It was quick, friendly and easy. Their system had recognized my face and cleared me for entry in a split second. Anthropic, a leader in AI, has a contract to deliver artificial intelligence to the US government. The T...

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What is ICE funding getting us? To the Editor: The recent legislation facetiously labeled ‘The Big Beautiful Bill,’ allocated $168 billion to immigration and border enforcement. This is an unheard-of increase of $134 billion over the $34 billion allocated in 2025. The $34 billion was already 36 times the amount allocated for tax and financial crimes and was at least 15 times the amount spen...

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Rules and regulations To the Editor: When our kids are little, they break things and make messes that we parents have to clean up. As they grow, we teach them to avoid making messes, to clean up after themselves, to repair damage they’ve caused, and to apologize. If they misbehave on purpose, there are consequences. Parents act as the arbiters, setting boundaries and taking corrective action ...

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DOGE did more harm than good To the Editor: A year ago, Elon Musk waved a chainsaw over his head and promised that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would slash $2 trillion in federal waste, fraud, and abuse. That figure was later trimmed to $1 trillion, then quietly downgraded to “hundreds of billions.” Last month, DOGE itself quietly disappeared. Independent analyses te...

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