Being an agency director is incompatible with exercising independent judgment on the Board of Regents.
Solar changes don’t need a rate case
The commission should decide what utilities have to pay for surplus rooftop solar power without ducking.
No practical alternative to free trade
Debate over Trade Promotion Authority and Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal misses the cardinal point.
The Sunni split over Yemen
Pakistan and Turkey opt out of the royalists’ fight.
A simpler way to legalize pot
Just eliminate criminal penalties for the possession, use and casual sales of small quantities, rather than setting up a entire commercial industry.
The McCain-Flake split on foreign policy
Although they have established a productive working relationship, differences on foreign policy — McCain’s terrain — are becoming increasingly visible.
What has the West wrought in Libya?
The tragic Libyan shipwreck should trigger circumspection about interfering in the internal affairs of other countries.
Rubio should have stayed in the Senate
He has great potential, but needs more seasoning and a stronger national political persona not so vulnerable to disagreements on particular issues.
The Hillary Clinton campaign dirge
If Democrats have such an edge in presidential elections, why the uneasiness over Clinton’s candidacy?
Need for a dose of reality at Department of Child Safety
Everyone who runs the agency ends up with an informal method of triage and differential responses to abuse and neglect complaints. Past time to make that legit.