editorials and opinion
May: How one small endangered nation prospered
People forget how small Israel is. Its entire population is a little over 7 million -- smaller than Lima, Peru. Its land area is about 8,000 square miles, smaller than New Jersey. By comparison, Jordan, its neighbor to the east, occupies 35,000 square miles; Egypt, to the West, covers 386,000 square miles.
E-mail: nothing to write home about
The Internet has certainly been a boon to the human species. It has brought the wisdom of the ages into easy reach of our fingertips. Of course, it has also brought the ignorance of the ages into our easy grasp.
Schram: Rise and fall and rise again of Obama
Looking back, we can see how the Remarkable Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Barack Obama really began months ago, way back in November 2009.
Editorial: Buffett bets big on Burlington Northern
Warren Buffett made his biggest bet ever -- and it wasn't in a new Internet company with a goofy name or some newfangled technology. It was in a railroad that dates back 150 years.
Ambrose: Anti-religious bigotry raises its head
Even though they may remind you immediately of the worst racists you have known, bigoted bashers of religion often get away with it no matter how shallow, uncomprehending, unfair, overly generalizing, nasty-minded or obviously hostile their attitudes are.
Walters: Fiscal reform in California requires nerve to do it
Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, testified at a recent legislative hearing on how California might improve its bollixed budget process by emulating other states.
Editorial: Vote matters locally, but won't change big picture
Voters go to the polls across the country on Tuesday, but be wary of experts who predict sweeping trends based on these mostly local races.
The highest stakes are in two states choosing governors: New Jersey and Virginia.
Maxwell: Make education seamless from pre-k to college
Although America's education system is one of the best in the world, the philosophy that underpins the system is seriously flawed.
We have two separate cultures in education: elementary and secondary schools (K-12) and postsecondary schools (undergraduate and graduate institutions). This separation is expensive, wastes human capital and harms the public welfare.
Walters: Outlook for effective change in California is poor
Exactly one year from today, California voters will pretend that electing a new governor will somehow improve their chronically ineffective state government.
Crisp: If it's inconvenient, pull on the blinders
The proper term took a while to come to the surface, but how about "willful disbelief"? It might be useful to describe the pose that we embrace when we're confronted with a proposition that we really, really -- really! -- don't want to believe is true.
