Opinions

COVID-19 exacted a heavy, wide-ranging toll on our nation, but the time to rebuild and recover has mercifully arrived. Yet, many aspects of our society were already badly in need of repair before the pandemic. COVID highlighted and exacerbated those problems.... Read More

The views expressed in the article are Mr. Fitzgerald’s and do not reflect the opinions or beliefs of his employer or affiliates. "Be All You Can Be" was the recruiting slogan of the U.S. Army for over 20 years. Growing up in Tennessee,... Read More

As the Biden administration debates how to structure broad-sweeping student loan relief, many are pointing to the rising cost of higher education as the main culprit for the student debt crisis. According to U.S. News and World Report, in 2002... Read More

On Monday, June 9, Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.,, Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, introduced himself to the American people in simple and stark terms that underlined not only the... Read More

The world is now seeing its supply chain limits put to the test with multiple struggles happening at once: China’s COVID-19 lockdowns, Russia’s war against Ukraine, the ongoing pandemic’s impacts on labor, and unwanted policies like ending the North American... Read More

As our economy starts to bounce back from the pandemic, employers are struggling to hire enough people to meet demand. Meanwhile, in the United States it is estimated that 82% of people on the autism spectrum are unemployed, compared with... Read More

Low-income neighborhoods face long roads to recovery as they are often disproportionately affected by natural disasters like hurricanes and flooding. Yet, instead of paying an equitable amount for the coverage they need, they continue to subsidize flood insurance for affluent,... Read More

The crypto markets have been on a roller coaster ride in recent months. But market downturns and media buzz are nothing new in the crypto space. What’s unique this time around is that the crypto market’s recent volatility coincides with... Read More

Imagine this scenario: You want to build a second story addition on your house. Before getting deep into planning, you need one simple question answered — can I build it? Thinking it will be a quick answer, you and an... Read More

Let’s be honest, information infrastructure isn’t sexy. It doesn’t go viral or grab headlines and it doesn’t dominate the talking points on the 24-hour news shows. But it matters. That’s why you may have heard me cheering last year when... Read More

Imagine the terrible stress of having to choose between paying the rent or caring for a sick child, buying heating oil or bonding with your new baby, making a car payment or seeking care after being impacted by family violence.... Read More

The past few years have presented challenges for businesses that would have been unimaginable not long ago. A global pandemic, unprecedented supply chain disruptions, and now record inflation have all created new obstacles that businesses have had to navigate to... Read More

Lobbyists and lawmakers who have enjoyed full careers profiting from oil and gas have — predictably — blamed the Biden administration for current high prices and have called for a full-scale ramping up of domestic oil and gas leasing and... Read More

Recent articles and reviews seem to be drawing more attention to a rising concern for universities and the fossil fuel companies that continue to provide significant resources for energy and climate research efforts. In deference to researchers who depend on... Read More

According to the latest United Nations IPCC report on mitigating climate change, improvements in agriculture and forestry could deliver up to 30% of the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions needed to meet global climate targets. This represents a huge opportunity... Read More

Many people felt a political earthquake when we saw Democratic Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s recent speech on the floor of the Michigan state Senate. I certainly did. I was moved by her passion, her clarity and her moral outrage at the... Read More

We’ve all felt the anxiety of bracing for an X-ray or sliding into a magnetic resonance imaging machine. We’ve all held our breath while a loved one undergoes a medical procedure. Every day, millions of Americans put their faith in... Read More

Having recently finished the original docuseries "Dopesick," it occurred to me that many Americans may just be learning how opioid abuse turned thousands of patients into addicts and then into inmates. As the CEO of one of the nation’s largest correctional... Read More

The growing Florida solar industry provides nearly 40,500 jobs, but big power companies and the lawmakers in their pockets want to pass legislation that would kneecap the industry and prevent us from harnessing one of our biggest competitive advantages: sunshine. Gov. Ron DeSantis... Read More

Texas has long been a bastion of constitutional rights, but that reputation now finds itself at risk as Texas courts are eroding critical First Amendment rights. What began as a fairly limited breach of contract and fraud case took a... Read More

Whether you’re a self-proclaimed “tree hugger” or someone who just wants to spend less money on energy consumption during Florida’s grueling summer months, the truth is undeniable: An investment in solar is common sense for Florida and Floridians. Over the... Read More

Hidden between the Republican political grandstanding and baseless attacks, soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson previewed her views on a crucial online speech protection at the recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Anyone who wants online platforms to moderate and take down... Read More

Four years ago, I said goodbye to my little boy Alex as he headed off to school. I thought he would come back to me and my wife at the end of the day.  I never thought that he would... Read More

President Biden’s recently released 2023 budget plan is projected to reduce the federal deficit by around $1 trillion over the next 10 years, but several of the pay-fors, including the so-called billionaire tax, remain controversial and are unlikely to garner the broad congressional support... Read More

Imagine a simple blood test that could screen for over 50 types of cancers. This sounds like science fiction. Yet, this breakthrough innovation is on the horizon due to the research and development at Grail, a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company... Read More

The agricultural sector has been facing an accelerated transformation over the past years, rapidly enhancing the multitude of options for growing successful crops. Americans are some of the most consistent users of agricultural pesticides in the world. However, the most... Read More

A rebuttal to a Washington Post op-ed on wartime nuclear power plant safety. On March 18, the day after I rebutted hyped media coverage of impending atomic catastrophe in Ukraine, yet another alarmist article surfaced in The Washington Post. Kate... Read More

From the time of the United States' founding, the principle of “equal justice under the law” has been the quintessential tenet of American democracy. The words are engraved above the entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court as a reminder to... Read More

The COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged the development of lifesaving vaccines at record-breaking speed, but COVID’s relentless death toll has reinforced life’s fragility and the limits of modern medicine to eliminate suffering at life’s end. At the same time, we are seeing... Read More

Democratic California State Sen. Monique Limón recently introduced the California Community Reinvestment Act, SB 1176, a bill that aims to increase lending to communities of color and low- to moderate-income communities. This is a laudable goal, as for years discrimination... Read More