Opinions

PSC leaves a cavalcade of misdeeds in its wake

The words, "Have you no sense of decency?" brought down Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his reign of terror in 1954.

COVID-19 exposes imprudence of age-based school structure

Many K12 schools have been closed for over two months - and people are understandably panicking about students "falling behind." Parents are frantically downloading curricula and buying workbooks off the shelves for homeschooling. District administrators are uncertain which grade levels to place students in this fall.

There are better days ahead

We are at a good place in history, and we are at that good place because we are facing adversity together. It is sad to think that many had to die to spur us to action, but good times don’t seem to move us forward as a people, bad times do.

The world is alive

This spring, even as we all were cooped up, the world seemed to wake up. It happened when I drove to Oregon’s Klamath Basin to witness the incredible abundance of migrating waterfowl that gather in the national wildlife refuges. Ducks were everywhere with pelicans, swans and cranes and, above all, immense flocks of Snow Geese.

Congress plans to steal the coronavirus vaccine

Lawmakers in Washington want to confiscate the patents on coronavirus treatments and vaccines — before biotech companies even finish developing them.

Being black in America shouldn't be a death sentence

Black people have been getting slaughtered at the hands of whites for hundreds of years. Although it is 2020, and some laws have changed consistently, it seems that evidently the propensity for racial inequality remains unblemished.

Remove the shame from the virus

We are hearing there may be some people who are ridiculing or shaming those who are quarantining because they have been exposed to COVID-19 or those who are isolating because they tested positive for COVID-19.

Secretary Babbitt’s river plan doesn’t go far enough

Each spring, the acequias in New Mexico carry cold, clear snowmelt to freshly furrowed fields on small farms. The centuries-old irrigation culture is recognized in state law and supported by strong communities.

They also serve who only stand and wait

It is not often that we, as a nation, are able to come together to help each other — those we know and those we don’t know.

The new old way of learning

The virus shutdown is opening an astounding learning time for our families and children.