Opinion Columns

Space agency's future mission more visionary

BY TERRY ROSS, NEWS AND INFORMATION CENTER DIRECTOR

The Obama administration is shaking up the nation's space program and the impact is being felt right here in our own community. As we reported this week in the Yuma Sun, the administration's desire to change the direction of NASA and to end a... Full story

Insurance firms have to make profit

BY TIBOR R. MACHAN

There might not be anyone who is as fond of affordability as I am - well, maybe this is wrong but I am very fond of it. That extends to insurance. My home, car, health and sometimes travel insurance would at their best be something I can well... Full story

Tax questions: tough call

BY ED FEULNER

Suppose you made 10 trips to the ATM, but three of those times it was out of order. Or if, in 10 visits to a fast-food place, the milkshake machine was broken three times. Think you'd find a different bank and a better take-out restaurant? The fact... Full story

Some believe Apple iPad will be 'game changer'

BY TERRY ROSS, NEWS AND INFORMATION CENTER DIRECTOR

Apple calls it the iPad, but for those in the publishing business it might be nicknamed the iHope.That is because newspaper, magazine and book publishers are hoping the device - generically known as a tablet computer - will provide a boost to an... Full story

Campaign giving is muddled

BY TIBOR R. MACHAN

It has puzzled me for some time why campaign contributions are considered a First Amendment constitutional issue. If I write a check to some candidate, I am not talking, writing an essay, carrying some poster in a parade or anything that could be... Full story

El Nino shows climate impact

BY GARY KNOX

I'm seated, snuggled up in a wintry vacation home as I write this column. Out the picture window I see why some people question scientists' growing concern about climate change. What expert researchers claim and what I'm seeing appear in conflict.... Full story

Two victories for free expression

BY TERRY ROSS, NEWS AND INFORMATION CENTER DIRECTOR

Two welcome court rulings this week removed some government intrusion into the election process. One decision by a federal judge in Arizona changed the state's "clean elections" law in regard to matching funds for candidates. Another ruling by U.S.... Full story

EPA policies to drain Arizona pockets

BY MIKE SHELTON

Lisa Jackson is the director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Who cares? We should because her policies will cost us big bucks. She is calling for two sets of money-draining initiatives that will hit us where we live. The most recent... Full story

Do we need to feel guilty?

BY TIBOR R. MACHAN

It is a running joke, of course, concerning Jewish mothers that they relentlessly try to instill guilt in their children along the lines of, "You owe me since I brought you up." Never mind now that bringing up children is something parents usually... Full story

Education played big role with King

BY MIKE SHELTON

A lot of things will be said in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. What may not get enough notice is the role education played in his life, both in and outside of the classroom.His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to read before... Full story

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