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Agenda-setting opinions. Winner of 2022 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing. Send letters to [email protected] and submissions to [email protected].
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Vote no on HISD's $4.4 billion bond. Mike Miles hasn't earned our trust yet. https://t.co/mEEgRvDAcn
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#Thread About a year ago, @ChronOpinion is screening Texas Railroad Commission candidates. Hawk Dunlap, the Libertarian nominee, hops on the zoom on his phone sitting in his truck. He's packing a lip, coveralls halfway unbuttoned. Quite a first impression.
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What Houstonians want. And what Mayor Whitmire is giving us instead. | Opinion
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How would you divvy up the city of Houston's $7 billion budget?
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As a veteran, I ask: George Floyd on the front page on Memorial Day? | Opinion
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I was shocked and dismayed to open Monday's paper and see that another day of headlines continued the lionization of George Floyd, superseding any mention of our sacred holiday, Memorial Day.
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The Dutch remember U.S. heroes while Trump's America forgets its values | Opinion
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This Memorial Day I thought of my father, who died for the democracy we seem to be losing.
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Antisemitism is here. And it looks like it's here to stay. | Opinion
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Antisemitism has been around for centuries. When will we find the resolve to finally put an end to this hateful persecution, at least here in America?
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She objected to an 'antisemitic' exhibit. Then she visited it. | Opinion
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He was brave enough to invite her. She was brave enough to come.
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Saying no to County Judge Lina Hidalgo's Paris trip is petty | Opinion
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Did the Harris County commissioners' self-righteous show make them feel good about themselves?
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What happened to the Republican Party I grew up with? | Opinion
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How have we become so numb to the things that actually make this country great?
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How punk is cumbia? Frente Cumbiero plays Houston | Opinion
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Behind that chu-chucu-chu dance beat, there’s a world of history — including a lively strain of do-it-yourself rebellion.
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Jonah Goldberg: Reporters weren't skeptical enough about Biden's health | Opinion
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FDR, Eisenhower, JFK and other presidents have hid their health conditions from the public. Reporters should have known to ask more questions.
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Grew up in Houston. Killed by Nazis. Remembered by the grateful Dutch. | Opinion
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George S. Alexander was buried in the Netherlands, far from home. Eighty years later, on Memorial Day, his grave is still honored.
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White Afrikaner farmers only refugee policy mirrors South Africa's divided past | Opinion
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On honeymoon in South Africa, I saw the legacy of apartheid-era exclusion. Trump’s white-Afrikaner-only refugee policy follows its blueprint.
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Why Houston and Harris County are battling over your toll money | Opinion
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Houston deserves a portion of Harris County toll road revenues, but not what the Legislature is proposing.
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Washington DC killing is a warning for Houston. Antisemitism is escalating. | Opinion
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Houston sounds the alarm about rising antisemitism locally and nationally.
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Taxpayers don't have the money to cater to Harris County Judge Hidalgo's whims | Opinion
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If the Greater Houston Partnership wants Hidalgo to go to Paris on a junket, they can pay for it.
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Stop this government overreach against homeless services | Opinion
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Senate Bill 2623 would ban homeless services within 1,500 feet of schools. That's overreach and will make our streets less safe.
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Where will our seniors go? Medicaid cuts will shutter Texas nursing homes. | Opinion
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A nursing home company CEO says that Trump's budget cuts could lead to hospitals and care facilities closing leaving seniors with nowhere to go.
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Trump's deportations shouldn't shock Texans. We voted for them. | Opinion
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If this is not what we want, we need to elect different people.
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Work in Texas? Many young scientists say no thanks | Opinion
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At least Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas are less popular.
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Texas ranchers aren’t afraid to compete with lab-grown meat. So why ban it? | Opinion
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If a steak is clearly labeled, federally regulated and safe, Texans should be free to choose it.
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