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02/01/2010

Editorial: Our recommendations in 2010 primaries
Early voting and nearly all of the campaigning are over. Tuesday is Election Day for Texas' Republican and Democratic primaries. Here are the recommendations we've published in selected statewide and North Texas races.

02/26/2010

Editorial: TXU plan could kick start solar power in homes
Sticker shock has discouraged most North Texans from basking in power from the sun, but suppose they could generate solar energy for less than they spend on gourmet coffee each month and sell the excess back to the local power company?

Editorial: Obama debt panel needs honest solutions
The fact that Barack Obama named Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles to head the new presidential commission aimed at reducing the national debt is not only a good thing. Their leadership is really a good thing.

Editorial: Three capital cases illustrate how tactics trump truth
Convicted killer Charles Dean Hood is getting a new day in court, but not for all the right reasons. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted him a new sentencing hearing, but that's beside the point.

Editorial: A road map for going forward from health summit
We continue to believe that the best way to expand coverage, control medical costs and reliably fund a health care bill is to eliminate or sharply reduce the tax subsidies that employers receive for offering coverage to employees.

Editorial: Weekly trash pickup is progress, not cause for panic
Dallas has spent years easing everyone into once-weekly trash and recycling collection. But for 75 percent of the city's residents, this "OneDay" program will be a change. And we know change can be hard. This doesn't have to be.

Editorial: Hits and Misses
Thoughtful commentary disguised as snap judgments on a bipartisan breakthrough, a United Way makeover and a lawsuit that aims at the wrong target.

02/25/2010

Editorial: Olympics inspire, amaze, amuse
Whenever 200 people gather to watch a curling exhibition in Farmers Branch, you know something strange is in the air. At bars and restaurants, people stand and cheer for guys named Apolo and Bode. A place called the "kiss and cry" is front-page news.

Editorial: Toyota, regulators share blame for safety fiasco
When seven Chicago-area residents who had taken Tylenol mysteriously died nearly three decades ago, Johnson & Johnson suddenly found itself in an urgent battle for corporate survival. Apparently, Toyota doesn't remember.

02/24/2010

Editorial: Can Dems, GOP agree on reform prescription?
Yes, today's health care summit is partly for show, a made-for-TV event. Democrats and Republicans alike will use the event to talk to the cameras, not to each other. That doesn't mean the rest of us shouldn't hope that they can find common ground.

Editorial: Answering the civility challenge
Beneath the blood and rubble of wars throughout history lies a common thread: a breakdown in communication. When people stop talking and listening, and instead try to bludgeon each other with their views, almost nothing good can follow.

02/23/2010

Editorial: IRS should stay away from exoneree payments
The motive behind the Timothy Cole Act was to make exonerees as financially whole as possible for the injustice committed against them. The idea was never to turn injustice into a taxation opportunity for the IRS.

Editorial: Transit innovation
Expanding the reach of rail transit in North Texas will take progress big and small on multiple fronts. Here are a couple of areas where things are quietly heading the right way in Austin and here at home.

02/22/2010

Editorial: Balance Texas budget on 3-legged stool
The list of cuts that rolled out of state agencies last week aren't nearly enough to balance Texas' budget. We must find savings elsewhere. As legislative committees work on this problem before the next session starts, here's a strategy to pursue.

Editorial: Obama's nuclear option
At last, a nuclear energy breakthrough. It's impossible to overestimate the importance of President Barack Obama's plan to finance the construction of two nuclear reactors, the nation's first in three decades.