A wrong system

Steve Chapman’s column about the No Fly List was right on the mark (“A radical idea for airline security; The government shouldn’t decide who can fly,” Commentary, July 18). If we forget the fact, for a moment, that the No Fly List is a…

Plans for a massive expansion of clean energy in California are being jeopardized by federal foot-dragging, according to state officials who say that more than 20 nearly shovel-ready solar and wind projects are being held up by the U.S. Department of…

The 96 solar panels installed at J’s Maintenance in La Crescenta are expected to generate about 80% of the company’s energy, officials said.

The panels should save the company $7,000 to $8,000 in its first year, said J’s Maintenance General Manager Ch…

Florida is lucky. Even amid this prolonged recession and a depressingly high state unemployment rate of 11.7 percent, families and businesses in the Sunshine State are still paying just 10.8 cents a kilowatt hour for electricity.

That’s due in part t…

‘Sentinel’ hardly notices Creamer’s big victory

I am dumbfounded and saddened by the Orlando Sentinel’s publishing only a few lines about Paula Creamer of the Ladies Professional Golf Association winning her first major tournament, the U.S. Women’s Op…

Restoring power

Has anyone ever publicly thanked all the hard workers from ComEd who didn’t see their families for days, working 12 to 14 hours or more a day, restoring your power?

It seems that everyone has a negative story. Let’s join together in…

Government makes the jobs go ’round

President Obama, in his push to assist small businesses, recently said government can’t create private-sector jobs. That is disingenuous.

Defense contractors rake in billions of taxpayer dollars annually. In turn,…

A rolling “dead zone” off the Gulf of Mexico is killing sea life and destroying livelihoods. Recent estimates put the blob at nearly the size of New Jersey.

Alas, I’m not talking about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As terrible as that catastrophe i…