Kohl’s is the latest company to face calls for a boycott over its Pride-themed collection, with online comments particularly focused on an infant onesie with a design that features the Progress Pride Flag.
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Bob Cappadona: Recycling is still the right decision for Maine municipalities
While the opportunity to serve recycling collection needs of the residents of Auburn through our municipal contract is ending, we are working with the city to establish drop-off locations for residents to continue putting their recyclables to a higher and better use. We will continue to serve the city for its trash collection services and, as such, will continue to partner with the city on its near and long-term materials management needs.
Froma Harrop: Taxing clean energy: What is wrong with these people?
On the psychosis level, renewables serve as a right-wing, culture-war toy. After all, they are the pride and joy of President Joe Biden and concerned environmentalists everywhere. Same goes for the science behind planet warming.
Cal Thomas: The debt deal: Could it have been better?
Whether approved in the current or another form, given past scenarios it is more likely to benefit the politicians and their careers than a majority of overburdened and fed-up taxpayers.
Austin Bay: The U.S. and China wage diplomatic war in the Central and South Pacific
On May 22, the U.S. and Papua New Guinea signed a new military agreement. … Though late, it looks like Washington bets Papua New Guinea will be a bulwark against Chinese communist imperial expansion.
Bob Neal: The Countryman: Putting first things first, finally
Houston, a blue city in a red state, may demonstrate the most common sense of all. If people need houses, build houses. It’s called “Housing First.” The other aspects of homelessness can be dealt with after you get people off the street.
Clarence Page: RIP Jim Brown — your legacy is mixed, yet memorable
Brown, who died last week at age 87, may well have been the greatest athlete to put on a football helmet, although in too many unfortunate instances, he was one of the most flawed.
Cal Thomas: No will, no way
At a time when almost no form of behavior is considered a disgrace, the long, drawn-out scenario over the debt ceiling vs. cuts in spending is disgraceful. The debt alone is a disgrace. The battle over it is worse.
When delivery costs more than the food you ordered
There is no question that the food delivery market is here to stay. Sure, we’ll gripe, but we’ve become a society that is hooked on convenience — and such is the cost of convenience.
Orcas are trying to tell us something. Can we hear it?
While captive orcas have killed a handful of people, almost no one has been killed by whales in the wild. One may have involved an orca mistaking a person for a seal, its natural prey. So why are they targeting the sailboats now?