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Letters to the Editor: Reconsider self-destructive methane emissions

Letters to the Editor

Gary Stewart Laguna Beach, California Why is a West Coast resident writing to the Minot Daily News? My town and multiple neighboring towns are flooding this week partly because of decades of decisions in North Dakota and other oil-producing states to prioritize oil and gas production, resulting in heat-trapping emissions. The scientific debate about this is settled, other than fine-tuning. North Dakota's congressional delegation has welcomed EPA changes that will greatly increase methane emissions. The 95% gas capture rate still allows for high-volume flaring of millions of cubic ...

What has government done to freedoms?

National Columnists

Does the government work for us, or do we work for the government? We pay its taxes, obey its laws and regulations, finance its wars and submit to its surveillance. We are told that all of this is necessary for personal safety, collective prosperity and national security. Yet the ...

Former CEO's AI solves wrong problems

National Columnists

I don't know if you've read The New York Times article about Marissa Mayer, the former CEO of Yahoo, who's now back with a woman-targeted AI assistant called "Dazzle," or heard about the ensuing brouhaha, so if not, let me summarize: The piece starts off with Mayer explaining the ...

Someone reading your book is rewarding

National Columnists

Jackie Kennedy Onassis, a book editor for the last two decades of her life, told one of her authors, "If you produce one book, you will have done something wonderful in your life." I've been mulling over her words ever since my publisher scheduled my new novel for publication in ...

Election was wipeout for Republicans

National Columnists

In 2010, President Obama described those midterm elections as a "shellacking" for Democrats, who lost 60 seats in the House. Then, as now, the economy was the top issue. If Republicans could have had a worse night, I don't know what it would be. From Maine to Michigan to Texas, Republicans ...

Time to deal with reality

National Columnists

The headline item from Tuesday's elections is that Democrats wiped out Republicans in the House and the Senate. Congratulations. But do our newly minted senators, with their terms ending in January 2033, realize that they will be the cohort of legislators who face the exhaustion of ...