Lawrence Ledger Opinion
SOLUTIONS 12/17: Emerson and Thoreau speak to our time
By Huck Fairman
In happening upon a book review of a new history of the American Transcendentalists, particularly Emerson and Thoreau, I was awakened, as...
Opinion: Solutions needed to combat gun violence in schools
Recently, a 15-year-old Oxford High School student from Oxford Township, Michigan, opened fire and killed four other classmates and wounded many others. The sheriff...
Opinion: Safe Storage of Guns bill is needed in New Jersey
The news that a 15-year-old brought a loaded gun on Dec. 8 to Lawrence High School is a wakeup call that mass shootings like...
SOLUTIONS 11/19: The Glasgow Climate Accord
By Huck Fairman
Last Saturday night, the Glasgow Climate Accord was signed.
Like the climate crisis itself, it came down to the wire.
The question remains: will we...
Solutions: Glasgow Climate Conference brings more attention to climate change
By Huck Fairman
With the Glasgow Climate Conference stretching over two weeks, the issue of climate change has been in the news. But much of...
SOLUTIONS 10/29: The costs of climate inaction
By Huck Fairman
Senator Joe Manchin and a majority of Republicans have been opposing President Joe Biden's and the Democrats' funding for climate spending intended...
SOLUTIONS 10/8: Can we save ourselves, and how?
By Huck Fairman
Reports on and opinions as to how we can save ourselves from the worsening climate crisis have been increasingly appearing in the...
Opinion: Afghan refugees are carefully vetted before entering the U.S.
In a recent letter (Refugees will change voting demographics, Oct. 1) about the arrival in the U.S. of refugees from Afghanistan, Ira Marks expresses...
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