Viewpoints

Viewpoints: Federal shield law would protect reporters with confidential sources

By Gregory Favre - Updated: 8:01 am

Good news: President Barack Obama asked Sen. Chuck Schumer to reintroduce the federal media shield law that failed in the Senate in 2009.

Viewpoints: Are the naysayers wanting Sacramento to fail?

By Bruce Maiman - Published: 12:00 am

Why are so many so angry over the Kings staying in Sacramento? Judging by online reaction of Bee readers, you would think someone had stolen their firstborn.

Eugene Robinson: President needs to understand that it's news, not espionage

By Eugene Robinson - Updated: 8:02 am

The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news.

Another View: Delta plan still evolving as more is learned

By William Stelle Jr. - Updated: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 8:35 am

An April 25 Viewpoints article, "Twin tunnels water grab is doomed to fail," noted a number of concerns with the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, citing the comments of the National Marine Fisheries Service on how to improve the current draft. The agency offers additional thoughts on the state's plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Viewpoints: Twin tunnels water grab is doomed to fail

Viewpoints: Should California cap and trade use forestry offsets? Yes

By Tony Brunello and Dan Nepstad - Updated: 7:52 am

We love our forests in California. After a century of rapidly losing them to farming and logging, we finally succeeded in virtually ending deforestation in California. We were driven by our interest in the natural beauty, the wildlife, the sustainable timber supplies and the water-purifying functions of old-growth redwoods along the coast, the blue oaks growing across the Central Valley and the mixed pine forests of the Sierra. It was only possible because we had a clear vision of the importance of our forests and a successful strategy for protecting them.

The Conversation

Danger: Our streets weren't built for pedestrians

By Susan Sward - Updated: Sunday, May 12 2013 - 8:55 am

It has long been my suspicion that most people store the words "pedestrian safety" in that part of the brain that ignores well-intentioned advice about the merits of daily teeth brushing and other good-for-you-but-boring activities.

National Opinions

Carl Hiaasen: IRS went after small fry, but let the big ones get away

By CARL HIAASEN - Published: Monday, May 20 2013 - 10:15 am

"Please provide copies of all your current web pages, including your blog posts. Please provide copies of all your newsletters, bulletins, flyers or any other media or literature you have disseminated to your members or others. Please provide copies of stories and articles that have been published about you."

Leonard Pitts Jr.: In Florida, timely injustice

By LEONARD PITTS JR. - Published: Sunday, May 19 2013 - 1:00 am

At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: What was the IRS thinking?

By LEONARD PITTS JR. - Published: Wednesday, May 15 2013 - 1:00 am

Well, this is a fine mess.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Ignoring the real while fighting the imaginary

By LEONARD PITTS JR. - Updated: Sunday, May 12 2013 - 9:04 am

It should've been the shot heard around the world. Chances are, you didn't hear it.

Mary Sanchez: Conservatism needs to purge eugenics obsession

By MARY SANCHEZ - Published: Friday, May 10 2013 - 3:04 pm

Jason Richwine is a type in American politics.