“Have presidential debates outlived their usefulness?”
Marcela Garcia of the Boston Globe
Marcela García said news organizations are urging President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to participate in a debate before the November election. Supporters argue that debates are the best way for voters to compare candidates' views in high-stakes races. But Trump has treated the debates as “troublesome” occasions, not for discussing opposing policy points. For undecided voters, there are better ways to get information that is “not advertised as 'TV to watch' or 'must see.'”
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“Only in Israel”
Rich Lowry at National Review
While international organizations and the left blame Israel for the Gaza war, they are ignoring conflicts that are causing humanitarian crises elsewhere, says Rich Lowry. “This is nothing new. The Jewish state has long been stigmatized and held to different standards than other societies.” This means that Israel is an “advanced Western democracy.” It is also because it is expected to be better than “oppressive” countries like Myanmar. But that's mainly due to “anti-Semitism and hypocrisy.”
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“There is no 'moderate' Republican position on abortion.”
Melissa Gira Grant in “The New Republic”
Melissa Gila Grant says Republican candidates are trying to distance themselves from “extreme” abortion regulations in this year's election. Donald Trump and Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake say Arizona's reinstated 1864 Prohibition, which is “rightly considered one of the most extreme prohibitions” in the nation, “goes too far.” Says. However, voters should not be fooled by these “calculated and hypocritical moves.” The moderate Republican position on abortion no longer exists, and the party has “made extreme anti-abortion laws the new norm.”
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“The solar revolution is dying in the waiting list.”
Mark Gongloff at Bloomberg
“The backlog of renewable energy projects awaiting grid operator approval is already large and continues to grow,” Mark Gonlov said. A surge in applications spurred by the Inflation Control Act of 2022 has led to a 29% increase in “queues for new energy generation and storage projects.” The good news is that these 12,000 projects will double current capacity by an additional 2.6 terawatts. But this “congestion” makes it even more difficult to “avoid the worst effects of our overheating planet.”
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