Opinion

The President's complaint about energy saving bulbs ("The light's no good... I always look orange, and so do you!") made the audience laugh. "It was funny, especially the part about how everyone looks orange because, in fact, we don't," writes Michael D'Antonio. But there was nothing lighthearted about the real-world implications of the administration's reversal on energy efficiency.

Many Republicans must have thought it was a bold and brilliant move to place an attack ad on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known as AOC, during the third Democratic debate on Thursday. But the content of the ad drew attention to serious shortcomings in today's Republican Party, and the context in which it was aired only highlighted it as a perverse lie.

Wealth, privilege and celebrity will not be keeping Felicity Huffman, 56, out of jail. Apologizing and accepting responsibility, however, will certainly shorten the length of time she stays there. Judge Indira Talwani made the right call in imposing a 14-day sentence based on Huffman's role in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal. She is also required to perform 250 hours of community service, pay a $30,000 fine, and be subject to supervised release for one year.

Let me start by saying this: I don't want to take away all guns. In fact, I can't think of a politician or gun violence prevention advocate who has suggested repealing the Second Amendment. However, I do believe it should be really, really, hard — if not impossible — for certain people to get their hands on certain guns.

The Democratic candidates' debate in Houston Thursday night was easily the best 10-person debate I've witnessed. Let's grade it, shall we?

Country music is often described as three chords and the truth.

Six Americans seem to have died from vaping. Maybe as many as 450 people in the US now have lung-related illnesses from using e-cigarettes, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are on the case, launching a multi-state investigation of severe pulmonary disease among vapers. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is proposing to ban flavored e-cigarettes that he worries are enticing children.

Since its premiere in 2017, Hulu's celebrated adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel "The Handmaid's Tale" has inspired new protest aesthetics. Women have dressed up as the "handmaids" who are forced to bear children for Christian, fascist men in a dystopian future. Red cloaks and white bonnets have become signs of both totalitarian regimes and resistance. These shrouded figures were at Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings, but are most often seen protesting attacks on abortion access laws. Many people, including Atwood, have stated that the dystopian melodrama conjures up real-life conflicts and is more documentary than fiction.

There's an old Scottish saying, "mony a mickle maks a muckle." (For us non-Scots, that's, "look after the pennies, and the dollars will look after themselves.")

All of life is based on the coordinated action of genetic parts (genes and their controlling sequences) found in the genomes (the complete DNA sequence) of organisms.

The American patent system has, since our nation's founding, served as a cornerstone of innovation. But the pharmaceutical industry's willingness to undermine this system is having real consequences for American patients.