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The past week’s news included another round of reaction to influential men being exposed for past transgressions against women, as well as talk of tax cuts and turkey. Here are highlights from the The Post’s opinion pages:
Perspective
First, a summary of what was in our Sunday Perspective section this week:
Moral urgency of mental health: Michael Plant and Peter Singer wrote that governments are starting to regard mental health as seriously as they do physical health, and that increasing spending on mental health could — and at no cost in the long run.
How to judge past misdeeds: With reports of decades-old sexual misconduct continuing to surface, Bloomberg View columnist Megan McArdle wrote: It seems worth asking whether we need some sort of on these kinds of offenses in our culture, not just in our laws.
He didn’t have to die like this: Matt Hoyer, a second-year medical student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, wrote that the death of Paul Castaway — who committed “suicide by cop” in a Denver trailer park in 2015 — points to a .
A few square feet and a place for skis: Steve Lipsher, a monthly Denver Post columnist who lives in Silverthorne, wrote: As ski season ramps up, the seems to have reached all-time desperation, judging by the pleas for space, no matter how Spartan the accommodations.
If CHIP dies, children will, too: In its Sunday editorial, The Post’s editorial board warned that Congress’ failure to find a way to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program could lead to , jeopardizing their lives.
Letters to the editor: On the letters page, Denver Post readers tackled a number of issues. Here are several of their letters:
No surprise to women: Denver Post columnist Diane Carman wrote that the deluge of revelations about prominent men sexually harassing women is shocking to everyone except the who have had to put up with it.
Are electric cars the future? Sunday’s Perspective section included a point-counterpoint debate that took on the question: “Are electric vehicles the future of U.S. transportation?” William H. Noack, a business consultant, took the “yes” side, arguing that with GM’s recent announcement, the on electric vehicles. Merrill Matthews, a scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, took the “no” side, arguing that are artificially — and wrongly — driving the sale of electric vehicles.
Yes, the Clintons should be investigated: The Washington Post’s Marc A. Thiessen argued that any impartial investigation of Russia’s efforts to meddle in our democratic process needs to include a full inquiry of the .
World must act on Syrian war crimes: Denver Post columnist and DU law professor Ved Nanda wrote that the international community must marshal the political will to act now and ensure that those who have committed face justice and are held accountable.
Drawn to the News: Here are the editorial cartoons we featured on the back page of Sunday’s Perspective section, on the topic of sexual harassment by Al Franken:
The past week
Here are highlights from last week’s opinion coverage:
Denver Post editorials:
GOP tax bill’s accounting lie: We expect better of our congressmen than an told to lower-income Americans too busy working multiple jobs to send a lobbyist to Capitol Hill.
Stop dawdling and help Dreamers: It is time for Congress and President Donald Trump to put blame games and unreasonable demands aside and .
Don’t let PERA drag Colorado down: The possibility of a credit rating downgrade should give Colorado lawmakers extra motivation to strike a deal next year on a plan to .
Op-ed columns:
Harassment at the Colorado Capitol: Denver Post editorial writer Megan Schrader, a former Capitol reporter, wrote that politicians should use the recent flurry of tell-all reporting about the bad behavior of state lawmakers as an opportunity to ensure future generations of leaders don’t first have to run a .
Biggest loser in tax plan is humans: Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell wrote that the Senate tax plan isn’t just more generous to companies than it is to individuals — it effectively takes from low- and middle-income individuals to .
We’ll be fine without net neutrality: Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University, explained why he changed his tune on net neutrality and doesn’t think eliminating it is the .
Another year of American hilarity: In his Thanksgiving column, The Washington Post’s George F. Will wrote: Tryptophan, an amino acid in turkey, is unjustly blamed for what mere gluttony does, making Americans comatose every fourth Thursday in November. But before nodding off, give thanks for .
In Thanksgiving death, the gift of life: Laura Lefler Herzog, who lives in Washington, D.C., wrote: Ten years ago on Thanksgiving Day, my 25-year-old brother, Trey, died after a car accident. As a result, five people : a life-giving organ from my brother.
The human side of Charles Manson: David L. Ulin remembered one of America’s most notorious criminals: Charles Manson was a killer, yes, and he was a psychopath, but he was never otherworldly. The violence and the hatred he embodied .
Letters to the editor:
Notable and quotable
“As many of you know, I have been very active in overturning a number of executive actions by my predecessor. However, I have been informed by the White House Counsel’s Office that Tater and Totap pardons cannot, under any circumstances, be revoked.”
President Donald Trump, joking about President Obama’s 2016 ceremonial pardons of two turkeys
The Sound Off, which is emailed to subscribers every Monday, is a roundup of what we’ve been publishing on the opinion pages over the past week. That includes Denver Post , op-ed by Post columnists like Chuck Plunkett and Megan Schrader as well as nationally syndicated columnists like George F. Will and Catherine Rampell, plus guest commentaries, and editorial .
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