A roundup of Tuesday’s editorials includes a look at bills aimed to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, why NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is having a tough time getting a job, whether earning a college degree is worth the money and the effort, and more.
Here are some opinions from the Right and from the Left.
Opinions from the left
Credit: J. Scott Applewhite
Credit: J. Scott Applewhite
1. A better way to protect Robert Mueller
The New York Times weighs in on two Senate bills that promise to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job. Will they check Trump’s power to remove Mueller? Probably not.
2. Kaepernick not the issue; it’s America’s hypocrisy when it comes to race
From the Miami Herald: Is it Kaepernick’s stand on the National Anthem that makes him unemployable in the NFL, or is it a more subtle comment on race?
3. Please put your disease on hold as Congress decides whether to cure It
President Donald Trump’s Administration proposed a 22 percent cut to the budget of the National Institutes of Health. Congress should not even consider that measure, according to Nobel Prize winner Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn.
Opinions from the Right
Attorney General Jeff Sessions needs to protect “the free flow of information to the public by reintroducing and passing federal legislation that would allow journalists to protect their sources,” the Savannah News writes. He is being too heavy-handed on his promise to prosecute government whistleblowers who leak information to news reporters, according to the editorial.
5. Hands off D.C.’s, states’ laws on aid-in-dying
The federal government has no business intruding on the District of Columbia’s Death with Dignity Act, an editorial in the Orange County Register suggests. The new law allows terminally ill adults the option of choosing medical aid-in-dying measures.
Credit: Dan Kitwood
Credit: Dan Kitwood
6. Is College Education Worth It?
With students heading back to college in the next few weeks, columnist Walter E. Williams wonders if the cost is worth the return a degree can bring.
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