Mexia Daily News--Opinion http://www.mexiadailynews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:56:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_133095713.html Solutions to Energy Crisis Must Spur Domestic Production http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_133095713.html The Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power, Daniel Yergin, has summed up what many of us are thinking: “We are living in a new age of energy anxiety.” Mon, 12 May 2008 09:53:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_133095428.html Rejecting the Policy that Won the Cold War http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_133095428.html When it comes to the war in Iraq and other foreign policy issues, Republicans like to harken back to the stalwart presidents of the Cold War. Fri, 09 May 2008 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_130094733.html Environmentalists’ Wild Predictions http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_130094733.html Now that another Earth Day has come and gone, let’s look at some environmentalist predictions that they would prefer we forget. Fri, 09 May 2008 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_130094635.html Czar Nancy’s Rule http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_130094635.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — Operating outside public view, the House Democratic majority is taking extraordinary steps to maintain spending Thu, 08 May 2008 09:45:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_129094614.html Energy:Near-Term Relief, Long-Term Security http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_129094614.html In every area of our state, Texans are struggling to cope with record-high energy prices. Thu, 08 May 2008 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_129094353.html Undoing America’s Ethanol Mistake http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_129094353.html The Nobel-Prize winning economist Milton Friedman once said, “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” Wed, 07 May 2008 10:14:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_128101521.html Food, Fuel and You http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_128101521.html Prosperity or hardship? Every American I know prefers living in a country filled with opportunity and hope, and we’re not alone. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:12:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_128101341.html Homeland security off track http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_128101341.html With the economy taking over as the No. 1 issue on the minds of voters, immigration has taken a back seat. Tue, 06 May 2008 10:20:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_127102106.html McCain Finds His Own Radical Friend http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_127102106.html Can a presidential candidate justify a long and friendly relationship with someone who, back in the 1970s, Tue, 06 May 2008 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_127102015.html GOP Loves Earmarks http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_127102015.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — A recent secret survey of the House Republican minority by the party’s whip organization showed a two-to-one margin opposed to imposing a moratorium on earmarks. Tue, 06 May 2008 10:18:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_127101856.html Critical times, trivial focus http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_127101856.html OK, everyone who knows what Jeremiah Wright has to say about AIDS, 9/11 and Louis Farrakhan, raise your hand. Mon, 05 May 2008 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_126102651.html A Better Way To Fight Crime http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_126102651.html In June 2006, a minor brawl erupted at Ye Olde Six Bells pub in Horley, England. In the aftermath, police arrested Mark Dixie, a chef at the pub, who surprised them by breaking into tears. Mon, 05 May 2008 10:24:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_126102551.html Solving the Pastor Problem? http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_126102551.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — “That is just terrible, absolutely dreadful,” a prominent supporter Fri, 02 May 2008 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_123095254.html Disobeying the Pope http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_123095254.html WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the aftermath of the visit by Pope Benedict XVI, a troublesome question is asked by traditional Catholics: Fri, 02 May 2008 09:50:00 +0000 http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_123095151.html Texas-Sized Tracks http://www.mexiadailynews.com/opinion/local_story_123095151.html A Texas boy named George Adams was wandering along the Paluxy River near Glen Rose in 1909 when he was stopped short by huge animal tracks calcified in the stone.