Commentaries

By Sterling Burnett, KERA Commentator

Dallas, TX –

High gasoline prices and concern about energy security are driving entrepreneurs in the United States to explore a variety of ways to produce transportation fuels. For example, researchers are experimenting with technologies to turn turkey, chicken and pig litter, and used tires, into gasoline.

By Chris Tucker, KERA Commentator

Dallas, TX –

On the political scene today, there's plenty of fear and loathing over...fear. Many believe that the Bush administration is desperately exaggerating the threat of terrorism, hoping to scare voters into sticking with the GOP. On the blogs, jeers about Bush "crying wolf" are almost as common as bad spelling.

By Tom Rodgers, KERA Commentator

Dallas, TX –

I recently had surgery to correct a painful cervical disc disease, the worst illness I've had in my 46 years. Contrary to what you've been hearing lately, the care was excellent and cost me very little even though I needed MRIs, CT scans, physical therapy, pain medication, and neurosurgery.

By Tom Dodge, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –

By Michael Tate, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –

The Kellogg Company's decision to stop advertising cereals of dubious nutritional value to children under the threat of a lawsuit from the Center for Science in the Public Interest is silly at best and pointless in the extreme. I'm all for corporate responsibility but Kellogg elected to stop advertising for all the wrong reasons.

By Rawlins Gilliland, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –

By Tom Dodge, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –

By Rawlins Gilliland, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –

By Anne Foster, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –

By Jerome Weeks, KERA 90.1 Commentator

Dallas, TX –