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Opinion

“Cook with the sun for free”

Editorials and columns

Dear Jim: I'm trying to save money and thought about using the sun to help cook our food. Are solar ovens really effective and is it possible to build a simple one myself? - Jill N. Dear Jill: It is possible to cook almost anything in a solar oven. Billions, of people around the world use ...

Beware the flamboyant candidates with no experience

Editorials and columns

Four New Yorkers have been killed by Legionella bacteria in the last week, tragedies that were preventable if the city had performed its core, lifesaving duty to monitor and inspect air conditioning cooling towers. But New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is focused on creating a socialist ...

GOP has seen the John James movie before

Editorials and columns

Michigan Republicans face a simple question in the Aug. 4 primary.Do they want to nominate a candidate for governor who gives them the best chance of winning in November? Or do they want to replay a political script that has already produced the same ending? If the answer is the latter, then ...

My visit to the data center

Editorials and columns

Last week I took a daylong field trip touring a giant data center near Dulles International Airport in Loudon County, Virginia. The facility is owned and operated by CloudHQ. A "cloud," by the way, is the hardware that stores trillions of data files, research, love letters, the entirety of ...

What Americans can learn from World Cup fans

Editorials and columns

The World Cup showed why you shouldn't be ashamed of America's heroes and heritage. While only Argentina and Spain made Sunday's World Cup final, citizens of many countries enthusiastically cheered on their teams. Norwegian fans became an internet phenomenon for their "Viking Row" cheer. ...