Viewpoints: A guy walks into a bar and says, “ouch.” Comment.

Viewpoints: There are no apologies needed for a continuing fascination with the Republicans’ path to a presidential nominee. There can’t be too many nominee selection exercises, if any, over the course of history that can rival this one for such wild swings in the fortunes of would-be standard bearers. It’s just amazing, since the process began last year, how many alleged leaders of the pack there have been, and how, with all his resources and the label of presumptive nominee long bestowed on him, Mitt Romney still finds himself unable to formally occupy that anointed space. Comment.

National: What role should debates have in political campaigning? That’s the question being raised by this Republican presidential primary season. Comment.

Viewpoints: What will your children breathe? Environmental issues are on the rise. Parents are advised to heed the call to embrace the green revolution. Comment.