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- How should the Catholic Church address the sex abuse scandal?Decades in, scandal involving pedophile priests and elaborate coverups still festers within the Catholic Church like an open wound. Law enforcement officials recently raided the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston for evidence on a Conroe...31 min
- What does the MAGA-kid story tell us about America?When we look at the videos of the white Catholic high school kids in MAGA hats in the National Mall, we see different things. Cruel hecklers disrespecting a Native American veteran. Innocent victims of a black hate group spewing toxic insults. Pawns...31 min
- What’s so wrong with asking about citizenship status on the 2020 Census?Members of the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board weigh in on the court decision that rocked the border debate when a federal judge declared last week that the Trump Administration’s decision to include the question on the next census illegal. The...15 min
- Is there a crisis at the border?After President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer had their dueling national addresses Tuesday night, Houston Chronicle editorial board deputy editors Michael Lindenberger and Evan Mintz weigh in on the...24 min
- Is Beto O’Rourke too conservative or too liberal?Members of the Houston Chronicle editorial board discuss O’Rourke’s political future and specifically address the concerns raised in op-eds by Andrew White, Dan Derozier, Billy Freeland and Elizabeth Bruenig.37 min
- “How should the Catholic Church address the sex abuse scandal?”We explore this question with Houston writer Claudia Kolker, who wrote a recent op-ed for the Houston Chronicle about what she saw at the border as a volunteer translator for migrant mothers separated from their children. “What I saw at the border...29 min
- Was George. H. W. Bush an underrated or an overrated president?”We get a little heated debating this one. Bush was roundly respected as a statesman and a family man who conducted himself with integrity. So why did he fail to win a second term in the White House? In the wake of Bush’s passing, Houston Chronicle...36 min
- Why does Jim Acosta deserve a White House press pass?The White House revoked press credentials for CNN reporter Jim Acosta, after a testy exchange with President Trump during a Nov. 7 press conference. What are the implications for the press? Does a reporter have a right to challenge the President? Are...22 min
About The Burning Question
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Go beyond the headlines. Beyond the he-said, she-said of the news pages. Join Houston Chronicle Opinion Editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Lisa Falkenberg as she and editorial board members…
tackle urgent, vexing and just plain intriguing questions in the news. From Beto to Trump, bail reform to education, the migrant crisis to church abuse – they explore issues in Houston, Washington and across Texas through the lens of a single question. Sometimes, they even agree on the answer.