Protecting Mueller; Kaepernick’s job prospects; college costs

A roundup of Tuesday’s editorials includes a look at bills aimed to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, why NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is having a tough time getting a job, whether earning a college degree is worth the money and the effort, and more.

Here are some opinions from the Right and from the Left.

Opinions from the left

Credit: J. Scott Applewhite

Credit: J. Scott Applewhite

1. A better way to protect Robert Mueller

The New York Times weighs in on two Senate bills that promise to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job. Will they check Trump’s power to remove Mueller? Probably not.

2. Kaepernick not the issue; it’s America’s hypocrisy when it comes to race

From the Miami Herald: Is it Kaepernick’s stand on the National Anthem that makes him unemployable in the NFL, or is it a more subtle comment on race?

3. Please put your disease on hold as Congress decides whether to cure It

President Donald Trump’s Administration proposed a 22 percent cut to the budget of the National Institutes of Health. Congress should not even consider that measure, according to Nobel Prize winner Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn.

Opinions from the Right

4. Sessions too heavy-handed

Attorney General Jeff Sessions needs to protect “the free flow of information to the public by reintroducing and passing federal legislation that would allow journalists to protect their sources,” the Savannah News writes. He is being too heavy-handed on his promise to prosecute government whistleblowers who leak information to news reporters, according to the editorial.

5. Hands off D.C.’s, states’ laws on aid-in-dying

The federal government has no business intruding on the District of Columbia’s Death with Dignity Act, an editorial in the Orange County Register suggests. The new law allows terminally ill adults the option of choosing medical aid-in-dying measures.