by Doyle McManus Last week, a bipartisan group of 16 U.S. senators agreed on a long-awaited proposal to fix the Electoral Count Act, the ramshackle 1887 law […]
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Political violence survey results ‘scary’
by Steve Lopez When UC Davis violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute queried Americans on political violence, race and threats to democracy, he didn’t know exactly how scary […]
Living on the electrical edge in Texas
by John M. Crisp A few nights ago the light in my office flickered several times then blinked out. I overreacted: “Well, there goes the grid,” I […]
Why are we botching the monkeypox response? Blame homophobia
by Anita Chabria California state Sen. Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, was at a birthday gathering of mostly gay men recently when the conversation turned to […]
Answer to abortion debate
by Jay Ambrose Tune in to leftists much? You might try E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post, a columnist who recently repeated the mantra that “the abrupt […]
Dobbs isn’t the first time SCOTUS took away rights
by Christopher M. Richardson After the Dobbs decision ended federal protections for abortion, some high-profile responses suggested the ruling marked the first time the Supreme Court rescinded […]
‘Evil has returned’ to Holocaust memorial in Kyiv
by Trudy Rubin Ukrainians refer to Vladimir Putin as “Putler,” an amalgamation of Putin and Adolf Hitler. The label is more than a jab at Putin’s obscene […]
The Jan. 6 hearings hit the bull’s-eye
by Jonathan Bernstein What was once billed as six hearings over two-plus weeks by the House Select Committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol of Jan. […]
Here’s the real problem with Joe Biden’s reversal on Saudi Arabia
by Bonnie Kristian President Joe Biden took a defensive tone in the run-up to his visit to Saudi Arabia last Friday. “I have never been quiet about […]
Reasons to cheer Joe Manchin
by Lynn Schmidt Three centrist cheers for Sen. Joe Manchin III. Manchin’s stance on three key issues may be unpopular with some of his Democratic colleagues but […]