by Lynn Schmidt In just a few short weeks, the United States is likely to reach an unfathomable milestone in terms of numbers: 1 million lives lost […]
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Govs. Abbott, DeSantis go too far
by Carl P. Leubsdorf There’s an old saying in politics that the best government makes the best politics. But Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron […]
Can Biden buy votes with debt relief?
by Byron York The 2020 Democratic presidential primary race was a bidding war in which the various candidates advocated spending trillions of dollars to enact sweeping progressive […]
Not supposed to get near 1M COVID deaths
by Nicholas Goldberg At the start of the pandemic, in late March 2020, President Donald Trump held a White House briefing at which his top advisers presented […]
Superbugs are a major threat
by Nicholos Joseph We don’t know when the next pandemic will strike. But we have a good idea of where it’ll start — in hospitals. Bacteria and […]
Progressives turn deaf ear to minority communities’ calls for police
by Jonathan Zimmerman I live in Philadelphia, a hugely unequal city. Our access to education, transportation and health care — and the quality of these services — […]
A canceled flight was a nightmare. We deserve better
by Eileen Hoenigman Meyer Our flight home to Chicago from Sarasota, Fla., was one of thousands that were canceled during the first weekend of April. Sarasota’s airport […]
Boehlert dies as U.S. needs his message
by Will Bunch Early in the morning on April 4, Eric Boehlert — a veteran and unrelenting critic of the American news media — hit the button […]
Survey reveals cynicism, readiness to cheat on taxes
by Will Johnson Are you tempted to fudge a little bit as you fill out your income tax return? And if you did, would it be a […]
The U.S. shares Mexican border with the world
by Jesse Hardman About 15 years ago I was shadowing a local journalist on Peru’s northern coast who was reporting on a group of 20 Chinese nationals […]