by Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer The melody of human progress up to the present has played on two grand instruments: science and the humanities. But for the last few […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
SCOTUS stacked the deck for MAGA
by Francis Wilkinson It’s wrong to view the Supreme Court’s ruling in the aptly titled Trump v. United States, its Constitution-torching invitation to authoritarian rule, as a […]
The corporate greed behind bird flu
by Wenonah Hauter Three people, nearly 100 million chickens and 126 herds of dairy cattle across 12 states have, so far, been infected by the latest wave […]
Experts rank VPs from first to worst
by Justin Vaughn and Brandon Rottinghaus The campaign to serve as Donald Trump’s running mate has unfolded in an unusually public way. Even though Trump has suggested […]
What too many Republicans still don’t understand about Trump’s agenda
by Jonah Goldberg Donald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans […]
The last firewall
by Steven Roberts “Save the House!” That’s the rallying cry Democrats are increasingly likely to embrace as they confront the fallout from Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance. […]
British vote in stability. Will they get it?
by Howard Chua-Eoan As upheavals go, the massive victory of the Labour Party over the long-ruling Conservatives was relatively sedate — apart from all the yelling from […]
The shelter system isn’t equipped for LGBTQ+ youth
by Morgan Philbin While Pride Month may be over, we must remember that LGBTQ+ rights remain under persistent attack. Consider family expulsion, rising hate crimes, discriminatory state […]
Does the alliance between Putin and Kim Jong Un spell doom for the U.S.?
by Daniel DePetris Even before Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Pyongyang for his first trip to North Korea in nearly a quarter century, foreign policy observers […]
Hey, Donald Trump — what exactly do you mean by a ‘Black job?’
by Leonard Greene Yes, there are bigger issues to deal with in the days after the not-so-great debate, but I’m left with one nagging question that I […]