Last week, New York City had the dubious distinction of having the worst air quality of any large metro area in the world, with sports postponed and schools back to […]
Guest Editorials
Obesity drugs can’t work if they aren’t affordable
More than 40% of American adults are obese, costing the health care system $173 billion a year. Related conditions, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and some cancers, are […]
How Biden can distance himself from Trump’s ‘politics of fear’
That President Joe Biden’s record on immigration is controversial is no surprise. Few issues divide Americans as much. But Biden has pulled off the unusual feat of managing to anger […]
Theocracy got its foot in the door
When the U.S. Supreme Court last year ruled, in effect, that a high school football coach who led his team in Christian prayer at the end of games had a […]
The Arab world’s dictators mask egregious abuses
What happens way over in the Arab world almost always has an impact here in tangible ways, whether it’s Syrian refugees amassing at the border or Saudi Arabia teaming with […]
It’s not perfect, but it’s a start on immigration reform
As the debt ceiling showdown moves toward the critical stages, a bipartisan House group has offered a path forward on another controversial issue: immigration. Last Tuesday, a handful of Democrats […]
Gov. DeSantis vs. Disney has a $1B price tag for Fla.
The Magic Kingdom made about $1 billion disappear in Florida on Thursday. Amid an escalating feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Disney pulled a serious power move. The company canceled […]
Proposed easier access to the Pill sparks little furor
The Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing birth-control pills to be sold without a prescription. Some conservatives are raising predictable objections, but others appear to grasp the obvious: If […]
The lesson Floyd’s death should teach Fla. students
Two news items should give us pause about how we are teaching and learning civics. Item No. 1: American eighth graders’ civics scores have declined for the first time ever, […]
President Biden the deficit slayer? Not so much
As the White House and House Republicans play chicken over the debt ceiling, it might be relevant to consider numbers released last week by the Congressional Budget Office that highlight […]
