Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and the Centers for Disease Control have announced that masks can soon come off indoors in most places. On Wednesday, the governor set the state threshold […]
Guest Editorials
Keep Title IX sex assault rules constitutional
A politically diverse group in Congress has formed to root out sexual abuse by employees at universities. This bipartisan approach is needed when it comes to other Title IX policies, […]
Up in smoke: Good riddance to menthol cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is set to ban the manufacture and sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes, the only remaining flavored cigarette still legally allowed. To borrow from an unintentionally grim […]
Momentum exists to offer Medicare to those under 65
In the days preceding President Joe Biden’s release of his $1 trillion American Families Plan, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and several of his Democratic colleagues lobbied for it to include […]
Higher ed should mandate vaccines for fall semester
Last week, Washington State University became the first big public school in the state to announce it will require students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19, though with […]
Banking at post offices worked in the past and could work now, too
It’s been obvious for some time that the U.S. Postal Service is ailing. And as the country tries to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis it created, […]
It’s time to use science to its full extent to identify fallen soldiers
There are thousands of graves the world over for fallen Americans who died on the battlefield of war, graves that have no headstone denoting the identity of the remains therein. […]
For the most part, schools shouldn’t police kids online
In a case that began with a teenager’s Snapchat rant against her cheerleading squad, the Supreme Court on Wednesday considered whether and when a school can punish students for what […]
Big government ‘New Deal’ ? Not so fast
Illinois state parks have plenty of modern amenities, but some of their best features date back more than 80 years. There are handsome lodges at Starved Rock, Giant City, White […]
Stop looking for reasons to erase names on campus
Former state Sen. William A. Craven played a major role in the creation of Cal State San Marcos, a school where more than 40% of the undergraduates are Latino. His […]
