by Bliss Goldstein Twenty years ago, I moved from L.A. to San Francisco and then Bellingham, Wash. — so far north I could spit across the border and a Canadian […]
Opinion
Norman Lear and me
Television producer Norman Lear, who died last week at age 101, probably could not get away today with what he put on the small screen in the 70s with his […]
UPenn’s Magill’s weak testimony costs her big
Rep. Elise Stefanik set a clever trap at a House hearing on antisemitism on campus, snaring the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. The presidents, Liz Magill […]
‘I need to end my pregnancy now’
Why Kate Cox is suing Texas over abortion law by Kate Cox We have always wanted a large family, and after our 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son came along, Justin […]
How are people changed by being taken hostage or fleeing bombs?
by Anastasiia Timmer Violent conflicts and atrocities can seem omnipresent in the world — and all the more traumatic in an age when wars are fought by terrorizing civilians more […]
Voters have every right to complain about inflation
Against the odds, the Federal Reserve’s effort to guide the U.S. economy to a soft landing — reducing inflation without causing a recession — seems to be working. Recent data […]
Security failures before Oct. 7 echo 9/11
by Carl P. Leubsdorf From the outset, the grim parallels have been uncanny. Both the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaida attack on the […]
New dietary guidelines for Americans? Nobody cares
by Bobby Ghosh News that the U.S. government’s next set of dietary guidelines for 2025-30 may include warnings against ultra-processed foods should be greeted with ultra-cautious optimism. The committee that […]
Did that box just bark?
Giving pets as presents It’s a classic Christmas scene: The oddly large box under the tree (maybe with a few holes poked in it) that shivers and thumps, from which […]
Dec. 10 letters to the editor
The shadow over West Virginia’s solar future The allure of solar energy captivates the individual homeowner through its offer of energy independence and environmental stewardship. While my solar array hasn’t […]
