The expected announcement this week from Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that he is running for president will come as no surprise. While DeSantis won his reelection by 19 points […]
Opinion
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 […]
When do paparazzi break the law?
by Rodney Smolla Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, alarmed the world last week by stating that they were “involved in a near-catastrophic car chase […]
The Supreme Court’s Warhol-Prince ruling is pro-artist, anti-art
by Noah Feldman The Supreme Court has sided with individual artists — but against art itself. In a fascinating copyright decision that transcended ideological lines, the court held that Andy […]
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 […]
Save your outrage over Ja Morant
by Francis Wilkinson What exactly did Ja Morant do wrong? The 23-year-old NBA superstar faced a barrage of criticism after he was seen in an Instagram Live last weekend waving […]
Calculating the astonishing economic costs of COVID
by Jakub Hlávka and Adam Rose The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States will reach $14 trillion by the end of this year, our team of […]
Editorial encore: Words of wisdom for graduates
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s editorial has been adapted from one that originally ran May 28, 2022. West Virginia University sent off its graduates last weekend, and next weekend, area high schools […]
May 21 letters to the editor
Debt ceiling: Recall the Solomonic judgment Those of us who read the Old Testament may recall the story of Solomon solving the dispute between two women each claiming the same […]
We need poll workers. And they need protection
by Trey Grayson Election officials used to toil in relative obscurity. Poll workers put in long, intense hours around voting time, filling low-paid bureaucratic roles that were poorly understood by […]
