by Nicholas Goldberg The Carter Center announced last week that Jimmy Carter was entering hospice care and would forgo further medical treatment for his various ailments, choosing to spend his […]
Opinion
Manchin hand-delivers tax cut warning to the statehouse
Sen. Joe Manchin has issued a warning on tax cuts. Manchin, who served six years as the state’s governor, and before that served in the state Legislature, was back in […]
In an info vacuum, an oft-repeated rumor can be mistaken for truth
The announcement that North Elementary’s principal and vice principal have been put on leaves of absence came as a shock. A letter was sent to the North community last Tuesday, […]
‘D’ has become the new scarlet letter
by Lawrence Goldstone On a recent episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” former 10-term Ohio Democratic congressman Tim Ryan, who had recently lost a Senate race to best-selling author, […]
What global warming might do to New England
Maine’s Aroostook County — the size of Connecticut and Rhode Island put together — is way north. Bordering the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick, many of its people […]
Let them play: Find equitable alternative to House Bill 2820
We’ve made our stance clear on syphoning education funds from public schools and distributing them to private, parochial or charter schools or even individuals: You can’t expect the public education […]
Why student press freedom matters
by Gene Policinski Student Press Freedom Day is tomorrow, and we should care more than ever about celebrating it. The Student Press Law Center, the prime organizer, says that Student […]
The Coolidge presidency at 100
How people understand history largely depends on who writes it and from what perspective. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, has received what might be called a raw deal from historians […]
Menstrual-tracking bill underscores bizarre extremes in abortion debate
Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin’s partisans killed a bill that would have banned police from tracking women’s menstrual cycles while investigating potential crimes. The mere fact that Virginia Republican and Democratic […]
Activism and niches are killing the teaching of history at universities
by Miles Smith IV The statistics are in for history as a profession, and they are dire. The number of tenure-track positions open for history professors fell to an all-time […]
