As he prepares to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, former Vice President Joe Biden is rightly being exhorted to make a fuller and more public response to an allegation by […]
Opinion
No stimulus for students
Turning 18 is a trap. Especially if you turned 18 before the coronavirus hit. Being 18 is that awkward place of legally being an adult (you can go to war […]
May 3 letters to the editor
Library key feature in beloved memories Some of my earliest memories were of my mother taking me to the downtown library to check out books. The library not only reinforced […]
COLUMN: Public land hunting is amazing, but it can also invite knuckleheads
We all have those bad days while hunting. Maybe you underdressed, get to your spot without something essential or it just seems like the universe is against you. Yet as […]
Dealing with change isn’t easy, but we’ll figure it out
It is not easy to find a silver lining to the massive dark cloud that is the COVID-19 virus. However, I am going to give it a try. I have […]
How will a socially distanced summer look?
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House’s coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that social distancing would probably continue through the summer. I know what you’re thinking, […]
Trump’s meat supply fix is a recipe for disaster
Dozens of beef, chicken and pork processing and packing plants have shut down across the nation as COVID-19 infections soar among workers. More plants are on the verge of closing […]
Why people will leave — and stay — in the big cities
The coronavirus has rearranged American life. Mask wearing and social distancing is still required in the stores, gyms and restaurants now open, or set to be, across the nation. But […]
Lakers got aid; your corner shop didn’t
In the pre-coronavirus days, the Los Angeles Lakers was one of the most valuable and profitable sports franchises on the planet. Forbes estimated last year that the team earned $147 […]
Smartphone tracking done right can save us
A month after Singapore responded to the coronavirus pandemic by encouraging residents to put an app on their smartphones that would notify them if they had been within 5 meters […]



