by Mary Sanchez The pro-choice jubilation that overtook the state of Kansas is beginning to subside, as all victorious celebrations eventually do. What’s less clear is if […]
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Aug. 21 letters to the editor
Keeping up with the times is important A recent article in the Washington Post described President Biden’s pause to use outside experts to help him work through […]
‘Dare we hope?’ Preserving rights takes work
“Dare we hope?” That was the rather plaintive response of a man on Twitter when news broke that Kansas voters had rejected an attempt to remove the […]
What an uprising in Kansas means for abortion in other red states
by Aisha Sultan The conservative “pro-life” movement managed to do something that abortion-rights activists have been trying to do for decades — they have destroyed the stigma […]
What we thought we knew is wrong
by David M. Shribman We are living a Brock Lovett moment. Brock Lovett? Reel your memory back a quarter century. Summon the most dramatic moment in the […]
Taxpayers spent a lot for special session flop
The Legislature’s special session that concluded Friday, July 29, was a massive waste of taxpayers’ money — at $35,000 a day for five days for a grand […]
Aug. 7 letters to the editor
Ignoring something won’t make it go away In response to the editorial of Sunday, July 31, I believe it is indulging in a logical fallacy: to ignore […]
The Supreme Court is unscientific
by Robert Pearl A pair of Supreme Court rulings in June — one on gun rights, the other on abortion — have elicited strong, partisan reactions. In […]
W.Va. in trouble with ignorance at the helm
There’s nothing quite like the chill of terror that runs down your spine when you realize the people dictating the laws that constrain your life are a […]
We’re not as pious as we used to be
by Robin Abcarian Call it the Alito Fallacy. Earlier this month, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was in Rome, where he delivered a keynote speech […]
