The assault on women’s reproductive rights in state legislatures across the country has ramped up since the Supreme Court signaled in December that it might uphold a […]
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Does Texas have a solution to its teacher shortages?
We are pleased that Gov. Greg Abbott wants a task force to examine the reasons behind a chronic shortage of teachers in Texas and to recommend policy […]
Gender-affirming care needs more research, not more politics
It is hard for most of us to imagine what it is like to have a child who is experiencing gender dysphoria. Even as the number of […]
Morrisey’s trip to the border wasn’t about fentanyl
The flood of fentanyl — an extremely potent synthetic opioid — into the U.S. and, by extension, into West Virginia is alarming and something we should all […]
Trump all but promised a racially charged civil war if he’s indicted
by Will Bunch For a nation that’s awakened every morning for nearly two years to a Groundhog Day of pandemic and paranoia, the scenes from Donald Trump’s […]
We can learn from Colleyville synagogue attack
Emotions have been everywhere over what happened in Colleyville Saturday night — relief, gratitude, anger, fear, frustration, exhaustion. The attack on Congregation Beth Israel ended without the […]
Building the wall back better
During a debate with George H.W. Bush in New Hampshire in 1980, the moderator asked that Ronald Reagan’s microphone be “turned off for the moment.” Reagan was […]
The wide importance of a narrow issue
by Harry Litman For many observers, the case the Supreme Court heard last week about Texas’ new abortion law is a sideshow, a “relatively narrow,” “merely procedural” […]
Texas politicians micromanaging business
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks big about his love, love, love for private enterprise — how his state doesn’t tax big incomes and regulates with a light […]
Texas abortion law would recreate the Wild West
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday on whether to allow a Justice Department suit to proceed against Texas’ near ban on abortion after six weeks […]