On a press call with reporters Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin emphasized America’s need to be energy independent in the face of rising fuel costs. Before we go any further, let’s […]
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March 13 letters to the editor
Not enough proof harm reduction works This letter is in response to the editorial published March 5. The editor took great liberty in drawing conclusions about my character and opining […]
Diaspora will echo 1939’s, but in opposite direction
by Daniela Gerson My wife and I share a past that spans continents and tracks back to the Polish-Ukrainian border. Eighty-two years ago, during a frigid winter, both sets of […]
What do you do when ‘normal’ seems surreal?
Pandemic. Global warming. Racial reckoning. Cold war. World war. Potential nuclear Armageddon. It’s as if the most harrowing and tumultuous events of the 20th century have been resurrected and compressed […]
Ukrainian courage shames GOP
by Kevin McDermott A new hero to many Americans today is a man whose name they may have trouble pronouncing. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s bold stand against Russia’s invasion has […]
What is America’s foreign policy?
Oh, for the good old days of the Soviet Union. America’s foreign policy and goals were clear then: containment and opposition to communist expansion. Nuclear weapons were a deterrent, but […]
Whether it sides with Russia or not, China will pay a price
by Minxin Pei Until Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, the standoff between Russia and a U.S.-led Western alliance had produced, on balance, a net strategic benefit for China. Now […]
Blocking Africans at the Ukraine border is wrong
by Leonard Greene Racism knows no boundaries. If you think bigotry would take a break amid a brutal war with a bully, think again. Because with as much worldwide sympathy […]
Sunflowers for Ukraine: The global fight for democracy
Tucked inside today’s paper, you will find a poster: A field of sunflowers in front of Ukraine’s flag with the words “Let freedom ring” written in the Cyrillic alphabet. This […]
March 6 letters to the editor
Newspaper critical of Trump but not Biden I read with interest the editorial “Russia wages war on more than Ukraine” (DP-02-26-22) and the obvious lies put forth by the Russians, […]
