by Matthew B. Lawrence The leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has brought to mind Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s haunting question about what reversing Roe […]
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If Dems respect 2nd Amendment, GOP will compromise on safety legislation
by Dave Anderson The main reason that Republicans on Capitol Hill and their supporters around the country refuse to pass legislation that would place major restrictions on […]
NATO should consider divorcing Turkey
by Elizabeth Shackelford This week, I’m getting married in France. I should be writing my vows, but instead I’m writing this column, though the concept of marriage […]
Immigration as economic and workforce stabilization
by Josh T. Smith Inflation has no cure-all. The Federal Reserve’s rate hikes — two already this year, and more expected — might help, but they do […]
When distressed children come to the ER, I wonder about their life paths
by Dr. Sabreen Akhter On the afternoon that the world found out about the brutal slayings of 19 elementary schoolchildren in Texas, I was trying to sleep. […]
Lessons that work in war and life
by Rich Cohen When I was 12, playing Risk, “the game of world conquest,” my father and opponent, Herb Cohen, who’d recently published his bestselling book “You […]
Research shows we can talk across political divides
by Melinda Burrell As we look at the pictures from Uvalde, Buffalo and other mass shootings, we’re having agonized conversations. It seems inconceivable that “the other side” […]
We must address guns but that’s not the only solution
by Cynthia M. Allen In the aftermath of a tragedy like the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, when emotions and egos are running high, few of us […]
What will SCOTUS do for an encore?
by Nicholas Goldberg Got a Supreme Court precedent you don’t like? Is there a liberal decision that’s always stuck in your craw? Think the court has flipped […]
The freedom to love my trans kid as he is
by Jamey Gallagher Last weekend, my son Alex graduated from Bennington College. I am incredibly proud of the young man he has become. He is much stronger […]
