by Robert Pearl Most leading immunologists predict COVID-19 will someday become an endemic, a persistent but manageable threat on par with seasonal flu, conceivably by the end […]
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Many of us are grieving this holiday season. Here are some ways to cope
by Sara Pequeño The last “normal” Christmas, December 2019, was the last time I saw my grandma. She was years into an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and she had […]
Of tornadoes, changing science and twisted politics
by Mary Sanchez EDITOR’S NOTE: Leonard Pitts is on vacation. His next column will appear Jan. 6. The cadaver dogs were busy performing the grim duties of […]
Donors aren’t separate from their deeds
by Benjamin Soskis It was a supreme moment of addition by subtraction. On Dec. 9, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced an agreement with representatives of the […]
2021: The year of losing friends
by Gustavo Arellano Frank was everything I was not. White. Middle-aged. A father. Rich. Republican. We somehow still hit it off years ago. He was a faithful […]
The first holiday season with a new dog doesn’t have to be ruff
by Michelle Kretzer Last Christmas was our first with our rescued pup, Capone. He looked dashing in a candy cane-striped collar as we took videos of him […]
Maxwell’s case puts a spotlight on trafficking’s victim-defendants
by Julie Dahlstrom In the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite and close associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors and the defense […]
It’s time to take UFOs seriously
by Dillon Guthrie Of all the year’s political drama, the most surprising may be the U.S. government’s actions on unidentified aerial phenomena, or UAPs — better known […]
Senator demands aid for Kentucky, after voting against it for everyone else
by Michael Hiltzik Consider the two faces of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). First, the Rand Paul of Dec. 11, writing to President Biden after a string of […]
Biden should institute Russia sanctions
by Jay Ambrose Vladimir Putin thinks the Soviet Union was a great, marvelous, unmatched world power, the Roman Empire in modern setting, a historical miracle spun by […]