by Trudy Rubin My first reaction when I read the secret details from the Pandora Papers about how the world’s rich hide their assets was: What else […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
Looking for fiscal restraint? Ask a Democrat
by Lynn Schmidt I think I am living in an alternate reality. How is it that one of the most outspoken, principled, fiscally conservative members of Congress […]
Fighting for a fair deal for farmers
by Anthony Pahnke Denouncing corporations is easy. Using actual policy tools to hold them accountable and check their power is more difficult. Yet this is precisely what the […]
Why we need a community forum
by Brian J. Allfrey I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be […]
We have no idea what we’re talking — or reading — about
by Lucero Cantu While it is nonsensical to try to prescribe a diagnosis to America’s current state of civic discourse — from dumping manure on the White […]
Where’s the meat? Bacon off the menu
by LZ Granderson OK, people. We need to talk. When the pandemic began and a lot of y’all started panic-buying, I was irritated. However, the family figured […]
U.S. election coups? Really?
by Ramesh Ponnuru Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to admit the shocking truth about 2020: The U.S. election system performed well. Americans went through a pandemic and […]
Here’s how your rights will change
by Erwin Chemerinsky This Supreme Court term, which began Monday, is the culmination of five decades of efforts by conservatives to seize control of the court. It […]
Biden latest president to shun Haitians
by DeWayne Wickham On Sept. 24, at the end of a week that began with widely published images of U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback herding Haitian […]
Taxing the rich isn’t a new idea
by Maura Quint The year is 1975. The Bee Gees are at the top of the charts. “The Godfather: Part II” just won the Academy Award for […]
