by Noah Smith President Joe Biden’s bid to retool the U.S. economy has me thinking about the parallels with earlier transformational presidents: FDR and Reagan. One of […]
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Unfortunately, trains will be a hard sell
by John M. Crisp Full disclosure: I like trains. In fact, I wouldn’t have minded if America had not taken such a sharp turn in the mid-20th […]
Vaccine crisis isn’t J&J or AstraZeneca
by David Fickling To judge by the headlines, you’d think the most critical immunization issue facing the world is the safety and hesitancy concerns over the AstraZeneca […]
Attack on Planned Parenthood ending
by Michael Hiltzik The “gag rule” is over. The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s attack on women’s reproductive health was its 2019 rule banning abortion referrals, requiring […]
College sports ‘arms race’ out of control
by Tom McMillen and Brit Kirwan An unsustainable spending “arms race” is occurring among the 130 colleges that belong to the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision. It is […]
Dear Sen. Manchin, Congress must prioritize clean tap water
by Will Coggin Keystone, W.Va., has not had safe drinking water for eight years. Over those eight years, there were times when Keystone had no water at […]
Manchin beats his chest for D.C. while W.Va. struggles
by Will Bunch Jeanne Peters moved to Wood County, W.Va., from Atlanta more than two decades ago, seeking to launch an e-commerce business while breathing in some […]
Maybe you have ‘cave syndrome’
by Nicholas Goldberg A few weeks ago I wrote a column in which I briefly referred to the concept of “cave syndrome.” The term was coined by […]
State legislatures might ruin smartphones for the whole world
by Eli Dourado In the United States, state legislatures are now at risk of ruining smartphones the way Europe ruined the web. Bills in at least Rhode […]
Va. traffic stop echoes George Floyd
by Dahleen Glanton Months after police killed George Floyd on a busy street in Minneapolis, Army Lt. Caron Nazario had a dangerous encounter with police in rural […]
