by Robert Wyllie “Tax Day,” the filing deadline for individual federal tax returns, is normally April 15, but it was extended this year until May 17. The […]
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Does GOP bill assume white fragility? Or whitewash history?
by Rekha Basu One thing we might all agree on is there’s no shortage of subjects on which to disagree. Guns, politics and religion; differing ideologies on […]
Keep Putin from murdering opposition
by Trudy Rubin When President Joe Biden agreed with a newscaster that Vladimir Putin was “a killer,” I initially thought it a tactical error. Not that the […]
Which superhero should we call if the Suez gets plugged again?
by Richard Chin They finally got that giant cargo ship unstuck from the Suez Canal after nearly of week of trying and a fleet of tugboats. But […]
The vaccine passport idea deserves to be considered
by Connor Wielgos During his prime-time address to the nation in mid-March, President Joe Biden invoked a Rockwellian image of a post-pandemic United States. By this summer, […]
False claims inspired Georgia’s voting law
by Robert A. George If elections have consequences, as the cliche goes, then so do lies. Both kinds of consequences were on display last week in Georgia. […]
Can you spot the anti-Semitic tropes?
by Manya Brachear Pashman Lexicographers have a long history of hindsight on the word “anti-Semitism.” When James Murray, the original editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, encountered […]
Gridlock: Is the nation really polarized?
by Dave Anderson Scholars have debated for years whether the United States is polarized. The minority view is that the country is not polarized. Morris Fiornia has […]
After years of abuse, Hatch Act needs repair
by Jennifer Ahearn Throughout Donald Trump’s four years as president, nearly every federal government ethics and anti-corruption law suffered immense public damage. But among his administration’s flagrant […]
Bring better justice to U.S. universities
by Michael R. Bloomberg As he takes office this month, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is facing no shortage of challenges and controversies. Perhaps the most fraught will […]