by Carl P. Leubsdorf In less than two months in the White House, Joe Biden has shown the difference an activist president can make. Through both legislative […]
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U.S.-EU tariff cease-fire: Like calming children in a sandbox fight
by Bruce Yandle Something as simple as a March 5 telephone call from President Joe Biden to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen brought a temporary […]
Trump has a point about RNC’s ads
by Noah Feldman Former Republican president Donald Trump is trying to block the Republican National Committee from using his image in their fundraising efforts. He has no […]
Zombies, cicadas and UFOs
by Tricia Bishop They’re not locusts, but they might as well be. Billions of beady-eyed cicadas digging their way out of the soil in 15 Eastern states […]
Revolutionary strength of Me Too
by Virginia Heffernan Movements are not trending topics. They’re not celebrity scandals that excite the mediasphere like brush fires. They are paradigm shifts, and they do their […]
Queen of the TV interview: Oprah sits down with Meghan and Harry
by David Zurawik Oprah Winfrey touched all the bases that mattered in her interview with Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, that aired Sunday […]
My low-level anxiety about being Asian in America has morphed into fear
by Sharon Kim Soldati My parents live on the outskirts of Atlanta, and I am worried about them. Since the start of the pandemic, there has been […]
Emergency price gouging regulations can be detrimental
by Gavin Roberts and Rik Chakraborti One year ago, California and Hawaii were the first states to announce emergency declarations to fight COVID-19. In doing so, they […]
Dr. Seuss ‘cancel culture’ backlash is a distraction
by Mary McNamara Last Tuesday, “cancel culture” was officially promoted to “outlaw culture,” which definitely would sound way cooler if it weren’t so maddeningly ridiculous and offensively […]
Texas, Mississippi recklessly reopening
by Mariel Garza With more people vaccinated against COVID-19 every day and case numbers just a fraction of what they were at the beginning of the year, […]