by William Keiser Recently, in a downtown Los Angeles hipster coffee shop, I was waiting for the bathroom when I spotted a blackboard covered with phrases. One […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
New Year’s resolution: Appreciating silence in conversation
by Jill Ebstein My new year’s resolution for 2024 was shaped by a random moment. I was coming out of the shower, full of thoughts about a […]
What got lost in obesity drug hype
by Lisa Jarvis This year, the incredible potential of obesity medicines like Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound started to come into view. The […]
Giuliani’s fall won’t stop the GOP’s voter fraud farce
by Francis Wilkinson A federal jury’s $148 million judgment in a Georgia defamation case was only nominally about a hapless has-been named Rudolph Giuliani. The former New […]
How can the U.S. renew Mideast peace talks? Recognize Palestinian statehood
by Josh Paul On Sept. 13, 1993, with a famous handshake on the White House lawn, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser […]
Making the same mistake
by Steven Roberts The left wing of the Democratic Party is fully capable of self-delusion and self-destruction. In 2000, Green Party votes for Ralph Nader gave Florida […]
‘Tis the season to be more neighborly. Doing so can transform communities
by Jerald McNair You rake your leaves and wake up the next morning only to see more on your lawn. You look to your neighbor’s lawn and […]
X-mas is the world’s festival
by Llewellyn King I am an oddball. I like to work on Christmas. I don’t know how it is now, but when I was younger and worked […]
Should fat people get an extra airline seat for free?
Southwest Airlines thinks they should by Robin Abcarian Kimmy Garris, who describes herself as a “fat solo traveler,” probably had no idea that her 30-second TikTok video […]
Why this Congress can’t get much done
by Carl P. Leubsdorf When Republicans narrowly captured the House last year, most analysts predicted they would do more investigating than legislating. Unfortunately, that has proven to […]
