by Jackie Calmes It’s my full-time job but wallowing in our broken politics can sometimes make for a dark world. Why wouldn’t I look forward to going […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
Putin playing a game of food blackmail
by Trudy Rubin ODESA, Ukraine — One year ago, just as I arrived in this historic port city, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to stop blockading Ukraine’s […]
How we got summer breaks from school and what we can do about it
by Jonathan Zimmerman Our long summer vacation is a relic from an agricultural past when kids were needed for seasonal work on farms — or so we’ve […]
I knew Robert F. Kennedy, and RFK Jr. is no Robert F. Kennedy
by Robert Reich During a press event last week at an Upper East Side restaurant, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that COVID-19 was “targeted […]
McCarthy appeases the radicals again
by Jonathan Bernstein The House bill that sets Pentagon policies for the next year, which began as mundane and bipartisan, passed on Friday on a party-line vote. […]
Harassing Samaritans on brand for GOP
by Francis Wilkinson The Republican war on migrants and asylum seekers has been one of the more successful GOP campaigns of recent years if you measure success […]
What can make a difference between life and death during a heat wave
by Derek Lemoine, Jeff Shrader and Laura Bakkensen Weather forecasts have gotten quite good over the years, but their temperatures aren’t always spot on — and the […]
Banning gov’t officials from talking to Big Tech is no win for free speech
by Suzanne Nossel A couple weeks ago, a federal judge banned communications between large parts of the federal government and social media platforms. The case was brought […]
We must expand definition of masculinity for white, cisgender men
by Kevin Roy There is no shortage of concern about the opioid abuse and mass shootings and toxic anger perpetrated by men. And there is no shortage […]
Calif. and Canada must call Google’s and Facebook’s bluff
by Brian Merchant In June, Canada passed a law that will require major tech platforms such as Google and Facebook to pay a small fee when they […]
