Millions of children with ADHD are starting a new school year without regular access to their medications, known as prescription stimulants, which have been in shortage for […]
Guest Editorials
Expiration of child care subsidies threatens economy
At the end of this month, states are expected to run through the last of $24 billion in additional federal funding for child care, implemented as part […]
Despite political pressure, the Fed should hold firm
Two essential questions are facing the U.S. economy right now: whether the Federal Reserve’s next change in its policy rate will be a cut or an increase, […]
Group identity drives division
Social scientists believe they know why America has become so divided along political lines. “The human brain in many circumstances is more suited to tribalism and conflict […]
Maui’s wildfire disaster demands national reckoning
More than three weeks since wildfires devastated Lahaina, in western Maui, the death toll has reached 115, with many still missing. The fire is already the fifth-deadliest […]
Televise Trump’s federal trials
More than three dozen House Democrats have signed a letter urging that the federal trials of former President Donald Trump be televised. The idea has merit, but […]
GOP debate aired a grotesque lie about abortion
Despite the looming shadow of the absent frontrunner, the Republican presidential primary debate did get into enough non-Donald Trump substance to establish that even the putatively mainstream […]
Lessons for U.S. hospitals after British nurse killed newborns
The case of Lucy Letby, a serial killer masquerading as a nice neonatal nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital in Northern England, is so horrific as to […]
Shoestring budget, can-do attitude equaled success
India achieved a legendary feat last Wednesday. With the successful landing of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft it became the fourth country to have landed on the moon — […]
A TPS extension for Ukrainian refugees is good
In a welcome move last week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the extension and re-designation of temporary protected status for Ukrainians, allowing those who’ve arrived as […]
