Addressing China’s Communist Party’s Congress on Sunday, President Xi Jinping told delegates at the twice-a-decade event to “Be mindful of dangers in the midst of peace. Get […]
Guest Editorials
Not to be outdone by fellow culture warriors, Ashcroft takes on librarians
Given the ever-more extreme race to the right by Missouri’s Republican leaders lately, it was perhaps only a matter of time before one of them suggested the […]
DACA, Dreamers again in danger
Immigration is an issue fraught with multiple points of disagreement and one point where lawmakers on both sides of the aisle tend to agree: Unauthorized immigrants brought […]
The ravages of long COVID are coming into focus
It’s becoming clearer that, even in the unlikely event that we somehow, someday manage to eradicate COVID-19 and its many variants, we can’t wipe clean the enormous […]
Welcome back, Lady Liberty
This week, after more than two-and-a-half years of COVID closure, visitors returned to the top of the Statue of Liberty, climbing the 146 winding steps up the […]
Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling now
They aren’t saying it publicly, but behind the scenes, congressional Republican officials and business leaders are bracing for the nightmare scenario of a debt ceiling crisis potentially […]
Men in positions of power must respect women’s boundaries
There has to come a tipping point when sports organizations — or, really, any entity in which men hold power over women — recognize the need for […]
Dallas’ bad plan for basic income
A bad idea by any other name is still a bad idea. Last week, the Dallas City Council floated a plan to give roughly $250 a month […]
Putin is becoming even more dangerous
As attested by Vladimir Putin’s carefully calibrated photo ops, he knows the value of spectacle. One such spectacle took place last week in the Kremlin, as the […]
Alex Jones tries to hide his riches to avoid paying out for lawsuit he lost
As if to boost the brand of the League of Unrepentant Evildoers, Infowars founder Alex Jones has tried to join the likes of Purdue Pharma, Johnson & […]
