Progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin lost his recall election in a landslide last Tuesday. And yes, that absolutely is a commentary on how quickly consensus […]
Guest Editorials
Republicans finally weighed in on climate change
The U.S. lost massive ground in combating climate change during the Trump administration, a recent report says. Now, congressional Republicans are offering their own climate plan — […]
Anti-‘woke’ map targets schools
The arch conservative Liberty Alliance has unveiled its new “Woke Heat Map” of Missouri, dotted with “hot spots” where it says the “the Woke agenda … is […]
Judge slams Fla.’s attack on the First Amendment
In their frenzy to protect Donald Trump’s “free speech” rights to spread falsehoods on social media, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans appear to have misunderstood — […]
The Southern Baptist blasphemy
While the Catholic Church has spent much of the last three decades wrestling with deeply painful revelations of priestly sexual abuse and the bishops’ callous disregard for […]
Build on insulin reform efforts
Access to insulin can be a matter of life or death for those with diabetes, a disease that more than 37 million Americans live with. But the […]
Joining the club: Welcome Sweden, Finland to NATO
On Feb. 24, when Putin (like other would-be conquerors we’ll be mentioning today, he only needs one name) invaded Ukraine, the Russian despot wanted to change history. […]
Republicans show they can stand up to one of their own
On the eve of last Tuesday’s primary, former President Donald Trump asked voters to give U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn a “second chance.” “When Madison was first elected […]
The day could be approaching when SCOTUS rulings are openly defied
The breakdown of U.S. Supreme Court legitimacy may already have begun as the public perception of the court morphs from one of respectful observances of the law […]
Think again about disinformation board
How on earth does one spark controversy from that blandest of government creations, the internal working group? One way is to give it a scary, Orwellian name […]