It’s an alarming story out of Louisiana: COVID-19, which was previously considered a mild threat to children, might be more dangerous than we thought. Children in Louisiana […]
Guest Editorials
Addressing crime can’t ignore need for more police
Misguided calls from the left to “defund” the police threaten to put Democrats in the position of the Nixon era, when they were successfully painted as soft […]
Biden’s eviction moratorium kicks problem down road
The Biden administration’s new moratorium on evictions postpones yet again the crisis of debt that looms over millions of American households where the rent or mortgages are […]
Bankrupted by medical debt
American health care is too expensive. Exhibit A is a new study of Americans’ medical debt published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That debt […]
Delta brings masks back into fashion
As effective as the COVID-19 vaccines have been, the pandemic has taken an unfortunate turn in recent weeks. New cases and hospitalizations are no longer in decline […]
Female draft debate should reopen issue of involuntary service
A move in Congress to require young women to register for the draft as young men are required to do has riled conservatives like Sen. Josh Hawley, […]
Simone and us: What to learn from Simone Biles
Six Olympic medals and 25 more from world gymnastics championships is more than enough proof that Simone Biles is a young woman who knows how to withstand […]
Get vaccinated. The Delta surge makes it clear
While still well below their winter peaks, the latest spikes in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are raising concerns among health officials and among many Americans — […]
Is the U.S. taking cyberattacks seriously, finally?
There was the Colonial Pipeline hacking, perpetrated by the Russian-speaking hacking group DarkSide, which left thousands of Americans without gas and prevented many from accessing food or […]
Why is Congress forcing a pay cut on Guard troops?
The mob of Donald Trump supporters that unleashed an insurrection on the Capitol building Jan. 6 put Washington, D.C. — and the rest of the country — […]
