By Sen. Charles H. Clements As a senior and a person who has health issues, I understand the challenges that face seniors with health care costs. If […]
Opinion
Ukraine’s offensive humiliates Russia. But to what end?
by Daniel DePetris For most of the year, the Ukrainian army has been in a defensive crouch across the more than 600-mile-long front line. It has been […]
How I cost Democrats the presidency in 1968
by Carl P. Leubsdorf As the Democrats prepare to meet next week in Chicago, I thought back to their tumultuous 1968 convention, the third of the 27 […]
How would Harris pay for policies that voters want?
by LZ Granderson Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign plans to shift its economic message from breadth to depth, articulating some of the policies we could expect from […]
Kamala Harris takes pandering to new depths
Pandering to voters is a time-honored tradition in American politics, but Vice President Kamala Harris took it to new levels with her surprising promise over the weekend […]
‘Tampon Tim’ Walz is a weird meme behind a real problem
by Lisa Jarvis Within hours of Vice President Kamala Harris announcing her running mate, certain corners of the internet had exploded with “Tampon Tim” memes, a reference […]
Judge in Elon Musk lawsuits is still conflicted
by Noah Feldman Elon Musk’s lawyers have filed two lawsuits on behalf of X (formerly Twitter) in a federal district court in Texas. As of 2023, the […]
Main Street has weathered the ‘retail apocalypse’
But there’s still plenty of brick-and-mortar uncertainty Not long ago, the future of brick-and-mortar stores looked dicey. The rise of e-commerce, combined with COVID-19, threatened to gut […]
Vance’s attempt to ‘swiftboat’ Walz’s military service is pathetic
by Robin Abcarian As soon as I heard Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance smearing the military service of his opponent, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, all I […]
Over in Brooke County, Pure Watercraft sinks
The Justice administration’s economic development team has had a number of hits over the last few years: Nucor Steel in Mason County, Form Energy battery manufacturer in […]