by Dave Anderson The main reason that Republicans on Capitol Hill and their supporters around the country refuse to pass legislation that would place major restrictions on […]
Opinion
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 […]
NATO should consider divorcing Turkey
by Elizabeth Shackelford This week, I’m getting married in France. I should be writing my vows, but instead I’m writing this column, though the concept of marriage […]
Immigration as economic and workforce stabilization
by Josh T. Smith Inflation has no cure-all. The Federal Reserve’s rate hikes — two already this year, and more expected — might help, but they do […]
Self-fulfilling prophecy of ‘bad schools’
Monongalia and Preston county schools received devastating financial news this past week. Mon County is expected to lose 350 students to charter schools, many of them to […]
June 5 letters to the editor
Guns changed since Second Amendment Another horrific mass killing of children in schools — now in Texas but previously in Florida, Connecticut, Colorado and Florida. How can […]
When distressed children come to the ER, I wonder about their life paths
by Dr. Sabreen Akhter On the afternoon that the world found out about the brutal slayings of 19 elementary schoolchildren in Texas, I was trying to sleep. […]
Lessons that work in war and life
by Rich Cohen When I was 12, playing Risk, “the game of world conquest,” my father and opponent, Herb Cohen, who’d recently published his bestselling book “You […]
Research shows we can talk across political divides
by Melinda Burrell As we look at the pictures from Uvalde, Buffalo and other mass shootings, we’re having agonized conversations. It seems inconceivable that “the other side” […]
We must address guns but that’s not the only solution
by Cynthia M. Allen In the aftermath of a tragedy like the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, when emotions and egos are running high, few of us […]
